Saxby railway station

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Former railway station in Leicestershire, England

LocationSaxby, Leicestershire
England

Grid referenceSK813193

Platforms4

StatusDisused

Saxby

Edward VII at the station in 1907.

General information

Location

Saxby, Leicestershire
England

Grid reference

SK813193

Platforms

Other information

Status

Disused

History

Original company

Midland Counties Railway

Pre-grouping

Midland Railway

Post-grouping

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

Key dates

1 February 1849

Opened

28 August 1892

Resited

1 May 1894

M&GNR line opened

2 March 1959

M&GNR line closed

6 February 1961

Closed

Location

Saxby station

Legend

Track layout

					to Melton


Saxby					Saxby goods

to Oakham
					to M&GNJR

Saxby railway station was a station serving the villages of Saxby and Freeby, Leicestershire. It was located between the two villages.

The older station was accessed along a turning from the B676 road, now known as Old Station Drive, whereas the newer station building was accessed off the Saxby to Stapleford road on the right before the railway bridge. Inter platform access on the newer station was via three sets of stairs to the road bridge.^[1]

History

The Syston and Peterborough Railway was opened in stages; the third and last section of line, between Melton Mowbray and Stamford opened for goods traffic on 20 March 1848, and for passengers on 1 May 1848.^[2] The station at Saxby opened on 1 February 1849,^[3] and was at the north end of a tight curve around a corner of Stapleford Park. The curve was considered unsuitable for express trains running between Kettering and Nottingham via the Manton loop, so an easier curve was built in 1892 together with a new Saxby station, which opened on 28 August 1892.^[3] The original station on a stub of the original line continued in use for goods.

Saxby became a junction when the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN) opened on 1 May 1894. The new line was Midland Railway property as far as Little Bytham junction, between Castle Bytham and Bourne.^[4]^[5]

The M&GN line closed to passengers after the last train on 28 February 1959, although the section between Saxby and South Witham remained open for goods trains.^[6]

The station closed on 6 February 1961.^[3] The last parts of the new station were completely demolished in late 2014, whereas the old station remains as a private house.

Routes

Preceding station	Historical railways		Following station
Melton Mowbray Line and station open		Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough Nottingham to Kettering	Whissendine Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Terminus		Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway to Spalding, Kings Lynn, etc.	Edmondthorpe and Wymondham Line and station closed

References

↑ Track plans and station layout Peter Smith; The Syston and Peterborough Railway
↑ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 106. CN 8983.
1 2 3 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 206. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Wrottesley, A.J. (1981) [1970]. The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 78. ISBN 0-7153-8173-3.
↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16
↑ Wrottesley 1981, pp. 160, 163, 164

Smith, Peter (2012). "Saxby and Bourne branch". THE SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
Track plans and Photographs

v t e Closed railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland
Leicester and Swannington Railway	Coalville Town Bardon Hill Bagworth and Ellistown Incline House Thornton Lane Merry Lees Desford Ratby Glenfield (Leicestershire) Leicester West Bridge
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway	Overseal Donisthorpe Measham Snarestone Hugglescote Heather and Ibstock Stoke Golding Higham on the Hill
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

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