Eaton Branch Railway | |
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Overview | |
Owner | British Rail |
Locale | Eaton |
Termini | |
Service | |
Type | Branch line |
Operator(s) | Great Northern Railway |
Technical | |
Line length | 3 miles (4.8 km) |
Number of tracks | Single track throughout |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Eaton Branch Railway was a standard gauge industrial railway built to serve ironstone quarries around the village of Eaton in Leicestershire. It operated from 1884 until 1965.