Ashby de La Zouch Railway Station (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ashby de la Zouch was a railway station on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line, built by the Midland Railway to serve the town of Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire, England, opened on 1 August 1849 and closed on 7 September 1964. The station was given an impressive frontage in keeping with other grandiose architecture in the town and is listed Grade II*. The station was partially built on the remains of the horse drawn Ticknall Tramway, which previously connected the Ashby Canal with the Ticknall lime quarries. The station was a junction of the Leicester to Burton line and the Ashby de la Zouch to Derby branch line, which was also partly built on the former Ticknal tramway. The station forecourt was also a terminus for the 3 ft 6in Burton & Ashby Light Railway a tramway from Ashby to Burton upon Trent, built by the MR and closed on 19 February 1927. Tram lines for the Burton & Ashby Light Railway are still visible in the forecourt. The Association of Train Operating Companies has applied for funding for the reopening of this station.