Hathern railway station

Hathern railway station was a station serving the village of Hathern in Leicestershire, England.

Hathern
The remains of Hathern station
Location
Place	Normanton on Soar
Area	Borough of Rushcliffe
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
17 February 1868[1]	Station opened
1 January 1960[2]	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

History

It was built by the Midland Railway on the line originally opened in 1839 by the Midland Counties Railway. This line is now part of the Midland Main Line between Loughborough and Long Eaton

The station opened on 17 February 1868 with a service of four trains in each direction each day[1]

It lay a mile and a half from the village, nearer to Sutton Bonington in the neighbouring county of Nottinghamshire and closed in 1960.[3]

The station buildings remain, extended, and in use as The Old Hathern Station Bed and Breakfast.

Accidents

On 25 November 1870, Robert Smith aged 25 was crossing the line near Hathern when he was struck by the express train from Leicester.[4]

On 16 October 1871[5] the mail train from Leeds to London St Pancras left Trent railway station at 5.45am and was at full speed nearing Loughborough when midway between Hathern and Loughborough, five or six coaches derailed injuring 7 people.[6]

On 14 November 1884, William Letts, a porter aged 20 employed at Hathern station was killed by an express train at the station.[7]

Station masters

• Mr. Fewkes ca. 1869
• James Beebe 1870 - 1873[8] (afterwards station master at Pye Bridge)
• J. Collins 1873 - 1877
• W. Woodard 1877 - 1886[9]
• Thomas Pitt 1886 - 1889
• F. Porter 1890 - 1892[10]
• Samuel Eaton 1892 - 1903
• Ernest Clowens 1903 - 1922
• F. Judson 1922[11] - ???? (formerly station master at Kirby Muxloe)

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Loughborough Line and station open		Midland Railway Midland Main Line		Kegworth Line open, station closed

References

1. "New Station on the Midland LIne". Leicester Chronicle. England. 22 February 1868. Retrieved 17 February 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Butt, R.J.V. (1 October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1852605081.
3. Higginson, Mark (1989). The Midland Counties Railway 1839-1989 a Pictorial Survey. Derby: Midland Railway Trust. ISBN 9781872194004.
4. "Fatal Railway Accident". Grantham Journal. England. 26 November 1870. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Extract for the Accident at Hathern on 16 October 1871". Railways Archive. Railways Archive. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
6. "Alarming Accident on the Midland Railway". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 21 October 1871. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "The shocking accident at Hathern Station". Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham News. England. 20 November 1884. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "A noted station-master". Belper News. England. 24 January 1908. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Presentation at Hathern". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 20 November 1931. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Normanton-on-Soar. Presentation to Mr. Porter". Leicester Journal. England. 17 June 1892. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "New Stationmaster at Hathern". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 6 October 1922. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.