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It opened on 6 December 1869 as Castle Donington, when the Midland Railway opened the Weston, Castle Donington and Trent branch. [1] It was renamed Castle Donington and Shardlow on 13 June 1901 [2] before being closed to passengers on 21 September 1930. [3] It was closed to freight in 1967 and was demolished soon after.
The Castle Donington line also known as Weston On Trent Branch Railway is a railway line in Derbyshire, England, that runs between Stenson Junction in the west and Sheet Stores Junction in the east [1] (just north of Trent Junction). There are no passenger services that serve this line regularly but passenger services are occasionally routed ...
Broomielaw Station (remains) in 1965. This is a list of railway stations which at some time have been private halts. It details the name of the railway station, its location, dates where known, reason for its existence and any additional information that may aid the researcher. The station names in bold are still available for use today.
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The town has no rail station, but East Midlands Parkway opened early in 2008 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar providing links on the Midland Main Line. In 1868 the Midland Railway opened the Castle Donington Line, which included Castle Donington and Shardlow railway station, on the northern edge of the town. The station was closed to regular passenger ...
The station was opened on 6 December 1869, when the Midland Railway opened its Weston, Castle Donington and Trent branch. [1] It was closed to passengers on 21 September 1930 [2] then closed to freight in 1959.
John Henry Bodsworth 1886–1896 [7] (formerly station master at Castle Donington) Andrew John Evans 1896 [7] –1908; John Davies 1908–1926 [8] Herbert Hayward 1926–1932 [9] (formerly station master at Pelsall, afterwards station master at Dudley) E.J. Clulow 1932 [10] –1940 (formerly station master at Dronfield)
It has rail access from the Castle Donington line, road access from junction 24 of the M1 motorway, and lies immediately to the north of East Midlands Airport. It thus unites air, road, and rail freight in a central location. [1] [2] [3] [4]