Narborough railway station

Narborough
Narborough
	Narborough railway station
Location
Place	Narborough
Local authority	Blaby
Coordinates	52.5708°N 1.2032°W
Grid reference	SP541973
Operations
Station code	NBR
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	383,052
2015/16	386,782
2016/17	397,674
2017/18	393,814
2018/19	399,002
History
Original company	South Leicestershire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1864	Opened
4 March 1968	Closed
5 January 1970	Reopened
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Narborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.;

Narborough railway station serves the villages of Narborough and Littlethorpe in Leicestershire. It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Leicester. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, who do not serve the station. Only CrossCountry trains serve the station.

A full range of tickets for travel is available from the station ticket office when it is open, or at other times from the guard on the train at no extra cost.

History

The station was opened in 1864 by the South Leicestershire Railway, which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1867.[1]

British Railways closed the station on 4 March 1968, but public objections led BR to reopen it on 5 January 1970.[2] Restoration of the station after 21 months of disuse cost £3,250, which was paid for by the then Blaby Rural District Council and Narborough Parish Council.[3]

Next to the station is a level crossing across Station Road.

Services

There are services to Leicester and Birmingham New Street in each direction usually every hour. There are three trains per day to Stansted Airport and a fourth to Cambridge on weekdays only.Table 47 National Rail timetable, May 2019

This station has a waiting room, which is open for the same hours as the booking office.

Preceding station		National Rail	Following station
Hinckley		CrossCountry Birmingham-Leicester	South Wigston
Hinckley		CrossCountry Birmingham-Leicester	Leicester
	Historical railways
Croft Line open, station closed		LNWR South Leicestershire Railway	Blaby Line open, station closed

References

"Series reference RAIL 636". The Catalogue. The National Archives. 5 October 2011.
Stretton, John (2005). Leicestershire. British Railways Past and Present. Past and Present Publishing. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85895-198-4.
Bevan, Alan, ed. (1998). A-Z of Rail Reopenings (fourth ed.). Fareham: Railway Development Society Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 0-901283-13-4.

External links

Train times and station information for Narborough railway station from National Rail

GWR 4900 Class 4965 Rood Ashton Hall at Narborough railway station

Engineering work at Narborough railway station

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[1] "Series reference RAIL 636". The Catalogue. The National Archives. 5 October 2011.

[2] Stretton, John (2005). Leicestershire. British Railways Past and Present. Past and Present Publishing. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85895-198-4.

[3] Bevan, Alan, ed. (1998). A-Z of Rail Reopenings (fourth ed.). Fareham: Railway Development Society Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 0-901283-13-4.