Melbourne railway station was a station at Kings Newton that served the adjacent town of Melbourne, Derbyshire, England.
Stone bridge crossing the site of Melbourne station. The branch's trackbed has become the Cloud Trail footpath.
The Leicester–Burton upon Trent line is a freight-only railway line in England linking the Midland Main Line near Leicester to the Derby to Birmingham line at Burton upon Trent. The line was built by
Melbourne railway station (United Kingdom)
…1868 as the terminus of a Midland Railway branch from Derby Midland. In 1874 it became a through station as the line was extended to a junction on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line near Ashby-de-la-Zouch. In 1930 passenger services were withdrawn and the Midland's successor, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, was using the…
Site of former Coalville Town station in 1988
The old station at Ashby-de-la-Zouch
A coal train for Drakelow Power Station
A train loaded with granite chippings from the Markfield Stud Farm quarry at Battleflat, near Bagworth.