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Shenton railway station

Shenton
Location
Place Shenton
Area Hinckley and Bosworth
Coordinates 52°35′59.00″N 1°24′55.00″W / 52.5997222°N 1.4152778°W / 52.5997222; -1.4152778Coordinates: 52°35′59.00″N 1°24′55.00″W / 52.5997222°N 1.4152778°W / 52.5997222; -1.4152778
Grid reference SK396004
Operations
Managed by Battlefield Line Railway
Platforms 1
History
1873 opened
1931 closed for passengers
1965 closed entirely
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
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Shenton railway station is located about 0.5 miles from the village of Shenton, Leicestershire, England.

It is the current southern terminus of the Battlefield Line Railway, which runs to here from Shackerstone. The station is located at the foot of Ambion Hill and is actually the reconstructed Humberstone Road Station from Leicester. The original station closed in 1965 and was dismantled and relocated (except for a small lamp room that now serves as the Station Pottery).

The station is a former stop on the London and North Western Railway and the Midland Railway, who jointly operated the line between Moira West Junction and Nuneaton. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.


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