| 词条 | Kibworth railway station |
| 释义 |
| name = Kibworth | gridref = SP684939 | image_name = Kibworth Railway Station.jpg | caption = | manager = Midland Railway | owner = London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways | locale = Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire | borough = Harborough | platforms = 2 | years = 8 May 1857 | events = Station opened | years2 = 1 January 1968 | events2 = Station closed[1] }}Kibworth railway station was opened by the Midland Railway in 1857[2] on what is now the Midland Main Line.[3] Plans had been made earlier in 1847 for a line from Leicester to Bedford, but had lapsed. However the Midland, running to Rugby at that time and dependent on the LNWR for its path into London, was looking for an alternative. It revived its plans for Bedford to go forward to Hitchin to join the Great Northern Railway. The station was near the summit of the Kibworth Incline, the most northerly of the Leicester to Hitchin section. It was built next to the bridge carrying the highway from Kibworth Beauchamp, still known at Station Street, and access was by means of wooden stairs to each platform. The station buildings were of brick in the Midland Ecclesiastical Gothic style. The booking office and other facilities were on the down (northbound) platform, with a small waiting-room on the southbound. On the down side were two bay platforms, one running through a goods shed. These joined the running lines by a crossing, but also led back to longer sidings next to the down line. Next to the up line on the other side of the road bridge, was a short loop serving a cattle dock, and an unusual siding curving away from the running lines to some small sheds.[4] At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. Goods services ended on 4 July 1966, and the station closed to passengers on 1 January 1968. In recent years, it has housed a fencing and wood merchants business but became empty in 2002. In the early 2000s,a number of houses were built on the car park. At some point, access to the line was removed, as were the platforms. {{Historical Rail Start}}{{rail line|next={{stnlnk|East Langton}}|previous={{stnlnk|Great Glen}}|route=Midland RailwayMidland Main Line|col={{MR colour}}}}{{end}} References1. ^Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens {{Closed stations Leicestershire and Rutland}}{{coord|52.5385|-0.9937|type:railwaystation_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SP684939)|display=title}}2. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Opening of the Leicester and Hitchin Line |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001289/18570509/052/0003 |newspaper=Bedfordshire Mercury |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=9 May 1857 |access-date=5 July 2016 }} 3. ^Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books 4. ^Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1 Oxford Publishing 8 : Disused railway stations in Leicestershire|Railway stations opened in 1857|Railway stations closed in 1968|Former Midland Railway stations|Beeching closures in England|Charles Henry Driver railway stations|1857 establishments in England|Harborough District |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。