Moira railway station, Leicestershire

Not to be confused with Moira railway station in Northern Ireland.

Moira
Moira railway station in 2007
Location
Place	Moira, Leicestershire
Area	North West Leicestershire
Coordinates	52°44′17″N 1°31′55″W / 52.738°N 1.532°W / 52.738; -1.532Coordinates: 52°44′17″N 1°31′55″W / 52.738°N 1.532°W / 52.738; -1.532
Grid reference	SK317157
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1849	opened
1964	closed
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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Moira railway station was a railway station at Moira, Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The line was built for the Midland Railway and opened in 1849. Moira station was closed in 1964 but the line remains open for freight traffic.

In the 1990s BR planned to restore passenger services to the line as the second phase of its Ivanhoe Line project. However, after the privatisation of British Rail in 1995 this phase of the project was discontinued. In 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a £49 million proposal to restore passenger services to the line that would include reopening a station at Moira.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Ashby de la Zouch Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line		Gresley Station closed, line open
Worthington Line and station closed				Woodville Line and station closed

References

1. ^ Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network. London: Association of Train Operating Companies. 2009. p. 19. http://www.atoc.org/latest-publications.