Stations
Coalville Town was the busiest stop on the line and had collieries at Whitwick and Snibston. A less busy but more fashionable stop was Ashby de la Zouch, an historic spa town with connections to Lord Hastings.
In 1851 the Midland built branches from the line to Swadlincote and Wooden Box. In 1868 Wooden Box was renamed Woodville and in 1883–84 the Midland built an extension to the Swadlincote branch to Woodville, which included digging the 307 yards (281 m) Woodville tunnel. The two branches thus became the Swadlincote Loop.
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Famous quotes containing the word stations:
“I can’t quite define my aversion to asking questions of strangers. From snatches of family battles which I have heard drifting up from railway stations and street corners, I gather that there are a great many men who share my dislike for it, as well as an equal number of women who ... believe it to be the solution to most of this world’s problems.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“After I was married a year I remembered things like radio stations and forgot my husband.”
—P. J. Wolfson, John L. Balderston (1899–1954)
“The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.”
—William Jones (1746–1794)