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Shenton railway station

Coordinates: 52°35′59.00″N 1°24′55.00″W / 52.5997222°N 1.4152778°W / 52.5997222; -1.4152778
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Shenton
Station on heritage railway
General information
LocationShenton, Hinckley and Bosworth
England
Coordinates52°35′59.00″N 1°24′55.00″W / 52.5997222°N 1.4152778°W / 52.5997222; -1.4152778
Grid referenceSK396004
Managed byBattlefield Line Railway
Platforms1
Key dates
1 September 1873opened
13 April 1931[1]closed for passengers
1965closed entirely

Shenton railway station is located about 0.5 miles from the village of Shenton, Leicestershire, England. It currently serves as a glassblowing studio Station Glass, cafe and ticket office.

Shenton Station Pottery

It is the current southern terminus of the Battlefield Line Railway, which runs to here from Shackerstone. The station is located at the foot of Ambion Hill and is actually the reconstructed Humberstone Road railway station from Leicester. The original station closed in 1965 and was dismantled and relocated (except for a small lamp room that now serves as the Station Pottery).

The station is a former stop on the London and North Western Railway and the Midland Railway, who jointly operated the line between Moira West Junction and Nuneaton. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[2]

Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Market Bosworth   Battlefield Line Railway   Terminus
Disused railways
Market Bosworth
Line and station open
  Midland Railway,
London and North Western Railway
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway
  Stoke Golding
Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 385. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.