Clifton Mill railway station
Former railway station in Warwickshire, England
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Clifton Mill railway station was a railway station serving Clifton-upon-Dunsmore in the English county of Warwickshire. It was opened on the Rugby and Stamford Railway in 1864.[1]
England
Clifton Mill | |||||
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Site of the station in 1988. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Warwickshire England | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
Original company | London and North Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| November 1864[1] | Station opens | ||||
| 6 April 1953[2] | Station closes | ||||
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History
Parliamentary approval was gained in 1846 to the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway for a branch from Rugby to the Syston and Peterborough Railway near Stamford.[3] In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway. The section from Rugby to Market Harborough was opened on 1 May 1850. Clifton Mill did not open until 1864. and [1] although it was single track, it was doubled in 1878.[4]
At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The station closed on 6 April 1953[2] and the line closed in 1966.
Site today
Station Road leads from the village centre terminating in a small Mill Lane. Some distance along the former are a number of buildings, where traces of the old track bed may still be made out.
