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Burton-on-Trent railway station is a mainline railway station located in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway , although only CrossCountry services call at this station.
If given the go-ahead, the tram trains could take passengers on the existing Ivanhoe freight line and the Worcester to Derby Main Line Railway between Stourbridge and Burton." This was among the support for reopening the Leicester to Burton upon Trent line which closed in the 1960s along with the South Staffordshire Line.
The branch had been authorised by the Midland Railway (Burton-upon-Trent to Nuneaton Act) of 16 July 1846. The line was closed on 1 October 1856, bit it reopened, still to goods traffic only, on 1 April 1859. The station and branch (and the main line junction) were renamed Woodville on 1 October 1868.
The tramway opened on 2 July 1906 [2] and was operated by the Midland Railway.The system used the tracks of the Burton upon Trent Corporation Tramways from a terminus by the Town Hall in Wellington Street through Station Street, Borough Road and Guild Street before using its own infrastructure through Swadlincote to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1848 next to the level crossing of the A38/Derby Road where it entered Burton.. The line itself dated back to 1848, and, from 1878 was shared by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) with its GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension.
The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1901. The line itself dated back to 1848, and from 1878, was shared by the Great Northern Railway with its GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension. Although the correct name is "Clay Mills", both companies referred to it as one word. The station was built of timber throughout.