Welford Road railway station

Former railway station in Leicestershire, England

Welford Road

General information
Location| Leicester, Leicestershire
England
Coordinates| 52°37′11″N 1°07′50″W﻿ / ﻿52.6197°N 1.1306°W﻿ / 52.6197; -1.1306
Grid reference| SK590028
Platforms| 1
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Pre-grouping| London and North Western Railway
Key dates
1874?| Station opened
6 Feb 1918| Station closed

Welford Road railway station was a railway station built by the London and North Western Railway to allow their staff to collect passenger tickets from LNWR trains entering Leicester from the south.[1]

It was situated immediately south of the road bridge carrying Welford Road above the line, less than 1 mile from Leicester station. Knighton tunnel is just to the south.

Later in the station's (brief) history, passengers were allowed to alight here, with trains stopping here only on Wednesdays and Saturdays to serve the cattle market.[2]

No platform was ever built to serve the southbound line.

The station was closed on 6 February 1918.

## References

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1. ^ Radford, B (1988) [1983]. Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London and Derby. London: Bloomsbury Books. p. not cited. ISBN 1-870630-21-1.
2. ^ Radford, B (1988) [1983]. Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London and Derby. London: Bloomsbury Books. p. not cited. ISBN 1-870630-21-1.

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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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