Moira railway station (England)

Not to be confused with Moira railway station in Northern Ireland.

Moira railway station was a railway station at Moira, Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.

Moira
Moira railway station in 2019
General information
Location	Moira, North West Leicestershire England
Coordinates	52.7388°N 1.5317°W / 52.7388; -1.5317
Grid reference	SK317157
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1849	opened
1964	closed
Location

History

The line was built for the Midland Railway and opened in 1849. Moira station was closed in 1964 but the line remains open for freight traffic.

The former station building can be seen at the end of Station Drive, Moira, just off the main Ashby Road. The former station is also reflected in the name of the village pub, the Railway Inn.

In the 1990s BR planned to restore passenger services to the line as the second phase of its Ivanhoe Line project. However, after the privatisation of British Rail in 1995 this phase of the project was discontinued. In 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a £49 million proposal to restore passenger services to the line that would include reopening a station at Moira.^[1]

Stationmasters

• John Willoughby ca. 1856
• William Pykett until 1864^[2] (afterwards station master at Whatstandwell)
• S. Hodgkinson from 1864
• George Drakeford until 1874^[3]
• W. Seaton 1874 - 1876^[4] (formerly station master at Wichnor Junction)
• J. Sandford 1876 - 1880^[4]
• James Thompson 1880^[4] - 1883^[5]
• G.J. Bursnell 1883 - 1887^[5]
• Harry Ellis 1887 - 1892^[5]
• A.H. Baldwin 1892 - 1896^[5]
• G. Abbutt 1896 - 1898^[5]
• John Witts 1898^[5] - 1908^[6]
• Thomas William Peach 1908^[6] - 1939^[7]
• F. Tunnicliffe 1939 - 1947^[8]
• Reginald W. Whitehead B.E.M. 1947^[9] - 1953 (formerly station master at Old Dalby and Grimston)
• A.F. Manison from 1953
• Mr. Brazier ca. 1965