Upper Broughton railway station

Upper Broughton
Location
Place	Upper Broughton
Area	Rushcliffe
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2[1]
History
2 February 1880[2]	Station opens
31 May 1948[3]	Station closes
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Upper Broughton was a railway station serving Upper Broughton in the English county of Nottinghamshire. It was opened on the Midland Railway Manton direct route between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester. The line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track.

History

The station was opened for passengers on 2 February 1880^[1] by the Midland Railway on its cut-off line from Melton Mowbray to Nottingham, which had opened the previous year to allow the railway company's expresses between London and the North to avoid reversal at Nottingham. It also improved access to and from the iron-ore fields in Leicestershire and Rutland. Local traffic was minimal and Upper Broughton closed to passengers as early as 1948.^[4]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Widmerpool		Midland Railway Manton Route		Old Dalby

Present day

Following the closure of the line as a through-route in 1968, the track between Melton Mowbray and Edwalton was converted for use as the Old Dalby Test Track, used initially for the Advanced Passenger Train project, then much later the Class 390 Pendolino units.^[5]

The line is currently being used for the testing of new LU SSL 'S stock' built by Bombardier, Derby.

The main station building on the roadside above the line remains in good condition, incorporated into the garden of the former station master's house, now a private residence.

References

1. Aldworth, Colin (2012). The Nottingham and Melton Railway 1872 - 2012.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 237.
3. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Station, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
4. Shannon, Paul (2007). Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present). Kettering, Northants: Past & Present Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-85895-253-6.
5. Shannon, P., p. 23.

Coordinates: 52°49′32″N 1°00′13″W / 52.8256°N 1.0037°W

External links

• Some views of the station over the years
• Photos of trains at the station over the years
• Upper Broughton station on navigable 1946 O.S. map