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Upper Broughton railway station

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The main station building on the roadside above the line remains in good condition, incorporated into the garden of the former station master's house, now a private residence.
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The site was listed for sale in June 2017, at a price of £745,000. According to the listing, the roadside station building is still remarkably original.
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H. Crompton 1937 - 1939 (also station master at Widmerpool, afterwards station master at Ipstones, Bradnop and Winkhill)
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The line was also used for the testing of London Underground 'S stock' trains built by Bombardier transportation.
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and the North to avoid reversal at Nottingham. It also improved access to and from the iron-ore fields in
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Following the closure of the line as a through-route in 1968, the track between Melton Mowbray and
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between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester. The line still exists today as the
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The station was opened for passengers on 2 February 1880 by the
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W. Simmonds from 1939 (also station master at Widmerpool)
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Upper Broughton
Rushcliffe
Midland Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
railway station
Upper Broughton
English
Nottinghamshire
Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway
Old Dalby Test Track
Midland Railway
Midland Railway
John Holloway Sanders
Melton Mowbray
Nottingham
London
Leicestershire
Rutland
Widmerpool
Midland Railway
Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway
Old Dalby
Edwalton
Old Dalby Test Track
Advanced Passenger Train
Class 390 Pendolino

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