Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in Leicestershire, England

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Thanks for watching.... 1. Asfordby railway station 2. Ashby de la Zouch railway station 3. Ashby Magna railway station 4. Bagworth and Ellistown railway station 5. Bardon Hill railway station 6. Belgrave and Birstall railway station 7. Blaby railway station 8. Brooksby railway station 9. Coalville Town railway station 10. Cossington Gate railway station 11. Countesthorpe railway station 12. Desford railway station 13. East Langton railway station 14. East Norton railway station 15. Edmondthorpe and Wymondham railway station 16. Frisby railway station 17. Glen Parva railway station 18. Great Dalby railway station 19. Great Glen railway station 20. Grimston railway station 21. Hallaton railway station 22. Harby and Stathern railway station 23. Humberstone railway station 24. Humberstone Road railway station 25. Ingarsby railway station 26. John O' Gaunt railway station 27. Kibworth railway station 28. Kirby Muxloe railway station 29. Leicester Belgrave Road railway station 30. Leicester Campbell Street railway station 31. Leicester Central railway station 32. Leicester West Bridge railway station 33. Leire Halt railway station 34. Long Clawson and Hose railway station 35. Loughborough Derby Road railway station 36. Lowesby railway station 37. Lubenham railway station 38. Lutterworth railway station 39. Medbourne railway station 40. Melton Mowbray North railway station 41. Merry Lees railway station 42. Moira railway station, Leicestershire 43. Old Dalby railway station 44. Rearsby railway station 45. Rockingham railway station 46. Saxby railway station 47. Scalford railway station 48. Swannington railway station 49. Theddingworth railway station 50. Thurnby and Scraptoft railway station 51. Tilton railway station 52. Tonge and Breedon railway station 53. Ullesthorpe railway station 54. Waltham-on-the-Wolds railway station 55. Welford and Kilworth railway station 56. Welford Road railway station 57. Whetstone railway station 58. Whissendine railway station 59. Whitwick railway station 60. Wigston Magna railway station 61. Wigston South railway station 62. Worthington railway station Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_Leicestershire Music: Fortaleza,Topher Mohr and Alex Elena;YouTube Audio Library Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains. An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers. Notable cases where railway stations have fallen into disuse include the Beeching Axe, a 1960s programme of mass closures of unprofitable railway lines by the British Government. The London Underground system is also noted for its list of closed stations. During the time of the Berlin Wall, a number of Berlin U-Bahn stations on West Berlin lines became "ghost stations" (Geisterbahnhöfe) because they were on lines which passed through East Berlin territory. Railway stations and lines which fall into disuse may become overgrown. Some former railway lines are repurposed as managed nature reserves, trails or other tourist attractions - for example Hellfire Pass, the route of the former "Death Railway" in Thailand. Many former railways are converted into long-distance cycleways, such as large sections of the National Cycle Network in the United Kingdom. In rural areas, former railway station buildings are often converted into private residences. Examples include many of the stations on the closed Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England.