Desford railway station

Desford railway station
Desford
Location
Place Newtown Unthank
Area North West Leicestershire
Coordinates 52°37′55″N 1°16′59″W / 52.632°N 1.283°W / 52.632; -1.283Coordinates: 52°37′55″N 1°16′59″W / 52.632°N 1.283°W / 52.632; -1.283
Grid reference SK486041
Operations
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Desford railway station was a railway station in Leicestershire, England on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which later became part of the Midland Railway's Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The station was about 0.6 miles (1 km) northeast of Desford village, close to the hamlet of Newtown Unthank.

British Railways closed the station in 1964 but the line remains open for freight traffic.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ratby
Line and station closed
  Midland Railway
Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line
  Merry Lees
Line open, station closed
Kirby Muxloe
Line open, station closed

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