Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway

Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Railway

Legend

Leicester to

Burton upon Trent Line

Overseal and Moira

Moira

Donisthorpe

Coalville Town

Measham

Charnwood Forest Rly

Leicester to

Burton upon Trent Line

Snarestone

Hugglescote

Heather and Ibstock

Shackerstone Junction

Shackerstone

Battlefield Line Railway

Market Bosworth

Shenton

Stoke Golding

Higham on the Hill

Trent Valley Line

(West Coast Main Line)

Birmingham to

Peterborough Line

Nuneaton

Abbey Street

Nuneaton

Coventry to

Nuneaton Line

Hinckley

Trent Valley Line

(West Coast Main Line)

Birmingham to

Peterborough Line

The Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway was a pre-grouping railway company in the English Midlands. Construction began in 1869 and the railway was opened in 1873.^[1] The railway was built to serve the Leicestershire coalfield. It linked Moira and Coalville Town with Nuneaton.

Ownership

Until the 1923 grouping the railway was jointly owned by the Midland Railway and the London and North Western Railway.^[1] It then became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which withdrew passenger services in 1931.^[1] Nationalisation in 1948 made the railway part of British Railways, which closed the line to freight traffic in 1971.^[1]

Preservation

Part of the line between Shackerstone and Shenton has been re-opened as the Battlefield Line Railway, a heritage railway.

References

1 2 3 4 Speller, John. "Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Railway (L&NWR/MR)". John Speller's Web Pages. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

External links

Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway History on YouTube

Constituent railway companies of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Constituent companies	Caledonian Railway Furness Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Highland Railway Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway London and North Western Railway Midland Railway North Staffordshire Railway

Subsidiary companies	Arbroath and Forfar Railway Brechin and Edzell District Railway Callander and Oban Railway Cathcart District Railway Charnwood Forest Railway Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway Dearne Valley Railway Dornoch Light Railway Dundee and Newtyle Railway Harborne Railway Killin Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Knott End Railway Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway Maryport and Carlisle Railway Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway North and South Western Junction Railway North London Railway Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company Solway Junction Railway Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway Wirral Railway Yorkshire Dales Railway

Former joint railways	Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway Citadel Station Joint Committee Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Furness and Midland Joint Railway Goods Traffic Committee Lancashire Union Railway North Union Railway Preston and Longridge Railway Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway

(Full list of constituents)

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