Merry Lees railway station

Merry Lees railway station
Location
Place	Merry Lees
Area	North West Leicestershire
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
18 July 1832	First Merry Lees station opened
27 March 1848	Second Merry Lees station opened
date unknown	Station renamed Merrylees
1 March 1871	Station closed
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Merry Lees was a railway station on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line in Leicestershire. It was opened in 1832 and closed in 1871.

The Leicester and Swannington Railway opened the first Merry Lees station on 18 July 1832. The Midland Railway took over the line in 1845 and replaced the station with a second one 150 yards (140 m) to the north on 27 March 1848.

This station closed on 27 March 1848 when it was replaced by a second station, 135 metres north of the original location. The Midland renamed the station Merrylees station some time thereafter, and closed it on 1 March 1871. For the entire period from 1832 to 1871 the station was run by a station mistress, Mary Argyle.^[1]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Desford Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line		Thornton Lane Line open, station closed

References

1. ^ Wojtczak, Helena (2007). Railwaywomen: Exploitation, Betrayal and Triumph in the Workplace. Hastings: Hastings Press. p. not cited. ISBN 9781904109044. 

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.