Blaby railway station

Blaby railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line that served Blaby in Leicestershire, England.

Blaby
General information
Location	Blaby, Leicestershire England
Coordinates	52.5787°N 1.1662°W / 52.5787; -1.1662
Grid reference	SP566982
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	South Leicestershire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 January 1864	Station opened
4 March 1968	Station closed
Location

The station was opened in 1864 by the South Leicestershire Railway, which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1867.^[1] British Railways closed the station in 1968.

In July 1914, local suffragettes Ellen Sheriff and Elizabeth Frisby, along with experienced arsonist Kitty Marion, armed with wood-shavings dipped in creosol (and an axe, to break in) trekked across a field in the middle of the night and burned the station down, causing £500-worth of damage.^[2]

A campaign to re-open the station was launched in 2008.^[3] Preserved Bagnall fireless steam locomotive no. 2370 is being used to publicise the re-opening campaign.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Narborough Line and station open		London and North Western Railway South Leicestershire Railway		Wigston Glen Parva Line open, station closed