Swithland was a railway station which was constructed on the Great Central Main Line between Rothley and Quorn and Woodhouse.
The railway company had visions of turning the area into a tourist spot and the construction of Swithland station was commenced anyway.
It would have consisted of an island platform of the standard design that became typical of the line, here the less common "embankment" type reached from a roadway (the Swithland-Rothley road) that passed beneath the line, similar to East Leake.
In the event, these plans were thwarted, reportedly at a fairly advanced stage, and work stopped.
Since it was barely a mile away to the south, Rothley station was deemed adequate to serve the area.