Bardon Hill railway station

Bardon Hill 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.

Bardon Hill
Signal cabin at the site of Bardon Hill station
General information
Location	Bardon, North West Leicestershire England
Coordinates	52.7097°N 1.3465°W / 52.7097; -1.3465
Grid reference	SK442126
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
27 April 1833 (1833-04-27)	Opened as Ashby Road
1 January 1847	Name changed to Bardon Hill
1 March 1849	Closed
1 September 1849	Reopened
12 May 1952 (1952-05-12)	Closed[1]

The village of Bardon was built to serve the large granite quarry on Bardon Hill. The quarry has for many decades provided significant freight traffic for the railway, and in about 1990 the village was demolished to let the quarry expand. British Railways had closed Bardon Hill station in 1952 but the line remains open for freight traffic.^[2]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 64. OCLC 931112387.
2. "Bardon Hill Station © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bagworth and Ellistown Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line		Coalville Town Line open, station closed