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Market Bosworth Station is situated just under a mile from the town centre and two minute walk from the canal. Market Bosworth was the only major town on the line and it was from the station that much of the farming produce was ferried to and fro. The station had extensive sidings that stood to both sides of the mainline, because of the amount of goods that passed through Market Bosworth. If you look carefully you may be able to spot the remains of the earth banked platforms for the sidings behind the Goods Shed. It was used as a large petrol dump during the Second World War by the Army and had its own narrow gauge railway.
The Society own Platform 2 a number of buildings on it as well as the LNWR Signal Box, however both the original station, goods shed and stationmasters buildings are in private hands
| Open for Goods | 18.8.1873 |
| Open for Passengers | 1.9.1873 |
| Closed for Passengers | 13.4.1931 |
| Closed for Parcels | 2.7.1951 |
| Closed for Goods | 4.3.1968 |
| Signal Box Opened | 1872 |
| Replacement Box Opened | 1.1899 |
| Signal Box Closed | 18.7.1971 |
The Stationmasters house is a private residence. The staion building is a motor car servicing and sales garage, its front door area has been removed to make way for car inspection ramps. The weigh bridge office is still there, however it has had a replacement modern window and appears not to be used for anything. The Goods Shed is used as an industrial unit. The small office area on its southern end is in poor condition. Traces of the earth embankment platforms are still visible.
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