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DerekC

DerekC

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The location and naming of the Thornton stations seems pretty confused - not sure that Thornton Lane wasn't just a renaming of Thornton (Stag and Castle) at the southern end of the loop. The Stag and Castle is (or was) where Thornton Lane crosses the line, and the original Bagworth was at the southern end of the incline, where passengers got out to walk up

Interestingly an accident at the original level crossing at Thornton Lane in 1833 is supposed to have been the event which caused Robert Stephenson to invent the steam whistle!

presuming that the loop line is the later constructed route (not using the incline) ...


Bagworth and Ellistown
 
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Xenophon PCDGS

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DerekC said:
The location and naming of the Thornton stations seems pretty confused - not sure that Thornton Lane wasn't just a renaming of Thornton (Stag and Castle) at the southern end of the loop. The Stag and Castle is (or was) where Thornton Lane crosses the line, and the original Bagworth was at the southern end of the incline, where passengers got out to walk up
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I confirm that there were two separate stations on different lines in the area:-

Thornton (Stag and Castle Inn) closed in 1842

Thornton Lane closed in 1865
 
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