Ashby Magna railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Ashby Magna
gridref = SP55589077


caption = Site of Ashby Magna in 2006
manager = Great Central Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
locale = Ashby Magna
borough = Harborough
platforms = 2
years = 15 March 1899
events = Opened
years1 = 5 May 1969
events1 = Closed

Ashby Magna was a station on the Great Central Railway, the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, which opened in 1899 to serve the Leicestershire village of Ashby Magna.

Architecturally, the station was very similar to Whetstone in that it comprised a single island platform designed by Alexander Ross which allowed the tracks to pass either side of a central platform, and was intended to facilitate future expansion of the railway. [ [http://prints.leics.gov.uk/pictures_671873/Lutterworth-Station-Leicestershire.html Leicester County Council, "Lutterworth Station".] ] Access to the station was had via a stairway which led down from the road bridge on Station Road. [ [http://www.greatcentraltoday.com/AshbyMagnaThumbs.htm Ashby Magna today.] ]

The station closed along with the railway line in 1969, and today little remains of it. The construction of the M1 motorway (which occurred whilst the line was still open) to the east of the station resulted in the demolition of the stationmaster's house and the loss of the goods yard. Today, a timber merchant occupies the site and remains of the cattle dock are still visible. [Cite book | author = Healy, J.M.C. | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Great Central Rail Tour | date=1988 | publisher=Unicorn Books | location=Paddock Wood, Kent | isbn=978-1-85241-005-6 | pages= p. 29]

rail line|previous=Lutterworth|next=Whetstone|route=British Railways
Great Central Main Line|col=41A317
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