This station was built for the Midland Railway in 1849 on its line between Burton and Leicester. Ashby was fashionable in the Regency period as a spa and the station echoes earlier buildings, the Grecian baths and the Royal Hotel.
Both buildings were designed by R. Chaplin who is believed to have designed the station as well. This accounts for its refined classical form, with pillared portico, shallow bay windows, and square end pavilions, all single storey.
The station was partially built on the remains of the horse drawn Ticknall Tramway, which previously connected the Ashby Canal with the Ticknall lime quarries. The station was a junction of the Leicester to Burton line and the Ashby de la Zouch to Derby branch line, which was also partly built on the former Ticknal tramway.
The station forecourt was also a terminus for the 1 m (3ft 6in) Burton & Ashby Light Railway a tramway from Ashby to Burton upon Trent, built by the MR and closed on 19 February 1927. Tram lines for the Burton & Ashby Light Railway, operating electric double deck trams, are still visible in the forecourt.
The building is now used as private offices and is Listed Grade II*.
By road: On Station Road
By rail: Burton upon Trent Station is 13 km (8 miles) away
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