Melbourne railway station

Not to be confused with List of Melbourne railway stations.

Melbourne
Location
Place	Kings Newton
Area	South Derbyshire
Coordinates	52°49′44″N 1°24′54″W / 52.829°N 1.415°W / 52.829; -1.415Coordinates: 52°49′44″N 1°24′54″W / 52.829°N 1.415°W / 52.829; -1.415
Grid reference	SK395260
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1 September 1868	Station opened as terminus
1874	Line extended and Melbourne becomes through station
1930?	Passenger service withdrawn
1939	Station becomes Melbourne Military Railway depot
1945	Line returned to LMS
21 May 1980	Line closed to freight traffic
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Melbourne railway station was a station at Kings Newton that served the adjacent town of Melbourne, Derbyshire, England. It was opened in 1868 as the terminus of a Midland Railway branch from Derby Midland.^[1] In 1874 it became a through station as the line was extended to a junction on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line near Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

In 1930 Melbourne still had a passenger service^[1] but by 1939 it had been withdrawn and the Midland's successor, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, was using the line only for freight services. During the Second World War the line became the Melbourne Military Railway and Melbourne station became its headquarters. In 1945 the War Department returned the line and station to the LMS.

In 1980 British Railways closed the line^[1] and by the 1990s the track had been dismantled. The trackbed through the former station is now part of National Cycle Route 6.

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Tonge and Breedon Line and station closed		Midland Railway Melbourne line		Chellaston and Swarkestone Line and station closed

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Focus on... Chellaston Junction and surrounding area". http://www.derby-signalling.org.uk/ChellJn.htm. Retrieved 18 July 2011.