Countesthorpe railway station  Countesthorpe railway station was a railway station serving Countesthorpe in Leicestershire. The station was on the Midland Counties Railway main line to , and it opened at some point between 1840 and June 1842. In 1844 the Midland Counties joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway. In 1857 the Midland completed a new main line south to and the – Rugby section of the Midland Counties was relegated to a branch. British Railways closed the Leicester – Rugby line and its stations, including "Countesthorpe" which closed on 1 January 1962.