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52°44′57.88″N 1°8′43.94″W / 52.7494111°N 1.1455389°W / 52.7494111; -1.1455389
Barrow-upon-Soar | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Barrow-upon-Soar, Borough of Charnwood England | ||||
| Grid reference | SK577172 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BWS | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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| 1840 | Opened as Barrow | ||||
| 1871 | Renamed Barrow-upon-Soar | ||||
| 1899 | Renamed Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn | ||||
| 4 March 1968 | Closed | ||||
| 27 May 1994 | Reopened as Barrow-upon-Soar | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  100,446 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  23,794 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 58,688 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 75,716 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 90,826 | ||||
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Barrow-upon-Soar railway station (formerly known as Barrow and Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn) serves the large village of Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough, 108 miles 52 chains (174.9 km) north of St Pancras.
History
The first station at Barrow was opened in 1840 by the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.
It was originally known simply as Barrow, but became Barrow-upon-Soar in 1871. When Quorn and Woodhouse was opened by the rival Great Central Railway on the opposite (western) side of Quorn, it became Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn in 1899. Neither station, in fact, was ideally located for Quorn, being about equidistant from its centre.
Barrow was the only station on the line to retain much of its original MCR architecture. However, it was completely demolished following its closure in 1968.
A new station was opened slightly to the southeast of the original site on 27 May 1994, as part of phase one of the Ivanhoe Line.
In August 2016, a road bridge by the station partially collapsed during maintenance work, severely disrupting train services.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and facilities are limited although there is a self-service ticket machine for ticket purchases as well as shelters and modern help points on both platforms. Bicycle storage is also available at the station.
Step-free access is not available to either of the platforms at the station.
Services
All services at Barrow-upon-Soar are operated by East Midlands Railway using class 158 and class 170 DMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 1 tph to Leicester
- 1 tph to Lincoln via Nottingham of which 1 tp2h continues to Grimsby Town of which 2 tpd are extended to Cleethorpes
Fast trains on the Midland Main Line pass by the station but do not stop.
The station is closed on Sundays.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Sileby | East Midlands RailwayIvanhoe Line Monday-Saturday only | Loughborough | ||
References
- Higginson, M. (1989). The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey. Derby: Midland Railway Trust.
- Radford, B. (1983). Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby. London: Bloomsbury Books.
- "Network Rail staff 'started drilling moments before bridge collapse'". BBC News. England. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- "Barrow-upon-Soar station information". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- Table 53 National Rail timetable, May 2020
- "May 2021 Timetable Changes - Barrow-upon-Soar". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
External links
- Train times and station information for Barrow-upon-Soar railway station from National Rail
| Railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland | |||
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| Birmingham–Peterborough line | |||
| Ivanhoe line | |||
| Midland Main Line | |||
| Nottingham–Grantham line |
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| Battlefield Line Railway |
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| Great Central Railway | |||
- Railway stations in Leicestershire
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Former Midland Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968
- Railway stations opened by Railtrack
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1994
- Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway
- Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
- Beeching closures in England