Gresley railway station was a

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Castle Gresley Castle Gresley is a village and civil parish about southwest of the centre of Swadlincote in South Derbyshire, England. The population was 1,566 at the 2001 Census increasing to 1,799 at the 2011 Census. The village is about west of the villag ...

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

on the

Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

History

The line was built for the

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and the station opened on 2 October 1848. Originally sited to the west of the road bridge, the station was resited to the east of the bridge . Gresley station was closed on 7 September 1964 but the line remains open for freight traffic. From 1906 to 1927, a branch of the Burton and Ashby Light Railway terminated at the station. In the 1990s BR planned to restore passenger services between Leicester and Burton as the second phase of its Ivanhoe Line project. However, after the

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in 1995 this phase of the project was discontinued. In 2009 the

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published a £49 million proposal to restore passenger services to the line that would include reopening a station at Gresley to serve the town of

Swadlincote Swadlincote is a former mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, England, lying within The National Forest area. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire, south-east of Burton upon Trent and north-west of Ashby-de ...

Stationmasters

*John Burn until 1862 *W. Renals from 1862 - ca. 1868 (afterwards station master at Leagrave) *H. Learoyd until 1871 *Albert C. Bickham 1871 *S.N. Rose 1871 - 1873 *W. Cook 1873 - 1875 *T. Perkins 1875 - 1880 *J. Sandford 1880 - 1881 (formerly station master at Moira) *H. Wright 1881 - 1885 *T. Washbourne 1885 - 1903 *William Marston 1903 - 1915 *Percy Jackson 1927 - 1931 (afterwards station master at Wilnecote) *E.B. Bridge 1931 - 1937 (afterwards station master at Bagworth) *A.H. Malbon 1937 - 1938 (formerly station master at Chellaston) *F.N. Crook 1938 - 1939 *R.C. White from 1939 (formerly station master at Chellaston) *R. Marsden ca. 1949 ca. 1953 *C.D. Pheasant ca. 1958

References

Former Midland Railway stations Disused railway stations in Derbyshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1869 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Proposed railway stations in England 1849 establishments in England Beeching closures in England {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub