Coalville Town railway station

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History

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Freight train crossing High Street/Hotel Street in the centre of Coalville, July 2016. The building in the background was previously the "Railway Hotel" where passengers could buy tickets for the trains until the Midland Railway opened Coalville station just beyond in 1848.

The Leicester and Swannington Railway was originally built to carry coal and there was little provision for any passenger traffic. When the railway opened at Long Lane, now Coalville, in 1833 passenger business had to be carried out at the "Railway Hotel" adjacent to the level crossing.[1] The first proper Coalville station was opened in 1848 after the line had been taken over by the Midland Railway. This in turn was rebuilt in 1894, being renamed Coalville Town in 1924 to distinguish it from Template:Rws on the rival Charnwood Forest Railway. British Railways closed Coalville Town on 7 September 1964 when passenger services were ended on the line. The line remains open for freight only.[2] Coalville Town was the most important station between Leicester and Burton-on-Trent and was built to fuller dimensions to reflect this.

The station was to the north of the A50 road beside the level crossing, which was controlled by a signal box[3][4] that was removed in 1986 and re-erected at the former Snibston Colliery.[5] All the other station buildings have been demolished. The former Railway pub next to the level crossing is now a children's nursery.

Stationmasters

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  • William Spriggs until 1861[6]
  • R. Caton 1861 - 1864[6]
  • Francis Jowett 1864[6] - 1877[7]
  • Robert Bunting 1877[7] - ca. 1885
  • George Tomblin 1887 - 1909
  • Henry Lewis 1909[8] - 1917[9] (afterwards station master and district cashier at Swansea)
  • Thomas Maidens 1918 - 1921[10]
  • Walter Bennett 1921[11] - 1939[12]
  • Walter Lea 1939[13] - 1941
  • R.W. Masters from 1941[14] - 1948 (afterwards station master at Macclesfield)
  • H. Humphreys 1948 - 1953[15] (formerly station master at Bedworth)

Motive power depot

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Reopening proposals

In the 1990s BR planned to restore passenger services between Leicester and Burton as the second phase of its Ivanhoe Line project. However, after the privatisation of British Rail in 1995 this phase of the project was discontinued. In 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a £49 million proposal to restore passenger services to the line that would include reopening a station at Coalville.Template:ATOCConnectingCommunitiesReportS10

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
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Line open, station closed 		style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Midland Railway
Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line 		style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Template:Rws
Line open, station closed
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Line open, station closed 		style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;" |   style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;" |   branch to Coleorton Tramway
Line and station closed

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References

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  1. ↑ a b Clinker, C.R. (1977) The Leicester & Swannington Railway Bristol: Avon Anglia Publications & Services. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society Volume XXX, 1954.
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