Lilbourne | |
|---|---|
 Lilbourne station in 2004 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Lilbourne, Harborough England |
| Coordinates | 52°23′43″N 1°10′34″W / 52.3954°N 1.1760°W |
| Grid reference | SP5677 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London and Birmingham Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1850 | Station opened |
| 1878 | track doubled |
| 6 June 1966 | Station closed[1] |
Lilbourne railway station was a railway station serving Lilbourne and nearby Catthorpe in Leicestershire, England. It was on the Rugby and Stamford Railway between Clifton Mill and Yelvertoft and Stanford Park.
In 1846, the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway gained Parliamentary powers for a branch from Rugby to the Syston and Peterborough Railway near Stamford.[2] In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway. The section from Rugby via Lilbourne to Market Harborough was opened in 1850. The line through Lilbourne was single track until it was doubled at the end of 1878.[3]
The 1923 grouping made the LNWR part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
British Railways closed the station in 1966. All that remains is the trackbed and a platform.[4]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Mill Line and station closed |
London and North Western Railway Rugby and Stamford Railway |
Yelvertoft and Stanford Park Line and station closed |
- ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ "Rugby and Stamford Railway Act". Warwickshire's Past Unlocked. Warwickshire County Council. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011.
- ^ Hendry, R. Preston; Hendry, R. Powell (1982). An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1. Poole: Oxford Publishing. p. not stated. ISBN 0-86093-168-4.
- ^ Rob, Ian (2008). "SP5677: Lilbourne Station". Geograph Britain and Ireland. Geograph Project Limited.