2021
SP3795 : Station House, 66 Station Road, Higham on the Hill
taken 3 years ago, near to Higham on The Hill, Leicestershire, England
Station House, 66 Station Road, Higham on the Hill
The house was probably built around 1873 as Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway (LMS 1923-1948) was opened on 1st Sept. 1873, passenger services were withdrawn on 13 Apr. 1931. The other station buildings were demolished shortly afterwards and the line closed to traffic on 6 July 1962. The original plans for the line did not include a station here but it was built following requests by the local villagers. Signals were to be operated by the Stationmaster. The A&N owned a field here but plans for a siding were never carried out. The unusual station, with its main buildings set back from the platform on a bank, was constructed without goods facilities and is unlikely to have ever been very busy, with its reliance on only passenger traffic. (Part of the line between Shackerstone and Shenton has been re-opened as the Battlefield Line Railway, a heritage railway.)
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