Harby and Stathern railway station

Harby & Stathern Station was a former station on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway that served the villages of Harby and Stathern, in Leicestershire.

Harby & Stathern
Location
PlaceHarby
AreaMelton, Leicestershire
Grid referenceSK760307
Operations
Pre-groupingGreat Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway
Post-groupingLNER and LMS Joint
Platforms3
History
1 September 1879Opened
7 December 1953Closed to regular services
9 September 1962Closed to summer specials
7 December 1964closed for freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
Harby and Stathern Station 2008

Overview

It was the locomotive exchange station for goods traffic, with GNR engines working to the north and LNWR engines working to the south. Harby & Stathern was chosen due to local opposition in Melton Mowbray.

It was difficult to manage and run. The sidings were insufficient at peak times and the turntable could not be accessed directly so engines had to shunt to gain access through the sidings. The station was not very convenient for local passengers as the approach road was about five hundred yards long. The goods yard was very large and the original warehouse still stands.

Services

The principal services were GNR services from Leicester Belgrave Road to Grantham and LNWR services from Northampton to Nottingham London Road Low Level. Initially the LNWR also ran trains from Northampton to Newark, but in 1882 these were replaced by trains running between Harby & Stathern and Newark which connected with the Nottingham trains. The connecting trains were down to one in 1910 and were withdrawn altogether by 1922. In addition there were many summer excursion trains.

Station masters
  • S.C. Drury
  • S.C. Gregory 1915[1] - ???? (formerly station master at Shirebrook)
  • Arthur William Pedley 1925 - 1935[2]
  • F.H. Stables ca. 1939 - 1945[3] (afterwards station master at Bulwell Common)
  • G. Watson 1945 - ????
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Closure

The station closed to regular traffic in 1953, but summer specials lasted until 1962.[4][5]

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Long Clawson and Hose   London and North Western Railway
Northampton to Nottingham		   Barnstone
Long Clawson and Hose   Great Northern Railway
Leicester Belgrave Road to Grantham
Leicester Belgrave Road to Newark		   Redmile

References
  1. "Mr. S.C. Gregory". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 4 March 1915. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Long Railway Service". Nottingham Journal. England. 14 January 1935. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Stathern". Grantham Journal. England. 27 July 1945. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 9 The East Midlands. Robin Leleux
  5. Forgotten Railways, The East Midlands. (P Anderson)

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