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The station has had several names during its existence. After opening as Melton in 1846 it was renamed Melton Mowbray on 1 November 1876 and then Melton Mowbray South in 1923. In 1957 it was renamed Melton Mowbray Town to distinguish it from Melton Mowbray North (though this had closed to regular traffic in 1953). It was given its current name ...
Melton Mowbray North railway station was a railway station in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. The station was built of red brick but with lavish ornamentation in the classical style. There were two platforms connected by a subway.
Royal Air Force Melton Mowbray or more simply RAF Melton Mowbray is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south of the centre of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and 13.6 miles (21.9 km) south east of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.
Manton station was provided with up platform loop lines, shown in 1885 and 1930 diagrams. [23] Loops were provided between Oakham and Langham Junction, from 15 March 1891. [24] In the first years of the twentieth century it was decided to install goods loops between Melton Mowbray and Brentingby Junction. These were commissioned on 4 December 1904.
Melton Mowbray contains a rare example of early town government. The Melton Mowbray Town Estate [31] was founded in 1549, during the Reformation, when two townsfolk sold silver and plate sequestered from the church and bought land to be held in trust for all inhabitants. It provided early forms of education and the first street lighting, and ...
Included in the proposals was a spur linking the Nottingham and Saxby line to Melton Mowbray station. [10] In the same Parliamentary session the rival Great Northern Railway (GNR) promoted a Bill for a line south from Newark through Melton to Leicester; new stations would be built in Leicester and Melton Mowbray. The actual promoter of this ...
The Old Dalby Test Track is a railway in the United Kingdom which is used for testing new designs of trains and railway infrastructure. It runs between Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and Edwalton, on the course of the Midland Railway's route between Kettering and Nottingham which closed to passengers on 1 May 1967, [1] and to goods in 1968.
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