Lilbourne railway station

{{short description|Former railway station in Leicestershire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Lilbourne

| status = Disused

| image = Lilbourne_railway_station.jpg

| caption = Lilbourne station in 2004

| borough = Lilbourne, Harborough

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.3954|-1.1760|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SP5677|25|SP5677}}

| platforms = 2

| original = London and Birmingham Railway

| pregroup = London and North Western Railway

| postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway

| years = 1 May 1850

| events = Station opened

| years1 = 1878

| events1 = track doubled

| years2 = 6 June 1966

| events2 = Station closed{{Butt-Stations |page=not cited}}

}}

Lilbourne railway station was a railway station serving Lilbourne and nearby Catthorpe in Leicestershire, England. It was on the Rugby and Stamford Railway between {{rws|Clifton Mill}} and {{rws|Yelvertoft and Stanford Park}}.

In 1846, the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway gained Parliamentary powers for a branch from {{rws|Rugby}} to the Syston and Peterborough Railway near {{rws|Stamford}}.{{cite web |title=Rugby and Stamford Railway Act |url=http://archivesunlocked.warwickshire.gov.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='01510/1/3/1/6') |work=Warwickshire's Past Unlocked |publisher=Warwickshire County Council |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20111011133758/http%3A//archivesunlocked.warwickshire.gov.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni%3DDserve.ini%26dsqApp%3DArchive%26dsqDb%3DCatalog%26dsqCmd%3DShow.tcl%26dsqSearch%3D%28RefNo%3D%3D%2701510/1/3/1/6%27%29 |archivedate=11 October 2011 }} In the same year the company became part of the London and North Western Railway. The section from Rugby via Lilbourne to {{rws|Market Harborough}} was opened in 1850. The line through Lilbourne was single track until it was doubled at the end of 1878.{{cite book |last1=Hendry |first1=R. Preston |last2=Hendry |first2=R. Powell |title=An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations |volume=1 |year=1982 |publisher=Oxford Publishing |location=Poole |isbn=0-86093-168-4 |page=not stated}}

The 1923 grouping made the LNWR part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

British Railways closed the station in 1966. All that remains is the trackbed and a platform.{{cite web |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/665532 |title=SP5677: Lilbourne Station |last1=Rob |first1=Ian |date=2008 |work=Geograph Britain and Ireland |publisher=Geograph Project Limited}}

{{Disused rail start}}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|Clifton Mill}}
Line and station closed |next={{rws|Yelvertoft and Stanford Park}}
Line and station closed|route=London and North Western Railway
Rugby and Stamford Railway|col={{LNWR colour}} }}

{{S-end}}