Thornton Lane railway station

Thornton Lane
Thornton Lane
General information
Location	Thornton, Leicestershire; England
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Key dates
1850	Opened
1 October 1865	Closed

Thornton Lane railway station served the village of Thornton, Leicestershire, England, from 1850 to 1865 on the Leicester and Swannington Railway.

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The station was opened in 1850 by the Midland Railway. It was only used on Saturdays. It closed on 1 October 1865.^[1]^[2]

[1]
Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 419. OCLC 931112387.
[2]
Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 229. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Merry Lees Line open, station closed		Leicester and Swannington Railway		Bagworth Line open, station closed

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Thornton Lane
General information
Location	Thornton, Leicestershire England
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Key dates
1850 (1850)	Opened
1 October 1865 (1865-10-01)	Closed