Clifton Mill railway station
| Clifton Mill | |
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Site of the station in 1988. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Rugby |
| Area | Warwickshire |
| Operations | |
| Original company | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 May 1850 | Station opens |
| 6 April 1953 | Station closes [1] |
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Clifton Mill railway station was a railway station serving Clifton-upon-Dunsmore in the English county of Warwickshire. It was opened on the Rugby and Stamford Railway in 1850.[2]
History
Parliamentary approval was gained in 1846 to the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway for a branch from Rugby to the Syston and Peterborough Railway near Stamford. [3] In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway. The section from Rugby to Market Harborough, which included Clifton Mill, opened in 1850. Originally single track, it was doubled at the end of 1878.[4]
At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The station closed in 1953, and the line closed in 1966.
The site today
Station Road leads from the village centre terminating in a small Mill Lane. Some distance along the former are a number of buildings, where traces of the old track bed may still be made out.
References
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ↑ http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/cliftonmill.htm
- ↑ http://archivesunlocked.warwickshire.gov.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='01510/1/3/1/6')
- ↑ Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1 Oxford Publishing
External links
Coordinates: 52°22′58″N 1°13′52″W / 52.38284°N 1.23110°W
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