Great Glen railway station

Former railway station in Leicestershire, England

Great Glen

General information
Location| Great Glen, Leicestershire, Harborough
England
Grid reference| SP652962
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Pre-grouping| Midland Railway
Post-grouping| London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways
Key dates
1857| Station opened as Glen (or Glenn)
January 1897| Renamed Great Glen
1951| station closed for passengers
1964| Station closed completely

Great Glen railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.

## History

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Originally simply Glen, it was later renamed Glen Magna before receiving its final name. Passengers services finished in 1951, while goods services continued it was unstaffed in 1962, finally closing in 1964. The station houses remain and are occupied by a commercial business.[1]

## Stationmasters

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* George Fowler ca. 1859[2] \- 1873[3]
* S. Ellery 1873 - 1876[3] (formerly station master at Buckden, afterwards station master at Peak Forest)
* S. Ferguson 1876 - 1877[3] (formerly station master at Linby)
* W. Headford 1877 - 1880[3] (formerly station master at Buckden, afterwards station master at Wilnecote)
* R. Grice 1880[3] \- 1881[4] (formerly station master at Darley Dale)
* Edward Richardson 1881 - 1884[4] (formerly station master at Frisby)
* C. Barnett 1884[4] \- 1900[5] (formerly station master at Wickwar)
* Alfred William Kingdon 1900 - 1902[5] (afterwards station master at Kibworth)
* George Stephen Coleman 1902[5] \- 1926[6] (afterwards station master at Narborough)
* J.L. Hadfield 1926 - 1935[7] (from 1929 also station master at Kibworth)
* William Hankins 1935[8] \- ca. 1938 (formerly station master at Seaton, also station master of Kibworth)

## Route

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Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Wigston Magna
Line open, station closed |  | Midland Railway
Midland Main Line |  | Kibworth
Line open, station closed

## References

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1. ^ Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
2. ^ "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 173. 1914. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
3. ^ a b c d e "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 519. 1871. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
4. ^ a b c "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 692. 1881. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
5. ^ a b c "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1027". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 658. 1899. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
6. ^ "Mr. A. Coleman". Leicester Chronicle. England. 1 May 1926. Retrieved 5 February 2022 - via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ "Promotion for Stationmaster". Leicester Chronicle. England. 27 April 1935. Retrieved 5 February 2022 - via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ "His Sixth Change". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 31 May 1935. Retrieved 30 January 2022 - via British Newspaper Archive.

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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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