Bardon Hill railway station

52°42′35″N 1°20′47″W / 52.7097°N 1.3465°W / 52.7097; -1.3465Grid referenceSK442126Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryPre-groupingMidland RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates27 April 1833 (1833-04-27)Opened as Ashby Road1 January 1847Name changed to Bardon Hill1 March 1849Closed1 September 1849Reopened12 May 1952 (1952-05-12)Closed^[1]

Bardon Hill railway station was a railway station in Leicestershire, England, on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which later became part of the Midland Railway's Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.

The village of Bardon was built to serve the large granite quarry on Bardon Hill. The quarry has for many decades provided significant freight traffic for the railway, and in about 1990 the village was demolished to let the quarry expand. British Railways had closed Bardon Hill station in 1952 but the line remains open for freight traffic.^[2]

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Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bagworth and Ellistown Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line		Coalville Town Line open, station closed