page_title: Ashwell railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Ashwell railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: Site of Ashwell station, 1994 View NW, towards Saxby, Melton Mowbray - Leicester/Nottingham: ex-Midland Leicester - Peterborough main line. Ashwell station was closed from 6/6/66, but the line remains active.
context_page_description: Ashwell railway station was a station in Ashwell, Rutland on the line between Melton Mowbray and Oakham. It lies west of the village, on the road to Whissendine. Just north of Ashwell was Ashwell Junction where the Cottesmore Ironstone Branch joined. This was in use between 1883 and 1974 and served quarries in the vicinity of Cottesmore and Exton. Part of the former mineral branch line is now Rutland Railway Museum.
context_section_description: Ashwell railway station was a station in Ashwell, Rutland on the line between Melton Mowbray and Oakham. It lies west of the village, on the road to Whissendine. Just north of Ashwell was Ashwell Junction where the Cottesmore Ironstone Branch joined. This was in use between 1883 and 1974 and served quarries in the vicinity of Cottesmore and Exton. Part of the former mineral branch line is now Rutland Railway Museum (trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum).
caption: Location of Ashwell station (1994)
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