Kirby Muxloe railway station

Kirby Muxloe railway station

Kirby Muxloe railway station was a station on the Midland Railway (See Leicester and Swannington Railway) between Leicester and Burton upon Trent in England. It served the village of Kirby Muxloe. The station closed in 1964 and was immortalised in that year in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

External links

*http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/


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