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Rearsby railway station

Coordinates: 52°43′48″N 1°02′11″W / 52.7300°N 1.0364°W / 52.7300; -1.0364
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Rearsby
The station in 1895
General information
LocationRearsby, Leicestershire
England
Grid referenceSK652152
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 September 1846Opened
2 April 1951Closed

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

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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

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  • 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
Syston   Midland Railway
Leicester to Peterborough
  Brooksby

References

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  1. ^ "The Railway Stations of Leicestershire" (PDF). Leicestershire Historian. 1–2 (8): 2. 1967. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
  3. ^ "Rearsby. Retirement of the Station-Master". Grantham Journal. England. 26 January 1899. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Rearsby". Grantham Journal. England. 28 September 1895. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "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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