Worthington railway station

Worthington railway station was a station at Worthington, Leicestershire, England. It was on a Midland Railway line built in 1874 from Melbourne to a junction on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line near Ashby de la Zouch.

Worthington
Location
Place	Worthington, Leicestershire
Area	North West Leicestershire
Coordinates	52.785°N 1.397°W / 52.785; -1.397
Grid reference	SK40752095
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1874	Line opened
22nd Sept 1930	Passenger service withdrawn
1939	Line becomes Melbourne Military Railway
1945	Line returned to LMS
21 May 1980	Line closed to freight traffic
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

In 1930 passenger services was withdrawn and the Midland's successor, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, was using the line only for freight services. During the Second World War the line became the Melbourne Military Railway. In 1945 the War Department returned the line and station to the LMS.

In 1980 British Railways closed the line and by the 1990s the track had been dismantled. National Cycle Route 6 now joins the trackbed at the site of the former station.

Route

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ashby de la Zouch Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Melbourne line		Tonge and Breedon Line and station closed

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