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Stapleford Park, but when the surveyors arrived, with a bodyguard, to take new measurements and levels they were once again confronted by a group of Lord Harborough's men, and the second Battle of Saxby was soon in full swing. This time Lord Harborough himself participated by driving his carriage into the ranks of the surveyors. The surveying did eventually get done, and the deviation was authorised by Act of 16 June 1846, with the provision for a tunnel to be driven underneath a spinney of fine trees known as Cuckoo Plantation, on Lord Harborough's estate so that the offending trains would be hidden from his Lordship’s view. Unfortunately during construction the tunnel collapsed, causing subsidence to the trees and increased hostility from Harborough.
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park for surveying purposes, and he had stationed estate workers at strategic points along his boundaries. As they approached the Park, the
Midland surveyors were confronted by several of Lord Harborough's men, armed with pitchforks and sticks, and ordered away, even though they were still on public land. When they refused to turn back, they were "arrested", and taken by cart to the local magistrate. Since the Midland men had committed no crime, there was no legal action that could be taken against them; a policeman pointed this out to Harborough's man, and he had to be content with tipping them out of the cart into the road.
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Railway line, and for a time GNR trains ran over the
Midland line, and used the Eastern Counties Railway station as a temporary Peterborough terminus. On 7 August 1850 the GNR completed its line from London (Maiden Lane) to Werrington Junction, and its trains transferred to its own route; the Werrington connection was removed. The GNR opened its own station, which much later became known as Peterborough North, and is the present-day Peterborough station. The GNR main line to
469:. It was rail connected on the south-east side of the line about two miles from Syston. Construction started in 1940 and it was producing output in 1942; the railway connections were commissioned on 9 November 1941. Workers’ trains were run into the site, and passenger platforms were provided. It was decommissioned in 1959, and the railway facilities were removed on 8 February 1970. The area has now been developed as a domestic housing and light industrial estate, known as
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GER (former
Eastern Counties Railway) terminal. The Crescent station was closed when the Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway opened to passengers; Midland Railway passenger trains were permitted to call at the GNR station, where an additional platform had been provided. PW&SBR services continued to the GER station, enlarged by an island but still having only two main platform lines, until 30 September 1904.
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1882, running from
Ashwell Junction. Within the quarry area there was a network of narrow gauge lines to the quarry faces. The branch was always for mineral traffic only. The line closed on 13 March 1972; the quarry was unable to compete with cheap imported ore. A signal box was erected at Ashwell Junction in 1919, but it was never commissioned, the points being worked from a ground frame.
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capacity considerably. The opening of the M&GN Joint
Railway added to congestion. Although some widening projects were described as "quadrupling", the Midland actually installed a series on long goods loops (or in some cases passenger loops). The MR always called the end of a four track section a junction whether or not another route was joining the main line there.
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Parliamentary session. The Bill passed, being given the Royal Assent on 24 June 1889. By this time it was obvious that the E&MR's financial problems were insuperable, and in 1891 the MR and GNR made an offer to take over the E&MR route jointly, and, after some negotiation, this offer was accepted. The new line was referred to tas the
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The new route joined the Syston line at Melton
Mowbray, and it diverged again at Manton. The line opened to goods traffic on 1 November 1879, to local passenger trains on 2 February 1880, and to through express trains on 1 June 1880. In 1903 it was carrying over a dozen express and stopping trains each way daily.
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Although many local passenger stations have been closed, the line continues to support a good passenger train service. In 2022, typical weekday services run hourly from
Stansted Airport or Cambridge to Birmingham and back. Syston north curve has two regular workings, the 04:56 and 06:07 Nottingham to
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Iron ore was found in the area crossed by the Syston and
Peterbrough line when the line to Nottingham was being excavated in 1878. Holwell ironworks was established to extract the mineral, at first brought to Ashwell station by horse and cart. A branch line to Cottesmore sidings opened on 27 November
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Having failed to kill off the Great
Northern Railway promoters' scheme, Hudson now took steps to enhance his access to East Anglia. The Eastern Counties Railway was established there and was planned to reach Peterborough. Hudson now proposed a new railway from the Midland Railway main line at Syston,
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This caused complaint from passengers intending to travel to London by changing to a GNR train, and between 1 February 1858 and 1 August 1866, the Midland Railway provided a station called Crescent. It was alongside the Great Northern Railway station; Midland trains called on the way to and from the
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to Peterborough, but it was temporarily unable to complete its line at the Peterborough end, requiring additional powers for some shared bridge structures. Accordingly on 17 October 1848 it opened from Lincoln to Peterborough, but at Werrington Junction a temporary connection was made to the Midland
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The Stamford to Peterborough line of the Midland Railway was of course cut off from the rest of the Company’s network, and the MR arranged for it to be worked at first by the London and North Western Railway, of which the London and Birmingham Railway had become a part, and then, with a Stamford-Ely
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The Act authorised construction of a branch line to Peterborough from a triangular junction at Syston; the line would run through Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Luffenham and Stamford, forming a junction at Peterborough, not with the north-south Great Northern Railway, but the intended west to east Eastern
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It is remarkable that slow line troughs were installed at all. The quadrupling consisted of slow line loops, and trains using them must have stood at the exit signal, for other trains to pass; they could have taken water there, from a column. The only exception would have been slow passenger trains
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A legal battle followed, and yet another deviation was authorised on 22 July 1847. By this time, the two sections of line on either side of the Saxby area had already been built and were in operation, that from Syston to Melton from 1 September 1846, and from Peterborough to Stamford from 2 October
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In an encounter that marked the first phase of what came to be called the Battle of Saxby, seven of Hudson's surveyors arrived in the Stapleford area in November 1844 to survey the route of the line. Lord Harborough had fixed notices at the boundaries of his lands, notices prohibiting entry to his
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A better approach was now adopted, in which the Midland Railway and the GNR collaborated in designing an alternative scheme. The E&MR was now in deep financial trouble and had to take a back seat. The new scheme would cross the GNR main line north of Little Bytham station and as before, have a
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As traffic developed, the Midland Railway found that the Leicester are became congested, and that a heavy and slow coal traffic and a frequent express passenger service were difficult to manage. The company decided on a new railway from Nottingham to Rushton, near Kettering, which was more direct.
