Atherstone Railway Station

Atherstone is a railway station serving the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, England. It is on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, exactly from London Euston station, as a placard on an adjacent building states. The station is conveniently near the A5 road. HistoryThe station was designed by John William Livock and opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1847. It was absorbed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway in the Grouping of 1923. The station passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When British Rail introduced sectorisation in the 1980s, the station was served by the Regional Railways Sector until the Privatisation of British Railways. In 1860 there was a train crash at Atherstone that killed 10 people. The station building has been Grade II listed since 1980. In the early 1980s there was a proposal to demolish it, but a local group The Railway and Steam Traction Society successfully opposed it. Eventually the building was fully restored by 1985, with Donald Willets using it as offices.

Atherstone is a railway station serving the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, England. It is on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, exactly from London Euston station, as a placard on an adjacent building states. The station is conveniently near the A5 road. HistoryThe station was designed by John William Livock and opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1847. It was absorbed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway in the Grouping of 1923. The station passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When British Rail introduced sectorisation in the 1980s, the station was served by the Regional Railways Sector until the Privatisation of British Railways. In 1860 there was a train crash at Atherstone that killed 10 people. The station building has been Grade II listed since 1980. In the early 1980s there was a proposal to demolish it, but a local group The Railway and Steam Traction Society successfully opposed it. Eventually the building was fully restored by 1985, with Donald Willets using it as offices.