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Scalford
General information
Location	Scalford, Leicestershire England
Grid reference	SK755242
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway
Post-grouping	LNER and LMS Joint
Key dates
1 September 1879	Opened
7 December 1953	Closed to regular services
9 September 1962	Closed to summer specials
4 May 1964	closed for freight

Scalford railway station was a railway station serving the village of Scalford, Leicestershire^[1] on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It opened in 1879 and closed to regular traffic in 1953. It was the junction for a branch line to Waltham on the Wolds which was built to exploit ironstone deposits in the area.^[2]

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways	Following station
Melton Mowbray North	London and North Western Railway Northampton to Nottingham	Long Clawson and Hose
Melton Mowbray North	Great Northern Railway Leicester Belgrave Road to Grantham	Long Clawson and Hose
Terminus	Great Northern Railway Waltham branch line	Waltham on the Wolds

References

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^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16
^ A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 9 The East Midlands. Robin Leleux

v t e Closed railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland
Leicester and Swannington Railway	Coalville Town Bardon Hill Bagworth and Ellistown Incline House Thornton Lane Merry Lees Desford Ratby Glenfield (Leicestershire) Leicester West Bridge
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway	Overseal Donisthorpe Measham Snarestone Hugglescote Heather and Ibstock Stoke Golding Higham on the Hill
Charnwood Forest Railway	Loughborough Derby Road Snells Nook Halt Shepshed Grace Dieu Halt Thringstone Halt Whitwick Coalville East
Melbourne line	Wilson Tonge and Breedon Worthington
Leicester–Burton upon Trent line	Moira Ashby de la Zouch Swannington Kirby Muxloe Braunstone (Leicester)
GNR & LNWR Joint Railway	Harby and Stathern Long Clawson and Hose Scalford Melton Mowbray North Great Dalby John O' Gaunt Leicester Belgrave Road Humberstone Thurnby and Scraptoft Ingarsby Lowesby Tilton East Norton Hallaton Medbourne
Midland Counties Railway	Cossington Gate Wigston South Countesthorpe Broughton Astley Leire Halt Ullesthorpe
Nottingham and Melton Railway	Edwalton Plumtree Widmerpool Upper Broughton Old Dalby Grimston
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	Saxby Edmondthorpe and Wymondham
Syston and Peterborough Railway	ROF Queniborough Rearsby Brooksby Frisby Asfordby Whissendine Ashwell Manton Luffenham Ketton and Collyweston
Rugby and Stamford Railway	Lilbourne Welford and Kilworth Theddingworth Lubenham Rockingham Seaton Morcott Wakerley and Barrowden
Midland Main Line	Hathern Humberstone Road Leicester Campbell Street Welford Road Wigston Magna Great Glen Kibworth East Langton
South Leicestershire Railway	Elmesthorpe Croft railway station, Leicester Blaby Wigston Glen Parva
Great Central Main Line	Loughborough Central Quorn and Woodhouse Rothley Belgrave and Birstall Leicester Central Whetstone Ashby Magna Lutterworth
Stamford and Essendine Railway	Essendine Ryhall
Other	Uppingham Waltham-on-the-Wolds Castle Donington and Shardlow Weston on Trent

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