Barrow-upon-Soar railway station

Barrow-upon-Soar
General information
Location	Barrow-upon-Soar, Borough of Charnwood England
Grid reference	SK577172
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	BWS
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
1840	Opened as Barrow
1871	Renamed Barrow-upon-Soar
1899	Renamed Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn
4 March 1968	Closed
27 May 1994	Reopened as Barrow-upon-Soar
Passengers
2018/19	91,964
2019/20	100,446
2020/21	23,794
2021/22	58,688
2022/23	75,716
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Barrow-upon-Soar railway station (formerly known as Barrow and Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn) serves the large village of Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough, 108 miles 52 chains (174.9 km) north of St Pancras.

History

The first station at Barrow was opened in 1840 by the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.

It was originally known simply as Barrow, but became Barrow-upon-Soar in 1871. When Quorn and Woodhouse was opened by the rival Great Central Railway on the opposite (western) side of Quorn, it became Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn in 1899. Neither station, in fact, was ideally located for Quorn, being about equidistant from its centre.

Barrow was the only station on the line to retain much of its original MCR architecture. However, it was completely demolished following its closure in 1968.

A new station was opened slightly to the southeast of the original site on 27 May 1994, as part of phase one of the Ivanhoe Line.

In August 2016, a road bridge by the station partially collapsed during maintenance work, severely disrupting train services.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and facilities are limited although there is a self-service ticket machine for ticket purchases as well as shelters and modern help points on both platforms. Bicycle storage is also available at the station.

Step-free access is not available to either of the platforms at the station.

Services

All services at Barrow-upon-Soar are operated by East Midlands Railway using class 158 and class 170 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 1 tph to Leicester
• 1 tph to Lincoln via Nottingham of which 1 tp2h continues to Grimsby Town of which 2 tpd are extended to Cleethorpes

Fast trains on the Midland Main Line pass by the station but do not stop.

The station is closed on Sundays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sileby		East Midlands Railway Ivanhoe Line Monday-Saturday only		Loughborough

External links

• Train times and station information for Barrow-upon-Soar railway station from National Rail