Clifton Mill railway station

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 1864.[1]

Clifton Mill
Site of the station in 1988.
Location
PlaceClifton-upon-Dunsmore
AreaWarwickshire
Operations
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
November 1864[1]Station opens
6 April 1953[2]Station closes
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

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 1864.[1] Originally single track, it was doubled in 1878.[4]

At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The station closed on 6 April 1953[2] and the line closed in 1966.

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.

Map of the railways around Rugby in 1950, showing the location of Clifton Mill station

References
  1. "Clifton Mill station". Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  2. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  3. "Rugby and Stamford Railway Act 1846".
  4. Hendry, R. Preston; Hendry, R. Powell (1982). An historical survey of selected LMS stations: layouts and illustrations Vol. 1. Oxford Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-86093-168-4.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Rugby
Station open, line closed		   London and North Western Railway
Rugby to Peterborough Line		   Lilbourne
Line and station closed
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