Brooksby railway station

Former railway station in Leicestershire, England

LocationBrooksby, Leicestershire
England

Grid referenceSK669163

Platforms2

StatusDisused

Brooksby

Brooksby Station remains in 1962

General information

Location

Brooksby, Leicestershire
England

Grid reference

SK669163

Platforms

Other information

Status

Disused

History

Pre-grouping

Midland Railway

Post-grouping

London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways

Key dates

1 September 1846

Opened

3 July 1961

Closed

Location

Brooksby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Brooksby, Hoby and Rotherby in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the Brooksby to Hoby road.

The station opened in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The station buildings were larger than most on the line, considering it served a small village. The stationmasters' house was designed by the architects William Parsons and Sancton Wood.^[1] The contractors T.W.& H. Herbert undertook to build it for £1,921.

It closed in 1961. It remained in use for goods until 1964.^[2] The station became grade II listed building in 1979.^[3]

Stationmasters

Benjamin Isett ca. 1851
Thomas Howitt ca. 1861 - 1863
Joseph Clemenstone 1863 - ca. 1865
John Ballentine ca. 1871 - 1879
Lot Gilby 1879 - 1883
John Jameson 1883 - 1900
Henry E. Haines 1900^[4] - 1903 (formerly station master at Watnall, afterwards station master at Helpston)
Samson Seddon 1903 - 1926^[5] (formerly station master at Syston)
J.H. Roberts ca. 1928 (also station master at Rearsby)
Luke Randolph Benson ca. 1933 - 1942 (also station master at Rearsby)
T.A. Goddard 1942 - 1944^[6] (afterwards station master at Leigh)
T.T. Perkins 1944
G.W.S. Springs 1944 - ca. 1945
L. Cope ca. 1957

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Rearsby		Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough		Frisby

References

↑ "The Railway Stations of Leicestershire" (PDF). Leicestershire Historian. 1–2 (8): 2. 1967. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
↑ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
↑ Historic England. "BROOKSBY STATION (1074999)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
↑ "Midland Railway Changes". Grantham Journal. England. 4 January 1908. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Good Service". Grantham Journal. England. 20 March 1926. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Leigh. New Stationmaster". Staffordshire Advertiser. England. 15 July 1944. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Charnwood Forest Railway	Loughborough Derby Road Snells Nook Halt Shepshed Grace Dieu Halt Thringstone Halt Whitwick Coalville East
Melbourne line	Wilson Tonge and Breedon Worthington
Leicester–Burton upon Trent line	Moira Ashby de la Zouch Swannington Kirby Muxloe Braunstone (Leicester)
GNR & LNWR Joint Railway	Harby and Stathern Long Clawson and Hose Scalford Melton Mowbray North Great Dalby John O'Gaunt Leicester Belgrave Road Humberstone Thurnby and Scraptoft Ingarsby Lowesby Tilton East Norton Hallaton Medbourne
Midland Counties Railway	Cossington Gate Wigston South Countesthorpe Broughton Astley Leire Halt Ullesthorpe
Nottingham and Melton Railway	Edwalton Plumtree Widmerpool Upper Broughton Old Dalby Grimston
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	Saxby Edmondthorpe and Wymondham
Syston and Peterborough Railway	ROF Queniborough Rearsby Brooksby Frisby Asfordby Whissendine Ashwell Manton Luffenham Ketton and Collyweston
Rugby and Stamford Railway	Lilbourne Welford and Kilworth Theddingworth Lubenham Rockingham Seaton Morcott Wakerley and Barrowden
Midland Main Line	Hathern Humberstone Road Leicester Campbell Street Welford Road Wigston Magna Great Glen Kibworth East Langton
South Leicestershire Railway	Elmesthorpe Croft railway station, Leicester Blaby Wigston Glen Parva
Great Central Main Line	Loughborough Central Quorn and Woodhouse Rothley Belgrave and Birstall Leicester Central Whetstone Ashby Magna Lutterworth
Stamford and Essendine Railway	Essendine Ryhall
Other	Uppingham Waltham-on-the-Wolds Castle Donington and Shardlow Weston on Trent

52°44′26″N 1°00′31″W / 52.7406°N 1.0087°W / 52.7406; -1.0087

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