Rearsby railway station
Rearsby | |
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![]() The station in 1895 | |
General information | |
Location | Rearsby, Leicestershire England |
Grid reference | SK652152 |
Platforms | 2 |
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 |
2 April 1951 | Closed |
Rearsby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Rearsby and Thrussington in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road between the two.
History
[edit]The station opened in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The station building were designed by the architects William Parsons and Sancton Wood.[1] The contractors Norman and Grimson undertook to build it for £744 8s 6d. and it was remarkably similar to the station at Asfordby.
It closed in 1951.[2]
Stationmasters
[edit]- Thomas Sharp ca. 1849 - 1889[3]
- William Sugars 1889 - 1895[4] (afterwards station master at Tibshelf)
- A.W. Kingdom 1895 - 1897 (formerly station master at Little Eaton)
- John Lewis Shannon 1897 - 1900 (afterwards station master at Ashwell, Kegworth, assistant station master at Derby, then station master at Nottingham, Sheffield and finally London St Pancras)[5]
- Frederick H. Shelton 1900 - ca. 1911
- M. Shilion ca. 1914
- J.H. Roberts ca. 1928 (also station master at Brooksby)
- Luke Randolph Benson ca. 1933 - 1942 (also station master at Brooksby)
Former Services
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Syston | Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough | Brooksby |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Railway Stations of Leicestershire" (PDF). Leicestershire Historian. 1–2 (8): 2. 1967. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
- ^ "Rearsby. Retirement of the Station-Master". Grantham Journal. England. 26 January 1899. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rearsby". Grantham Journal. England. 28 September 1895. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "New Station Master at St Pancras". Halifax Evening Courier. England. 10 May 1924. Retrieved 8 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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