Rearsby railway station

Rearsby
The station in 1895
General information
Location	Rearsby, Leicestershire England
Grid reference	SK652152
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 September 1846	Opened
2 April 1951	Closed

Rearsby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Rearsby and Thrussington in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road between the two.

History

The station opened in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The station building were designed by the architects William Parsons and Sancton Wood.^[1] The contractors Norman and Grimson undertook to build it for £744 8s 6d. and it was remarkably similar to the station at Asfordby.

It closed in 1951.^[2]

Stationmasters

• Thomas Sharp ca. 1849 - 1889^[3]
• William Sugars 1889 - 1895^[4] (afterwards station master at Tibshelf)
• A.W. Kingdom 1895 - 1897 (formerly station master at Little Eaton)
• John Lewis Shannon 1897 - 1900 (afterwards station master at Ashwell, Kegworth, assistant station master at Derby, then station master at Nottingham, Sheffield and finally London St Pancras)^[5]
• Frederick H. Shelton 1900 - ca. 1911
• M. Shilion ca. 1914
• J.H. Roberts ca. 1928 (also station master at Brooksby)
• Luke Randolph Benson ca. 1933 - 1942 (also station master at Brooksby)

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Syston		Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough		Brooksby

References

1. "The Railway Stations of Leicestershire" (PDF). Leicestershire Historian. 1–2 (8): 2. 1967. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
2. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
3. "Rearsby. Retirement of the Station-Master". Grantham Journal. England. 26 January 1899. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Rearsby". Grantham Journal. England. 28 September 1895. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "New Station Master at St Pancras". Halifax Evening Courier. England. 10 May 1924. Retrieved 8 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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