Bottesford to Melton Mowbray and Market Harborough (Great Northern Railway and London and North Western Railway)






Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Saxondale Junction to Stathern Junction



The site of Bingham Road station, to the left of the photographer, is covered in housing; but there is a footpath from the South side of Nottingham ...
Ken Strachan 09/09/2017
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Bottesford North Junction to Welham Junction

























A view towards the north east on 1st March 2016 at the viaduct to the south of John O' Gaunt station on the closed line from Melton Mowbray. Passenger ...
John McIntyre 01/03/2016
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Closure to regular passenger trains 1916. Worker's trains and excursions may have continued. Junction taken out 1929 and officially closed in 1930.
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Leicester Belgrave Road Branch (Great Northern Railway)
I like walking around triangles. There is the tantalizing choice of which side to do first; especially if, like me, you are on a Railway Ramblers ...
Ken Strachan 24/10/2021
The South curve at Marefield Junction is in astonishingly good condition for a railway closed to passengers 105 years ago (the south junction was ...
Ken Strachan 25/09/2021
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You could explore the area of Tilton station - now a poultry farm - and never realize that this bridge support was there. It was built to support the ...
Ken Strachan 25/09/2021
If you go down to the woods today, you may find a body from a 4-wheeled van which last received works attention in 2005. Most of these grounded bodies ...
Ken Strachan 25/09/2021
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Old station sites are often completely demolished and cleared; occasionally tastefully preserved; or as in the case of Hallaton, have a couple of ...
Ken Strachan 05/04/2013
These impressive abutments are located between Hallaton Junction and Harefield Junctions on the GN and LNW line South of Melton Mowbray. I was touring ...
Ken Strachan 05/04/2013
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Medbourne Curve










Bottesford West Curve



Bottesford West Junction in September 1993. A 3-car DMU heads west towards Nottingham. Until closure to goods traffic in 1987 this was the junction ...
John Clark 04/09/1993
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Bottesford East Curve