52°40′7.24″N 1°7′58.72″W / 52.6686778°N 1.1329778°W
Belgrave and Birstall | |
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 Belgrave and Birstall station in 1962 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Birstall, Charnwood England |
| Grid reference | SK587082 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused (as Belgrave and Birstall) Active (as Leicester North) |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 15 March 1899 | Opened |
| 4 March 1963 | Closed |
Belgrave and Birstall railway station was a railway station opened by the Great Central Railway in 1899. It served the villages of Belgrave and Birstall in Leicestershire. It closed in 1963.
In 1991 Leicester North railway station was opened immediately to the south of Belgrave and Birstall railway station by the preserved Great Central heritage railway. It is representative of the 1960s when the line was under the control of British Railways Midland Region. It is the southern terminus of the railway.