Barrow-upon-Soar railway station serves the large village of

Barrow-upon-Soar Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough, with a population at the 2011 census of 5,856. Geography Barrow lies on the east bank of the River Soar, where the riv ...

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. The station is located on the

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between

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and

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second larg ...

, north of

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History

The first station at Barrow was opened in 1840 by the

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, which shortly joined the

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and the

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to form the

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. It was originally known simply as Barrow, but became Barrow-upon-Soar in 1871. When Quorn and Woodhouse was opened by the rival

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on the opposite (western) side of

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, it became Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn in 1899. Neither station, in fact, was ideally located for Quorn being about equidistant from its centre. Barrow was the only station on the line to retain much of its original MCR architecture. However it was completely demolished following its closure in 1968. A new station was opened a little to the southeast of the original site on 27 May 1994 as part of phase one of the Ivanhoe Line. In August 2016, a road bridge by the station partially collapsed during maintenance work, severely disrupting train services.

Stationmasters

*T. Walker until 1860 (afterwards station master at Ullesthorpe) *Joseph Clementson 1861 - 1863 (afterwards station master at Brooksby) *A. Roberts from 1863 *William Grant ca. 1871 - 1873 (afterwards station master at Sharnbrook) *G. Welch 1873 - 1875 (formerly station master at Cudworth) *George Rivett 1875 - 1877 (formerly station master at Broughton) *J. Collins 1877 - 1881 (formerly station master at Hathern) 404 *George Latimer 1881 - 1883 (formerly station master at Mountsorrel, afterwards station master at Glendon and Rushton) *Edward Presgrave 1883 - 1901 (formerly station master at Fiskerton) *H.F. West 1901 - 1903 (afterwards station master at Ketton) *William Dean 1903 - 1906 (formerly station master at Ketton, afterwards station master at Shirebrook) *Sidney William Varnam 1906 - ca. 1912 (formerly station master at old Dalby, afterwards station master at Pear Tree and Normanton) *Harry York ca. 1914 ca. 1931 *Mr. Hill *Cuthbert Wells Towers 1942 - 1956 (formerly station master at Kirby Muxloe) *Ronald Frederick Short ca. 1957 ca. 1962

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and facilities are limited although there is a self-service

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for ticket purchases as well as shelters and modern help points on both platforms.

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storage is also available at the station. Step-free access is not available to either of the platforms at the station.

Services

All services at Barrow-upon-Soar are operated by

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using Class 153, 156 and

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to * 1 tph to via of which 1 tp2h continues to Fast trains on the

pass by the station but do not stop. The station is closed on Sundays.

Gallery

File:Barrow-upon-Soar_and_Quorn_railway_station.jpg, Barrow upon Soar in 1962 File:Barrow-on-Soar 2 Station geograph-2152778.jpg, Down iron ore train passing in 1950 File:Barrow-on-Soar 3 Station geograph-2173711-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, Up coal train at Barrow-on-Soar Station in 1950 File:Barrow upon Soar railway station August 2018.jpg, The station in 2018

References

External links

{{Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Railway stations in Leicestershire DfT Category F2 stations Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968 Railway stations opened by Railtrack Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1994 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Reopened railway stations in Great Britain Beeching closures in England