Melton Mowbray North railway station


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.

Opening

The station opened on 1 September 1879 with services to Nottingham. The routes to Grantham and Newark and south to Market Harborough opened on 15 December.

Services

Initially the main services were Northampton to Nottingham and Northampton to Newark, both via Melton, provided by the London and North Western Railway, and Melton to Grantham, provided by the Great Northern Railway. Other services were attempted but were short lived.
The through Newark services were not a success, so to cut costs, these were withdrawn on 1 May 1882 and replaced by connecting trains from Harby & Stathern.
On 1 January 1883, the GNR opened their line from Marefield Junction, on the joint line to the south, to their new station at Leicester. The GNR then replaced their Melton to Grantham service with a through Leicester to Grantham service.
The Newark connections from Harby were gradually withdrawn. In 1910 the service comprised one train each way between Leicester and Newark which interconnected with a Northampton to Nottingham train at Harby. This service was withdrawn by 1922. Passengers to Newark then had to change at either Radcliffe-on-Trent or Grantham.

Closure

Regular services ceased on 7 December 1953 but summer specials, mainly Leicester to Skegness or Mablethorpe, survived until 1962, and through goods traffic lasted until 1964.
Since closure the station buildings and the nearby Scalford Road bridge have been completely obliterated and replaced by retail units. However a short distance to the north, in Melton Country Park, the formation can be accessed. It can then be walked to just south of Scalford, mainly on an embankment.

Summary of Former Services

Timetable for April 1910

The table below shows the train departures from Melton Mowbray North in April 1910.
DepartureGoing toCalling atArrivalOperator
07.30 Nottingham London Rd Low LevelScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Barnstone, Bingham Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield, Nottingham London Rd Low Level09.06LNWR
08.01Nottingham London Rd Low LevelScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Barnstone, Bingham Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield, Nottingham London Rd Low Level09.16LNWR
08.16GranthamScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Sedgebrook, Grantham09.10GNR
08.53Northampton CastleGreat Dalby, John O'Gaunt, Tilton, East Norton, Hallaton, Market Harborough, Clipston & Oxendon, Kelmarsh, Lamport, Brixworth, Spratton, Pitsford & Brampton, Northampton Castle10.27LNWR
09.42GranthamScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Grantham10.28GNR
09.51London EustonJohn O'Gaunt, East Norton, Market Harborough, Northampton Castle, Bletchley, London Euston12.35LNWR
09.59 Leicester Belgrave RoadGreat Dalby, John O'Gaunt, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road10.43GNR
10.27Newark NorthgateScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Cotham, Newark Northgate11.25GNR
10.40Nottingham London Rd Low LevelHarby & Stathern, Barnstone, Bingham Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield, Nottingham London Rd Low Level11.25LNWR
11.46Northampton CastleJohn O'Gaunt, Tilton, East Norton, Hallaton, Market Harborough, Clipston & Oxendon, Kelmarsh, Lamport, Brixworth, Spratton, Pitsford & Brampton, Northampton Castle13.29LNWR
11.52 Harby & StathernScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern12.10GNR
11.54Leicester Belgrave RoadGreat Dalby, John O'Gaunt, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road12.36GNR
12.15Nottingham London Rd Low LevelHarby & Stathern, Barnstone, Bingham Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham London Rd Low Level12.55LNWR
13.23GranthamScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Sedgebrook, Grantham14.12GNR
13.31Leicester Belgrave RoadGreat Dalby, John O'Gaunt, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road14.15GNR
14.50Nottingham London Rd Low LevelScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Barnstone, Bingham Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield, Nottingham London Rd Low Level15.45LNWR
15.28Northampton CastleGreat Dalby, John O'Gaunt, Tilton, East Norton, Hallaton, Market Harborough, Clipston & Oxendon, Kelmarsh, Lamport, Brixworth, Spratton, Pitsford & Brampton, Northampton Castle17.01LNWR
16.05Leicester Belgrave RoadGreat Dalby, John O'Gaunt, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road16.47GNR
16.18Nottingham London Rd Low LevelHarby & Stathern, Barnstone, Bingham Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield, Nottingham London Rd Low Level17.09LNWR
16.28GranthamScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Grantham17.15GNR
16.41London EustonJohn O'Gaunt, Market Harborough, Brixworth, Pitsford & Brampton, Northampton Castle, Bletchley, Leighton, Watford, Willesden Junction, London Euston19.40LNWR
18.29GranthamScalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Grantham19.15GNR
18.43Leicester Belgrave RoadGreat Dalby, John O'Gaunt, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road19.25GNR
18.56Northampton CastleGreat Dalby, John O'Gaunt, Tilton, East Norton, Hallaton, Market Harborough, Northampton Castle20.12LNWR
19.15Nottingham London Rd Low LevelScalford, Harby & Stathern, Barnstone, Bingham Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield, Nottingham London Rd Low Level20.10LNWR
20.40Leicester Belgrave RoadGreat Dalby, John O'Gaunt, Loseby, Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road21.23GNR