Leicester's Long Gone and Missed Railway Stations

[davieG]

 

 

As a very young lad I used to get the train on my own from London Road Station where I was dropped off to Blaby to be met by and Aunt.

 

 

Belgrave / Birstall?

 

Thurnby & Scraptoft

 

 

Humberstone

 

 

Belgrave Road

[Fox92]

Hate seeing the demise of stations but I'm guessing Beeching had a lot to do with these. That said I do like seeing when architecture has been kept.

 

The old central station is currently under development. 

[fuchsntf]

Belgrave Road...We went then ..to Blackpool...either for a long break, or illuminations...Probably 4-5 times if I remember right..

[surrifox]

I love old railway photographs . Some of the old pictures showing the building of embankments, excavating cuttings and constructing viaducts are also worth tracking down . Manual labour and steam powered excavators and staggering engineering challenges overcome in the mid  19th century . Fantastic .

[davieG]

The old Saffron Lane level crossing in 1928

 

This was before they cut through the Lane and built the railway bridge.

 

Today

[Wolfox]

Heartbreaking really…. What we’d give to have maintained that infrastructure now…. ???

 

Just round the corner from me there is a huge tram shelter (presumably where the tram terminated?)

 

Having a tram network is Soulsby’s wet dream…. Imagine having trains too…

 

 

[HybridFox]

Dare I say cities like Nottingham and Birmingham have held on to their character and infrastructure. Breaks my heart to see what could have been here in Leicester 

[CosbehFox]

13 minutes ago, TK95 said:

Dare I say cities like Nottingham and Birmingham have held on to their character and infrastructure. Breaks my heart to see what could have been here in Leicester 

As a Birmingham resident, I wouldn’t put character high on its list. There’s a decent inner city train line but tram was still only put in three years ago like Nottingham. 
 

Manchester has a superb tram/train system 

[davieG]

On 06/03/2021 at 01:04, TK95 said:

Dare I say cities like Nottingham and Birmingham have held on to their character and infrastructure. Breaks my heart to see what could have been here in Leicester 

Nottingham received significantly more government money to develop their infrastructure/transport.

 

Leicestershire is the worst financial supported County in the UK from the government.

[Parafox]

1 minute ago, davieG said:

 

 

Leicestershire is the worst financial supported County in the UK from the government.

Why is that? I can't think of a decent reason other than a political one. I get that the City has long been Labour held but the majority of the County is Tory so why are we missing out?

[The People's Hero]

4 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Why is that? I can't think of a decent reason other than a political one. I get that the City has long been Labour held but the majority of the County is Tory so why are we missing out?

Not enough people shouting loud enough.

[davieG]

1 minute ago, Parafox said:

Why is that? I can't think of a decent reason other than a political one. I get that the City has long been Labour held but the majority of the County is Tory so why are we missing out?

It's the system they use to calculate how much financial support from the government should be given. We come out bottom.

 

Some info here although a bit out of date as it talks about a review in 2019 which obviously didn't happen probably due to Brexit and now Covid.

 

https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/about-the-council/council-spending/fair-funding

[Raj]

I've been in Thurnby now about 10 years, I'm f%cked if I can find the old tunnel (Ingarsby I think)off covert lane!!!

[The Syrup]

Who remembers the Vic Berry scrapyard... railway breakers yard where Bede Island now is. There was a large fire in the early 90s, sending asbestos all over the city. Whole area got cleared and redeveloped.

[Stadt]

1 hour ago, The Syrup said:

Who remembers the Vic Berry scrapyard... railway breakers yard where Bede Island now is. There was a large fire in the early 90s, sending asbestos all over the city. Whole area got cleared and redeveloped.

Bede Park is horrible and such a waste of what was prime redevelopment land 

[HybridFox]

4 hours ago, davieG said:

Nottingham received significantly more government money to develop their infrastructure/transport.

 

Leicestershire is the worst financial supported County in the UK from the government.

Not as if Soulsby would put it to good use even if we were 

[enmac]

On 05/03/2021 at 08:49, davieG said:

 

 

As a very young lad I used to get the train on my own from London Road Station where I was dropped off to Blaby to be met by and Aunt.

 

 

Belgrave / Birstall?

 

Thurnby & Scraptoft

 

 

Humberstone

 

 

Belgrave Road

The photo labelled "Humberstone". Was that on Humberstone Rd next to what was a timber yard? I remember getting off there back in the 60s coming back from Skegness. 

[enmac]

Just now, enmac said:

The photo labelled "Humberstone". Was that on Humberstone Rd next to what was a timber yard? I remember getting off there back in the 60s coming back from Skegness. 

Don't mean the one of "Humberstone Rd", which I know was opposite St Barnabas Rd. 

[davieG]

7 hours ago, enmac said:

The photo labelled "Humberstone". Was that on Humberstone Rd next to what was a timber yard? I remember getting off there back in the 60s coming back from Skegness. 

I'm not sure I know there was one adjacent to the Bridge near Vulcan Road but that wasn't an area I went to in my young days.

[los dedos]

https://www.railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php

This is a good site where you can look where long gone railway lines where . 

Always knew roughly where the Great central ran as there was still a lot of evidence in Leicester, where as the line running from Melton road to the East seemed to of got swept away really quick. 

[Buce]

22 hours ago, Raj said:

I've been in Thurnby now about 10 years, I'm f%cked if I can find the old tunnel (Ingarsby I think)off covert lane!!!

 

I used to play in that tunnel as a kid: the image below shows what used to be Ingarsby station (X) and the direction of the old line. If you take a look on Google maps, you should be able to draw a line to where the railway bridge was on Station Lane (Scraptoft) and find it that way. It used to be blocked by a corrugated iron sheet and is probably overgrown with vegetation now.

 

 

Edit: Found it:

 

 

Edited 8 March 2021 by Buce

[Wolfox]

On 07/03/2021 at 20:17, Raj said:

I've been in Thurnby now about 10 years, I'm f%cked if I can find the old tunnel (Ingarsby I think)off covert lane!!!

Much nicer walking the other side of the A6…. Thurnby - Houghton - Stoughton

 

lovely trails and wooded areas…. I’ve seen deer and all sorts…. 
 

ex Bushby resident 

[Raj]

9 hours ago, Wolfox said:

Much nicer walking the other side of the A6…. Thurnby - Houghton - Stoughton

 

lovely trails and wooded areas…. I’ve seen deer and all sorts…. 
 

ex Bushby resident 

A47 you mean?

[Raj]

On 08/03/2021 at 17:18, Buce said:

 

I used to play in that tunnel as a kid: the image below shows what used to be Ingarsby station (X) and the direction of the old line. If you take a look on Google maps, you should be able to draw a line to where the railway bridge was on Station Lane (Scraptoft) and find it that way. It used to be blocked by a corrugated iron sheet and is probably overgrown with vegetation now.

 

 

Edit: Found it:

 

 

So you cant see the tunnel if your actually ON Covert lane?

Wish they'd put a bloody sign indicating  where it was!!!

 

[Wolfox]

2 hours ago, Raj said:

A47 you mean?

Yes the A47…. I now live near the A6!  Confused!!!!

 

Drop down the walkway at the top of Main Street on the corner and go out that way… plenty of routes behind the rose and crown too