Barrow-upon-Soar railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Barrow-upon-Soar
code = BWS

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Barrow-upon-Soar railway station serves the large village of Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough.

The first station at Barrow was opened in 1840 by the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway. Originally known as "Barrow", it became "Barrow-upon-Soar" in 1871, and finally "Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn" in 1899, when Quorn and Woodhouse was opened by the rival Great Central Railway on the opposite (western) side of Quorn, neither station being ideally located for Quorn but about equidistant from Quorn village centre. Barrow was the only station on the line to retain much of its original MCR architecture. However it was completely demolished following its closure in 1968.

A new station was opened a little to the southeast of the original site on 27th May 1994 as part of phase one of the Ivanhoe Line.

* The station is served by East Midlands Trains, who operate local services from Leicester to Nottingham and Lincoln via Newark.
* The 15:51 northbound service continues from Lincoln to Sleaford.
* East Midlands Trains London services from Leeds, Sheffield and London run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with Mainline services can be made at Leicester and Loughborough.

Services are formed using diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 158.

References

*Higginson, M, (1989) "The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey," Derby: Midland Railway Trust.

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