Lutterworth was a station which opened in 1899 to serve 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 ...

market town of

Lutterworth Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, close to the borders with Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. It is located north of Rugby, ...

. It was situated on the Great Central Railway, the last main line to be constructed from the

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. The station was equipped with an

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designed by Alexander Ross which allowed the tracks to pass either side of a central platform, and was intended to facilitate future expansion of the railway. The station closed along with the railway line in 1969, and today little remains of it. Along Station Road can be found the stationmaster's house and the cutting where the yards and station stood.

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Disused railway stations in Leicestershire Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1899 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1969 Beeching closures in England Lutterworth {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub