SYSTON TO MELTON JUNCTION.
SYSTON STATION FIRST STATION OPENED 5/5/1840 ON MIDLAND COUNTIES RY. S&P OPENED 1/9/1846. NEW SYSTON STATION OPENED WHEN MAIN LINE IS QUADRUPLED, 1874. STATION CLOSED 4/3/1968.
SYSTON NORTH CURVE OPENED 1854. BLOCK TELEGRAPH INTRODUCED SYSTON TO MELTON 1875, WHICH IS WEHN THE FIRST SIGNAL BOXES WOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT.
EXTRACT FROM WORKING TIMETABLE 1st OCTOBER 1960.
SYSTON STATION IN THE 1960'S, WITH MODERN LIGHTING.
THE SAME VIEW SOME TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER.
A LOCAL TRAIN FROM THE S&P LINE RUNS INTO SYSTON BEHIND CAPROTTI CLASS 5MT No 73138 ON 2nd AUGUST 1961. PHOTO G.D. KING.
A BIRMINGHAM TO CAMBRIDGE TRAIN LEAVING SYSTON BEHIND 2P No 40452 ON 28th SEPTEMBER 1959. PHOTO G.D. KING.
9F No 92118 COMES OFF THE S&P LINE AT SYSTON SOUTH JUNCTION ON 4tH AUGUST 1962. PHOTO G.D. KING.
SYSTON NORTH JUNCTION
WAITING FOR THE ROAD AT SYSTON EAST JUNCTION.
4F No 44113 WITH A TRAIN FOR GREAT YARMOUTH (VAUXHALL) IS ABOUT TO TAKE THE S&P LINE AT SYSTON SOUTH JUNCTION. THE TRAIN WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE M&GN ROUTE TO YARMOUTH, BUT THAT ROUTE HAD CLOSED WHEN THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON 4th AUGUST 1962. PHOTO G.D. KING.
EXTRACT FROM THE WORKING TIMETABLE, ISSUED 1st OCTOBER 1960.
REARSBY OPENED 1/9/1846. CLOSED 2/4/1951. REMAINS AT SITE; STATION BUILDING (PRIVATE HOUSE).
REARSBY STATION ON 15th AUGUST 1955, WITH A PETERBOROUGH TO LEICESTER TRAIN BEHIND 2P 4-4-0 40525. THE LEICESTER PLATFORM HAS ALREADY BEEN CUT BACK BUT THE STATION BUILDING IS NOT FENCED OFF FROM THE RUNNING LINE. Photo H. Priestfield, courtesy of Peter Churchman.
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LEVEL CROSSING COTTAGE AT SILEBY ROAD CROSSING, 1984; NOW DEMOLISHED.
BROOKSBY OPENED 1/9/1846 CLOSED 3/7/1961 PASSENGERS, 4/5/1964 GOODS. REMAINS AT SITE: STATION BUILDING (PRIVATE HOUSE). REMNANT OF PLATFORM.
THE SURVIVING STATION BUILDINGS ARE GRADE 11 LISTED.
AFTER CLOSURE, BROOKSBY SIGNAL BOX WAS MOVED TO THE ADJACENT SPORTS GROUND TO USE AS A SCORER'S BOX.
BROOKSBY LEVEL CROSSING COTTAGE, 1984.
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BETWEEN BROOKSBY & FRISBY.
ON 26th SEPTEMBER 1959 2P No 40543 PULLS OUT OF BROOKSBY ON A LEICSTER - PETERBOROUGH LOCAL. PHOTO G.D. KING.
LEVEL CROSSING OF MINOR ROAD BETWEEN BROOKSBY & FRISBY.....THE SIGNAL HAS GONE AND THE SIGNS ARE MODERN, BUT LITTLE ELSE HAS CHANGED IN TWENTY FIVE YEARS OR SO.
FRISBY OPENED 1/1/1847 FOR MARKET DAY TRAINS - APPEARED IN PUBLIC TIMETABLE FROM 1/4/1849. CLOSED 3/7/61 NO GOOD FACILITIES. REMAINS AT SITE; LMS SIGNAL BOX, OPENED 23/2/1941
THIS MID 1960'S VIEW CAPTURES ALL THERE WAS OF FRISBY STATION.
ABOVE - SAME VIEW AFTER DEMOLITION OF COTTAGE.
THE HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1984.
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ASFORDBY OPENED 1/9/1846 AS 'KIRBY' CLOSED 2/4/1951 TO PASSENGERS, 4/5/1964 TO GOODS. REMAINS AT SITE: NOTHING OF NOTE.
BY THE TIME I VISITED ASFORDBY STATION THE WHOLE SITE HAD BEEN CLEARED, SO TWO 1950'S PHOTO'S ARE ALL I HAVE.
M.R. SECOND CLASS TICKET ASFORDBY TO MELTON
THE SURVIVAL OF THE ORIGINAL SHORT PLATFORM UNTIL 1951 IS REMARKABLE, AND GIVES A GOOD INDICATION OF HOW THE OTHER STATIONS MUST HAVE LOOKED IN THE EARLY DAYS. IT WAS RAISED IN 1886, SO ONE WONDERS HOW LOW THE ORIGINAL MUST HAVE BEEN.
THE STATION BUILDINGS AND PLATFORMS WERE DEMOLISHED IN 1967.
THE SITE IN APRIL 2008.
MELTON JUNCTION FIRST SIGNAL BOX OPENED 1875, POSSIBLY TO ALLOW TEMPORARY JUNCTION DURING CONSTRUCTION WORK. JUNCTION OPENED WITH LNW/GNR JOINT 1879. NOTTINGHAM MAIN LINE OPENED 1/11/1879 TO GOODS & 2/2/1880 TO PASSENGERS.
SIGNAL BOX REPLACED WITH A GROUND FRAME 6/5/1973.
MELTON JUNCTION SIGNAL BOX, UNUSUALLY A 12' WIDE M.R. BOX. IT STOOD WHERE THE GROUND FRAME IS IN THE PICTURE BELOW WHICH WAS TAKEN FROM THE ROAD BRIDGE.
THE FORMER MAIN LINE TO NOTTINGHAM ON THE RIGHT IS NOW THE CONNECTION TO THE OLD DALBY TEST TRACK.
THE FIELDS ON THE LEFT HAVE NOW ALL BEEN BUILT OVER AS THE PHOTO BELOW, TAKEN IN APRIL 2008, SHOWS.