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At first the only station at Peterborough was the Eastern Counties Railway station, on a west to east alignment (much later known as Peterborough East). In fact the ECR itself did not reach there (from Ely and March) until 1847, so that for a time from 2 June 1845, it was only served by London and
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Act was passed, creating a new company by the amalgamation of three smaller concerns. From the outset, its Chairman was George Hudson, the so-called 'Railway King'. Hudson was a skilful manipulator, and his methods were often dubious. He dominated several railway companies, and his ambition was to
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As traffic grew, congestion on the double track railway became an increasing issue. This was particularly the case after the 1880 transfer of the Nottingham express trains to the line, as the disparity in speed between an express passenger train and a slow mineral train almost always reduced line
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Even after the MR had gained Parliamentary approval for its route in June 1845, Lord Harborough stubbornly refused to allow any construction work to be started anywhere near his estate. Faced with this unreasonable opposition, the Midland Railway decided to re-route the line a little further away
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Meanwhile, traffic on the L&BR branch had so expanded that the track into Peterborough was doubled in September 1846. On 2 October 1846 of that year, still in advance of the ECR, the Midland Railway line from Stamford was opened, crossing the River Nene by a timber bridge, and using the ECR
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This meant that there were two major railway stations in Peterborough, some distance apart. The two routes had run alongside one another from Helpston, a distance of about seven miles. Moreover the Midland Railway trains passed the GNR station on the journey to the ECR station in Peterborough.
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The alignment at Saxby, forced on the Midland Railway by Lord Harborough, was proving a significant hindrance to express trains on the route, and the scheme included the construction of an easier alignment as part of the new junction there. Plans for the new line were submitted for the 1889
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The line opened in stages: from Syston South Junction (as it became) to Melton Mowbray on 1 September 1846; and from a temporary station at Stamford to the ECR station at Peterborough on 2 October 1846. There was to be a tunnel at Stamford, its construction accounting for the delay.
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The London and Birmingham Railway had suggested to the Eastern Counties Railway that a joint station would be mutually beneficial, but this was opposed by the ECR. The ECR's Ely line was not opened for goods traffic until 10 December 1846 and for passengers until 14 January 1847.
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Norwich trains run by that route Mondays to Fridays, a few minutes later on Saturdays. Liverpool to Norwich trains generally run via Nottingham and Grantham, but in the event of engineering works blocking that route, the trains are often diverted by Syston north curve.
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199:. The Midland Railway’s intention was to make the line of railway pass the margin of his estate, but Lord Harborough was exceptionally hostile to the railway’s incursion. As well as his personal aversion to it, he was a major shareholder in the
119:—LNWR), giving access to London. Although long-distance passenger business was important, the transport of coal from colliery districts to industrial areas was dominant; and transport of manufactured goods to areas of consumption was also key.
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Melton; opened 1 September 1846; moved to permanent premises 1 May 1848; renamed Melton Mowbray 1 November 1876; renamed Melton Mowbray South 1923; renamed Melton Mowbray Midland 25 September 1950; renamed Melton Mowbray 14 June 1965; still
378:(M&GNJR). The Committee of the M&GNJR took control on 1 July 1893. The Bourne to Saxby line had been opened to goods traffic on 4 June 1893. The dominant traffic was coal eastbound; passenger operation was delayed until 1 May 1894.
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in April 1845, for the sum of £26,000 and 200 new Midland £40 shares. Traffic on the canal was clearly declining, and in the very dry summer of 1844 the waterway had been unnavigable for five months and goods had to be transported by road.
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station and goods facilities. In 1923 this station was renamed Peterborough East, but for the time being it was the only Peterborough station, owned by the ECR and only used by two guest railways, the L&BR and the Midland Railway.
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couple of days later in another battle, during which surveying equipment was badly damaged. Several prison sentences and fines were awarded to the fighting men on both sides, and surveying activities were suspended for the time being.
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being overtaken by an express, that might not have been properly delayed in the loop, but could have taken water at the Melton station call afterwards (for down trains) or before (for up trains).
