Scalford railway station

Scalford railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Scalford
gridref = SK755242


caption =
manager = Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway
owner = LNER and LMS Joint
locale = Scalford
borough = Leicestershire
platforms = 2
years = 15 December 1879
events = Opened
years1 = 7 December 1953
events1 = Closed to regular services
years2 = 9 September 1962
events2 = Closed to summer specials

Scalford railway station was a railway station serving the village of Scalford, Leicestershire [British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16] on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It opened in 1879 and closed to regular traffic in 1953. It was the junction for a branch line to Waltham on the Wolds which was built to exploit ironstone deposits in the area. [A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 9 The East Midlands. Robin Leleux]


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