Hallaton railway station

Hallaton

General information
Location	Hallaton, Leicestershire England
Grid reference	SP794966
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway
Post-grouping	LNER and LMS joint
Key dates
15 December 1879	Opened
7 December 1953	Closed

Hallaton railway station was a former railway station serving the village of Hallaton, Leicestershire,^[1] on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. The station was located about a quarter of a mile east of the village on the road to Horninghold. The station opened in 1879 and closed to regular traffic in 1953.^[2] The Leicester to Peterborough service was withdrawn in 1916. To the south-west was Welham Junction.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
East Norton		London and North Western Railway Nottingham to Northampton		Market Harborough
East Norton		Great Northern Railway Leicester Belgrave Road to Peterborough North		Medbourne

References

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^ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer
^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 212. OCLC 931112387.

v t e 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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