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get them working together to form a near-monopoly, at a time when control of a large district of the country by a railway concern was feasible. His lines formed a through route from
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connecting spur to it. As far as this point the line would be joint; the spur to the GNR would be GNR only, and the continuing line would be exclusively Midland Railway.
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Accordingly Hudson went to great lengths in an attempt to frustrate the Great Northern Railway's authorisation in Parliament, but ultimately he failed and the
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1846. Because of Lord Harborough's intransigence, it was not until 1 May 1848 that these two sections were linked, and the whole through route in operation.
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north of Leicester, to Peterborough, where it could link with the Eastern Counties Railway. The new line was expected to cost £700,000.
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to establish and maintain a monopoly of railway service over a large area of England. The surveying of the line achieved notoriety when
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service, by the Eastern Counties Railway. The Midland line was single track at first but soon converted to double track.
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Counties Railway. The Midland trains were to have running powers into the ECR's passenger station and goods yard there.
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c. lxxi) was passed, on 26 June 1846. The GNR promoters had spent £590,355 on Parliamentary expenses.
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The central section of the line opened on 20 March 1848 to goods trains, and fully on 1 May 1848.
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912:, KMS Books, Boston, 1989, reproduced in Stewart Squires and Ken Hollamby,
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1006:, Booklaw Publications, Nottingham, 2005 (reprint of Ian Allan 1984),
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A Short History of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
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The Great Northern Railway, Volume I: Origins and Development
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sufficient, bearing in mind their other access point from
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The beginnings of the Syston to Peterborough line in 1846
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West Junction to East Junction; opened 1854; still open;
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Bainton Gate; opened 1 November 1854; closed July 1856;
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Bradshaw's General Steam Navigation and Railway Guide
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Helpston; opened 2 October 1846; closed 6 June 1966;
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Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain
538:; connection from the Nottingham line, 1879 - 1968;
529:Frisby; opened 1 January 1847; closed 3 July 1961;
879:"Lord Harborough and the Midland Railway Company"
859:, Methuen & Co, London, 1901, pages 80 and 81
609:Luffenham; opened 1 May 1848; closed 6 June 1966;
777:, Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, Stroud, 1995,
62:and London, and later still was the base of the
600:Ashwell; opened 1 May 1884; closed 6 June 1966;
465:filling station, ROF No 10, was established at
235:The Midland Railway had agreed to purchase the
735:, Railway and Canal Historical Society, 1989,
86:First railways; and the rise of George Hudson
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841:The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress
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342:The Midland and Great Northern Joint Line
453:Stamford railway station in modern times
376:Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
215:Further obstruction from Lord Harborough
64:Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
937:, Goose and Son, Norwich, 1967, page 51
843:, Bemrose and Son, Derby, 1874, page 94
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401:The Syston to Peterborough line in 1893
284:The Syston to Peterborough line in 1848
1240:Quick, entries alphabetically arranged
798:, B T Batsford Limited, London, 1979,
603:Oakham; opened 1 May 1848; still open;
295:Great Northern Railway at Peterborough
49:Robert Sherard, 6th Earl of Harborough
1141:Brief description and photographs at
775:The Rise and Fall of the Railway King
714:, Matador, Kibworth Beauchamp, 2017,
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1064:The Syston and Peterborough Railway
914:Building a Railway, Bourne to Saxby
671:Something over £73 million in 2022.
857:The History of the Midland Railway
754:The Midland Railway: A New History
223:Melton Mowbray station up platform
191:Lord Harborough had his estate at
187:Frisby signal box and station site
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1185:Bradshaws July 1938 Railway Guide
953:The Midland Railway: A Chronology
333:The Syston to Peterbrough in 1879
1257:Rail transport in Leicestershire
916:, Lincoln Record Society, 2009,
369:Up coal train approaching Manton
117:London and North Western Railway
140:Great Northern Railway Act 1846
21:Syston and Peterborough Railway
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504:Midland main line opened 1840
489:Present day passenger service
436:An iron ore train at Brooksby
131:(GNR), to connect London and
113:London and Birmingham Railway
733:The Midland Counties Railway
325:Manton – Melton – Nottingham
743:, pages 29 to 31, 33 and 35
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1004:Rail Centres: Peterborough
1267:Transport in Peterborough
150:Planning and construction
1066:, self published, 2013,
1044:Rhodes, pages 112 to 114
955:, self published, 1986,
924:, pages 109, 111 and 112
868:Grant, pages 551 and 552
509:Syston (South Junction)
477:Passenger train services
252:Stamford railway station
41:Eastern Counties Railway
25:Midland Counties Railway
1218:, East Midlands Railway
587:Ashwell Branch Junction
542:Melton station junction
1101:Smith, pages 38 and 39
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66:, giving access to
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1012:978-1-901945-14-0
993:Stretton, page 86
961:978-0-9511310-0-8
828:978-0-7153-7165-7
794:John Wrottesley,
783:978-0-7509-0493-3
762:978-0-7153-8750-4
741:978-0-901461-11-7
720:978-1-78589-353-7
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698:References
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56:Nottingham
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498:Locations
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133:Doncaster
60:Kettering
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