Ashwell railway station

For the station in South Cambridgeshire, see Ashwell and Morden railway station.

Ashwell
265px Location of Ashwell station (1994)
Location
Place	Ashwell
Area	Rutland
Grid reference	SK863136
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1848	Opened
6 June 1966	Closed
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The location of Ashwell Station, which served the village of Ashwell from 1848-1966.

Ashwell railway station was a station in Ashwell, Rutland on the line between Melton Mowbray and Oakham. It lies west of the village, on the road to Whissendine. Just north of Ashwell was Ashwell Junction where the Cottesmore Ironstone Branch joined. This was in use between 1883 and 1974 and served quarries in the vicinity of Cottesmore and Exton. Part of the former mineral branch line is now Rutland Railway Museum (trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum).

History

Opened by the Midland Railway as the Syston and Peterborough Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

In 1966 it was closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Trains still pass the former station between Melton Mowbray and Oakham stations on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line.

The site now houses some industrial units, called Station Court.

References

• Ashwell station on navigable O. S. map

Former Services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Whissendine		Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough Nottingham to Kettering		Oakham