Blaby railway station
Blaby railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line that served Blaby in Leicestershire, England.
Blaby | |
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| Location | Blaby, Leicestershire England |
| Coordinates | 52.5787°N 1.1662°W |
| Grid reference | SP566982 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | South Leicestershire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 January 1864 | Station opened |
| 4 March 1968 | Station closed |
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.
In July 1914, local suffragettes Ellen Sheriff and Elizabeth Frisby, along with experienced arsonist Kitty Marion, armed with wood-shavings dipped in creosol (and an axe, to break in) trekked across a field in the middle of the night and burned the station down, causing £500-worth of damage.[2]
A campaign to re-open the station was launched in 2008.[3] Preserved Bagnall fireless steam locomotive no. 2370 is being used to publicise the re-opening campaign.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| 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.
- Whitmore, Richard (2007). Alice Hawkins and the suffragette movement in Edwardian Leicester. Derby: Breedon. p. 150. ISBN 9781859835548.
- "We have the train, now we want station". Leicester Mercury. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2011.