Brooksby railway station

Brooksby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Brooksby, Hoby and Rotherby in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the Brooksby to Hoby road.

Brooksby
Brooksby Station remains in 1962
General information
Location	Brooksby, Leicestershire England
Grid reference	SK669163
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 September 1846	Opened
3 July 1961	Closed
Location

History

The station opened in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway. The station buildings were larger than most on the line, considering it served a small village. The stationmasters' house was designed by the architects William Parsons and Sancton Wood.^[1] The contractors T.W.& H. Herbert undertook to build it for £1,921.

It closed in 1961. It remained in use for goods until 1964.^[2] The station became grade II listed building in 1979.^[3]

Stationmasters

• Benjamin Isett ca. 1851
• Thomas Howitt ca. 1861 - 1863
• Joseph Clemenstone 1863 - ca. 1865
• John Ballentine ca. 1871 - 1879
• Lot Gilby 1879 - 1883
• John Jameson 1883 - 1900
• Henry E. Haines 1900^[4] - 1903 (formerly station master at Watnall, afterwards station master at Helpston)
• Samson Seddon 1903 - 1926^[5] (formerly station master at Syston)
• J.H. Roberts ca. 1928 (also station master at Rearsby)
• Luke Randolph Benson ca. 1933 - 1942 (also station master at Rearsby)
• T.A. Goddard 1942 - 1944^[6] (afterwards station master at Leigh)
• T.T. Perkins 1944
• G.W.S. Springs 1944 - ca. 1945
• L. Cope ca. 1957

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Rearsby		Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough		Frisby