Upper Broughton railway station

Upper Broughton was a railway station serving Upper Broughton in the English county of Nottinghamshire. It was opened on the Midland Railway Manton direct route between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester. The line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track.

Upper Broughton
LocationUpper Broughton, Rushcliffe
England
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 February 1880[2]Station opens
31 May 1948[3]Station closes

History

The station was opened for passengers on 2 February 1880[1] by the Midland Railway. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[4]

It was on its cut-off line from Melton Mowbray to Nottingham, which had opened the previous year to allow the railway company's expresses between London and the North to avoid reversal at Nottingham. It also improved access to and from the iron-ore fields in Leicestershire and Rutland. Local traffic was minimal and Upper Broughton closed to passengers as early as 1948.[5]

Stationmasters
  • Joseph Cowland 1880 - 1893
  • Andrew John Payne 1893 - ca. 1914
  • Mr. Hunt ca. 1921
  • H. Crompton 1937[6] - 1939 (also station master at Widmerpool, afterwards station master at Ipstones, Bradnop and Winkhill)
  • W. Simmonds from 1939[7] (also station master at Widmerpool)
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Widmerpool   Midland Railway
Manton Route		   Old Dalby

Present day

Following the closure of the line as a through-route in 1968, the track between Melton Mowbray and Edwalton was converted for use as the Old Dalby Test Track, used initially for the Advanced Passenger Train project, then much later the Class 390 Pendolino units.[8]

The line is currently being used for the testing of new LU SSL 'S stock' built by Bombardier, Derby.

The main station building on the roadside above the line remains in good condition, incorporated into the garden of the former station master's house, now a private residence.

The site was listed for sale in June 2017, at a price of £745,000. According to the listing, the roadside station building is still remarkably original.

References
  1. Aldworth, Colin (2012). The Nottingham and Melton Railway 1872 - 2012.
  2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 237.
  3. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Station, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
  4. "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Shannon, Paul (2007). Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present). Kettering, Northants: Past & Present Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-85895-253-6.
  6. "Upper Broughton". Grantham Journal. England. 11 September 1937. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Mr. W. Simmonds". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 18 January 1939. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. Shannon, P., p. 23.

Listing of property for sale, June 2017

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