Broughton Astley railway station

Broughton Astley railway station was a railway station serving Broughton Astley in Leicestershire, England.

The station was opened on 30 June 1840[1] on the Midland Counties Railway main line to Rugby.

[1] In 1857 the Midland completed a new main line south to Hitchin and the Leicester – Rugby section of the Midland Counties was relegated to a branch.

British Railways closed the Leicester – Rugby line and its stations, including Broughton Astley which closed on 1 January 1962.

This article on a railway station in the East Midlands is a stub.

A train enters Broughton Astley station from the south in 1961