Blaby railway station

Blaby

Location
Place	Blaby
Area	Leicestershire
Coordinates	52°34′43″N 1°09′58″W / 52.5787°N 1.1662°W / 52.5787; -1.1662Coordinates: 52°34′43″N 1°09′58″W / 52.5787°N 1.1662°W / 52.5787; -1.1662
Grid reference	SP566982
Operations
Original company	South Leicestershire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 January 1864	Station opened
4 March 1968	Station closed
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Blaby railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line that served Blaby in Leicestershire, England.

The station was opened in 1864 by the South Leicestershire Railway, which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1867.^[1] British Railways closed the station in 1968.

A campaign to re-open the station was launched in 2008.^[2] Preserved Bagnall fireless steam locomotive no. 2370 is being used to publicise the re-opening campaign.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Narborough Line and station open		London and North Western Railway South Leicestershire Railway		Wigston Glen Parva Line open, station closed

References

↑ "Series reference RAIL 636". The Catalogue. The National Archives. 5 October 2011.
↑ "We have the train, now we want station". Leicester Mercury. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2011.

Closed railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland

Leicester and Swannington Railway	Coalville Town Bardon Hill Bagworth and Ellistown Incline House Thornton Lane Merry Lees Desford Ratby Glenfield (Leicestershire) Leicester West Bridge

Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway	Overseal Donisthorpe Measham Snarestone Hugglescote Heather and Ibstock Stoke Golding Higham-on-the-Hill

Charnwood Forest Railway	Loughborough Derby Road Snells Nook Shepshed Grace Dieu Thringstone Whitwick Coalville East

Melbourne Line	Tonge and Breedon Worthington

Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line	Moira Ashby de la Zouch Swannington Kirby Muxloe Braunston (Leicester)

GNR & LNWR Joint Rly	Harby and Stathern Long Clawson and Hose Scalford Melton Mowbray North Great Dalby John O'Gaunt Leicester Belgrave Road Humberstone Thurnby and Scraptoft Ingarsby Lowesby Tilton East Norton Hallaton Medbourne

Midland Counties Railway	Cossington Gate Wigston South Countesthorpe Broughton Astley Leire Halt Ullesthorpe

Nottingham and Melton Railway	Old Dalby Grimston

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	Saxby Edmondthorpe and Wymondham

Syston and Peterborough Railway	Rearsby Brooksby Frisby Asfordby Whissendine Ashwell Manton Ketton and Collyweston

Rugby and Stamford Railway	Welford and Kilworth Theddingworth Lubenham Rockingham Seaton Morcott Wakerley and Barrowden

Midland Main Line	Humberstone Road Leicester Campbell Street Welford Road Wigston Magna Great Glen Kibworth East Langton

South Leicestershire Railway	Elmesthorpe Croft Blaby Wigston Glen Parva

Great Central Main Line	Belgrave and Birstall Leicester Central Whetstone Ashby Magna Lutterworth

Stamford and Essendine Railway	Essendine Ryhall

Other	Uppingham Waltham-on-the-Wolds

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