[2] The small village of Humberstone, situated some two miles further north-eastwards, was noted for its alabaster mine, but Humberstone Road station, alongside what is now the A47, served the rapidly expanding northern side of Leicester.

As a Grade II listed building it had to be preserved, but British Rail did not have sufficient funds for such an operation.

Eventually the building was sold to Leicestershire County Council for £1 plus VAT.

It was moved brick by brick to its new home at Shenton station on the Battlefield Line Railway, where it would serve as an information point for Bosworth Battlefield and a southern terminus building for the railway.

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