Ashby de la Zouch railway station

Ashby de la Zouch
The station building in 2006
General information
LocationAshby de la Zouch, North West Leicestershire
England
Coordinates52°44′34″N 1°28′29″W / 52.7429°N 1.4748°W / 52.7429; -1.4748
Grid referenceSK355162
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 August 1849Station opened as Ashby
7 September 1964Station closed

Ashby de la Zouch railway station is a former railway station at Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The Midland Railway opened it in 1849 and British Railways closed it in 1964.

The station is a small Neoclassical building, with side pavilions and Doric columns in keeping with the nearby Royal Hotel of 1826.[1] It is a Grade II* listed building.[2]

  1. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Leicestershire and Rutland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 54.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Former Midland railway station (1361623)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 December 2014.