Frisby railway station was a former station serving the village of

Frisby on the Wreake Frisby on the Wreake is a village and civil parish on the River Wreake about west of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 557. The toponym "Frisby" was applied by Danish invaders in th ...

in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road to Hoby.

History

The station opened in 1847 on the

Syston and Peterborough Railway The Syston and Peterborough Railway was an early railway in England opened between 1846 and 1848 to form a connection from the Midland Counties Railway near Leicester to Peterborough, giving access to East Anglia over the Eastern Counties Railway ...

, but until 1849 it only had a service on Melton market days. It closed in 1961. There were no goods facilities at the station.

Stationmasters

The station masters house was one of the smallest and cheapest on the line between Syston and Melton Mowbray. It was little more than a gatehouse and this may have contributed to the relatively fast turn-over of station masters. *John Thomson ca. 1851 - 1874 *J. Lambert 1874 - 1875 (afterwards station master at Wigston South) *G.W. Fenton 1875 - 1876 *W. Greenfield 1876 - 1887 *S. North 1877 - 1879 *F. Gilley 1879 *J. Wyldes 1879 *Edward Richardson 1880 - 1881 (afterwards station master at Great Glen) *R. Shipway 1881 - 1888 *Charles Taylor 1888 - 1892 *J.J. Cook 1892 - 1893 *R. Higgins 1893 - 1898 *Harry Scott 1898 – ca. 1911 *H.J. Roberts ca. 1914 *A. Alexander (afterwards station master at Manton)

References

Former Midland Railway stations Disused railway stations in Leicestershire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1961 1847 establishments in England 1961 disestablishments in England {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub