Measham railway station is a disused railway station that formerly served the village of Measham, North West Leicestershire from 1874 to 1931. The station was on the

Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway The Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway was a pre-grouping railway company in the English Midlands, built to serve the Leicestershire coalfield. Both the Midland Railway and the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) wished to build a line on simi ...

. The station is the only building on the Ashby - Shackerstone section to still be in situ. The trackbed has since been filled in and is now a footpath to Moira. The goods shed is also still standing at Measham.

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*http://www.midlandrailway.org.uk/occasional-papers/donisthorpe/ *http://www.shackerstonefestival.co.uk/ANJR/Hdonisthorpe_station.htm *http://podahistory.blogspot.com/2014/07/donisthorpe-railway-station.html {{Closed stations Leicestershire and Rutland Disused railway stations in Leicestershire Former Midland Railway stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931