Barrow-upon-Soar railway station

52°44′57.88″N 1°8′43.94″W

Barrow-upon-Soar
National Rail
General information
LocationBarrow-upon-Soar, Borough of Charnwood
England
Grid referenceSK577172
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBWS
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1840Opened as Barrow
1871Renamed Barrow-upon-Soar
1899Renamed Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn
4 March 1968Closed
27 May 1994Reopened as Barrow-upon-Soar
Passengers
2017/18Decrease 80,612
2018/19Increase 91,964
2019/20Increase 100,446
2020/21Decrease 23,794
2021/22Increase 58,688
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Stationmasters
  • T. Walker until 1860[4] (afterwards station master at Ullesthorpe)
  • Joseph Clementson 1861–1863[4] (afterwards station master at Brooksby)
  • A. Roberts from 1863[4]
  • William Grant ca. 1871–1873[5] (afterwards station master at Sharnbrook)
  • G. Welch 1873–1875[5] (formerly station master at Cudworth)
  • George Rivett 1875–1877[5] (formerly station master at Broughton)
  • J. Collins 1877[5] – 1881[6] (formerly station master at Hathern) 404
  • George Latimer 1881–1883[6] (formerly station master at Mountsorrel, afterwards station master at Glendon and Rushton)
  • Edward Presgrave 1883[6] – 1901[7] (formerly station master at Fiskerton)
  • H.F. West 1901–1903[7] (afterwards station master at Ketton)
  • William Dean 1903[7] – 1906 (formerly station master at Ketton, afterwards station master at Shirebrook)
  • Sidney William Varnam 1906[7] – ca. 1912 (formerly station master at old Dalby, afterwards station master at Pear Tree and Normanton)
  • Harry York ca. 1914 – ca. 1931
  • Mr. Hill
  • Cuthbert Wells Towers 1942–1956[8] (formerly station master at Kirby Muxloe)
  • Ronald Frederick Short ca. 1957 – ca. 1962

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.[9]

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:[10][11]

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 National Rail Following station
East Midlands Railway
Ivanhoe Line
Monday-Saturday only
  • Barrow upon Soar in 1962
    Barrow upon Soar in 1962
  • Down iron ore train passing in 1950
    Down iron ore train passing in 1950
  • Up coal train at Barrow-on-Soar Station in 1950
    Up coal train at Barrow-on-Soar Station in 1950
  • The station in 2018
    The station in 2018

References
  1. Higginson, M. (1989). The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey. Derby: Midland Railway Trust.
  2. Radford, B. (1983). Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby. London: Bloomsbury Books.
  3. "Network Rail staff 'started drilling moments before bridge collapse'". BBC News. England. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 146. 1914. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  5. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 485. 1871. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  6. "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 604. 1881. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1027". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 550. 1899. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  8. "Stationmaster killed on line". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 4 July 1956. Retrieved 24 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Barrow-upon-Soar station information". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  10. Table 53 National Rail timetable, May 2020
  11. "May 2021 Timetable Changes - Barrow-upon-Soar". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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