Asfordby

Asfordby
Asfordby
	Asfordby parish church
OS grid reference	SK7019
Shire county	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
	List of places UK England Leicestershire

Asfordby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, to the west of Melton Mowbray on the A6006 road.

The parish consists of Asfordby proper, Asfordby Valley and Asfordby Hill, which together have a population of around 3,000 (1995 est). The villages are to the north of the River Wreake, with Asfordby Hill situated east of Asfordby proper, closer to Melton, and Asfordby Valley to the north.

Asfordby was the site of a modern deep coal pit in the 1980s but this closed due to numerous geological difficulties.

Famous People from Asfordby

Mark Wain, who was the National Secretary for the Young British National Party and current Press Secretary for the Melton And Rutland group of the party was born and raised in Asfordby.

Railway Test Track

The original Old Dalby test track is owned by BRB (Residuary) Ltd. and runs from Melton Mowbray via Asfordby to Edwalton. In the early 2000s it was leased to Alstom Transport Limited who upgraded and electrified the line and used it for testing the UK version of Pendolino tilting trains. After completion of the Pendolino testing in early 2005 the line was mothballed.

On 12 February 2007, Metronet announced that they had leased the track and would be refitting part of it to test the next generation of air conditioned tube trains. ^[1] ^[2]

The Alstom Midlands Test Centre (AMTC) HQ now occupies various buildings at the former mine complex at Asfordby.

External links

References

^ "Metronet saves Old Dalby test track" (Press release). Metronet Rail. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2007-03-20. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ BBC (2007-03-19). "Tube firm to use rail test site". Retrieved 2007-03-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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[1] "Metronet saves Old Dalby test track" (Press release). Metronet Rail. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2007-03-20. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] BBC (2007-03-19). "Tube firm to use rail test site". Retrieved 2007-03-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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