Ashley and Weston railway station

Ashley and Weston
Remains of the station in 1996
General information
Location	Market Harborough, Northamptonshire England
Grid reference	SP791916
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1850	Opened as Medbourne Bridge
1 March 1878	Renamed Ashley and Weston
18 June 1951	Closed for public services
After June 1952	Final closure

Ashley and Weston railway station was a station in Northamptonshire, serving the settlements of Ashley and Weston. It was located just east of Welham Junction.

History

The station opened in 1850 on the Rugby and Stamford Railway and was originally named Medbourne Bridge. It was renamed when Medbourne railway station was opened on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It later became part of the London and North Western Railway and following the Grouping of 1923 it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed by British Railways for regular passenger services on 18 June 1951 but continued to be used by railway staff until 1952.

Extensive sidings were opened in 1904 to handle the amount of coal coming from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Market Harborough		London and North Western Railway Rugby and Stamford Railway		Rockingham

The station building survives today as a private residence.

References

• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable 1946 O. S. map