Upper Broughton railway station

Upper Broughton
Upper Broughton station buildings in 2006
General information
LocationUpper Broughton, Rushcliffe
England
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 February 1880[2]Station opens
31 May 1948[3]Station closes

Upper Broughton was a railway station serving Upper Broughton in the English county of Nottinghamshire. It was opened on the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester. The line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track.

  1. ^ Aldworth, Colin (2012). The Nottingham and Melton Railway 1872 - 2012.
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 237.
  3. ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Station, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5