Rothley Station

Rothley Station is a railway station built in 1898 for the Great Central Railway, with the resident engineer being Edward Parry. The station is constructed of red brick and features a Welsh slate roof. It has an island platform building that includes a staircase leading to an overbridge, which only carries an entrance gate, while the offices are located on the platform itself.

The entrance is marked by double wooden gates set in an arched doorway, leading to a covered staircase with side glazing, supported by red brick walls that have storage areas beneath. The station features a tall chimney stack. The platform buildings are single storey, with the first serving as the booking and station-master's office. This building has fretted canopies on either side, with walls that are panelled into sections, four windows, and a door. The gable end includes a booking-office window surrounded by brown tiles at the north end and another window at the south end, where there is also a chimney stack.

The second building is similar to the first but lacks canopies and has a door with six over two panels and a six-pane overlight at the south end. There is a further small building beyond these two.

Rothley Station was opened on March 15, 1899, as part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's London Extension, which was promoted in 1893. It became part of the Great Central Railway in 1897 and was closed on March 4, 1963. The station was reopened on March 23, 1974, as part of the private Great Central Railway. It remains almost completely unaltered since its construction in 1898, including its interior fittings, and continues to serve traditional railway functions with a steam railway.