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Marefield South Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Marefield South Junction (1883-1930)

Opened on the Bottesford to Melton Mowbray and Market Harborough (Great Northern Railway and London and North Western Railway).
Opened on the Leicester Belgrave Road Branch (Great Northern Railway).

Description

Closure to regular passenger trains 1916. Worker's trains and excursions may have continued. Junction taken out 1929 and officially closed in 1930.

Tags

Junction

Nearby stations Lowesby John O^ Gaunt Tilton Ingarsby Great Dalby East Norton Thurnby and Scraptoft Kirby [Midland] Oakham Melton Mowbray Brooksby Frisby Hallaton Rearsby Melton Mowbray (Joint)	Marefield West Junction Marefield Junction Thurnby Tunnel East Norton Tunnel Melton Junction Sysonby Junction Melton Watertroughs Asfordby Tunnel Holwell Sidings Junction Asfordby Colliery Hallaton Junction Syston East Junction Ashwell Branch Junction Syston North Junction Saxelby Tunnel
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

01/01/1883	Leicester Belgrave Road Branch (Great Northern Railway) Opened from Marefield Junctions (Marefield North Junction and Marefield South Junction on the Bottesford to Melton Mowbray and Market Harborough (Great Northern Railway and London and North Western Railway)) to Leicester Belgrave Road. East of the terminus was a rarely used curve to the Midland.
01/04/1916	Leicester Belgrave Road Branch (Great Northern Railway) Marefield West Junction to Marefield South Junction closed to passengers with withdrawal of passenger trains due to the Great War.
/11/1929	Leicester Belgrave Road Branch (Great Northern Railway) Marefield West Junction to Marefield South Junction out of use and points taken out at Marefield South Junction.
10/01/1930	Leicester Belgrave Road Branch (Great Northern Railway) Marefield South Junction formally closed. Disused curve to Marefield West Junction taken out subsequently (1930?). Marefield North Junction renamed Marefield Junction around this time.