Coalville Town railway station
| Coalville Town | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Coalville |
| Area | North West Leicestershire |
| Coordinates | 52°43′26″N 1°22′19″W / 52.724°N 1.372°WCoordinates: 52°43′26″N 1°22′19″W / 52.724°N 1.372°W |
| Grid reference | SK425142 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| History | |
| 1894[citation needed] | station opened |
| 7 September 1964 | station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Coalville Town was a railway station at Coalville in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The Midland Railway opened the station in 1894[citation needed] and British Railways closed it on 7th September 1964.
Coalville Town was the most important station between Leicester and Burton-on-Trent and was built to fuller dimensions to reflect this. It was called Coalville Town to distinguish it from Coalville East on the rival Charnwood Forest Railway.
The station straddled the A50 road. Its former booking office is now a children's nursery beside the level crossing.
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[edit] Motive power depot
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British Railways closed Mantle Lane motive power depot at Coalville in 1990. Its "Category A" status was a clerical error, and was in fact a "Category C".[clarification needed] The British Railways depot on the site was unusual in that it had no fuelling points, fitters or any other shed facilities. Locomotives would be taken in ferries[clarification needed] to nearby Burton-on-Trent (until it closed) or Leicester for refuelling, water and sandbox filling. This perhaps shows why it was a surprise to find it as an A-listed depot.[clarification needed] Little remains at the site which hints at its formerly busy railway past. Two tracks remain where once lay four 'on shed' as it were.[clarification needed]
[edit] Reopening proposals
In the 1990s BR planned to restore passenger services between Leicester and Burton as the second phase of its Ivanhoe Line project. However, after the privatisation of British Rail in 1995 this phase of the project was discontinued. In 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a £49 million proposal to restore passenger services to the line that would include reopening a station at Coalville.[1]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Bardon Hill Line open, station closed |
Midland Railway Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line |
Swannington Line open, station closed |
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| Hugglescote Line open, station closed |
branch to Coleorton Tramway Line and station closed |
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