Worthington railway station

Worthington railway station was a station at Worthington, Leicestershire, England. It was on a Midland Railway line built in 1874 from Melbourne to a junction on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line near Ashby de la Zouch.

Worthington
LocationWorthington, Leicestershire, North West Leicestershire
England
Coordinates52.785°N 1.397°W / 52.785; -1.397
Grid referenceSK40752095
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1874Line opened
22nd Sept 1930Passenger service withdrawn
1939Line becomes Melbourne Military Railway
1945Line returned to LMS
21 May 1980Line closed to freight traffic

In 1930 passenger services was withdrawn and the Midland's successor, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, was using the line only for freight services. During the Second World War the line became the Melbourne Military Railway. In 1945 the War Department returned the line and station to the LMS.

In 1980 British Railways closed the line and by the 1990s the track had been dismantled. National Cycle Route 6 now joins the trackbed at the site of the former station.

Route

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ashby de la Zouch
Line open, station closed
  Midland Railway
Melbourne line
  Tonge and Breedon
Line and station closed

References

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