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Coalville East railway station was a station on the Charnwood Forest Railway. It served the town of Coalville,
The station was opened by the Charnwood Forest Railway (CFR) on 16 April 1883. It was the start of their line to Loughborough. The CFR was operated by the
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...
, England.
History
The station was opened by the Charnwood Forest Railway (CFR) on 16 April 1883. It was the start of their line to Loughborough. The CFR was operated by the London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom.
In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...
(LNWR) from the outset, but remained independent until absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...
(LMS), of which the LNWR was a constituent, at the 1923 Grouping
The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, by "grouping" them into four la ...
.
The station was closed in 1931 when the passenger services on the line with withdrawn.
Today, the site of Coalville East station has been built over by housing, with sections of the line either built on or converted for use as public bridleways.
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