Narborough Railway Station
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Narborough Railway Station
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 24 Nov 2010
Narborough railway station serves the village of Narborough in Leicestershire. It is located on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line 8 km (4¾ miles) south west of Leicester. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC). The station was opened in 1864 but closed by British Rail on 4 March 1968, however such was the outrage that it re-opened on 5 January 1970. When built it was one of many rural stations built adjacent to the road with a level crossing. At the time, this would have been adequate given the road traffic of the period, but nowadays Narborough is a busy suburban village close to the City of Leicester and a large traffic jam on the entrance to Narborough is common, due to waiting for approaching trains to clear the level crossing.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.57199
Longitude
-1.200235