Ingarsby railway station was a railway station in

Ingarsby Ingarsby is one of the best preserved deserted medieval villages in England. It is situated about to the east of Leicester, and a little to the north of Houghton on the Hill. The majority of the site, which is situated on a west facing slope an ...

, Leicestershire, on the Great Northern Railway Leicester branch. It opened in 1882, and closed to regular passenger trains and goods on 7 December 1953 but a workmen's service continued until 29 April 1957 .Clinker's Register To the west, about halfway to the next station at

Thurnby Thurnby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurnby and Bushby, in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is just east of Leicester's city boundaries. Thurnby village proper is set to ...

, lies Ingarsby tunnel, long. Although the correct spelling for the locality is Ingarsby, the station appeared in railway publications as "Ingersby", including Bradshaw for August 1887, July 1902, July 1922 and October 1931, as well as The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904. It appeared as "Ingarsby for Houghton" in Bradshaw for December 1944 and in the LNER timetable for May 6th 1946. It was advertised as the station for

Houghton on the Hill Houghton on the Hill is a village and civil parish lying to the east of Leicester in the Harborough district, in Leicestershire, East Midlands in England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,524. An entry for Hought ...

. The station building survives today as a private residence.

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Disused railway stations in Leicestershire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953 Former Great Northern Railway stations {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub