Grace Dieu Halt railway station
Disused railway station in England
Grace Dieu Halt railway station was a station on the Charnwood Forest Railway. At 52.761485°N 1.354311°E near the hamlet of Grace-Dieu, Leicestershire. On the outskirts of Whitwick. Opened in 1907 as a stop on the line between Loughborough Derby Road and Coalville East.
The station closed in 1931 when passenger services on the line with withdrawn.[1] Today, nothing remains of the halt and the trackbed is now a footpath. Nearby is also Grace Dieu Priory and Manor School, which were served by the halt.[2][3]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Thringstone Halt Line and station closed | London and North Western Railway Charnwood Forest Railway | Shepshed Line and station closed |
References
- ^ "Stations closing to passengers". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 8 April 1931. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Charnwood Forest Railway". spellerweb.net. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Grace Dieu Halt Railway Station". www.shackerstonefestival.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- v
- t
- e
Closed railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland
- Coalville Town
- Bardon Hill
- Bagworth and Ellistown
- Incline House
- Thornton Lane
- Merry Lees
- Desford
- Ratby
- Glenfield (Leicestershire)
- Leicester West Bridge
- Moira
- Ashby de la Zouch
- Swannington
- Kirby Muxloe
- Braunstone (Leicester)
- ROF Queniborough
- Rearsby
- Brooksby
- Frisby
- Asfordby
- Whissendine
- Ashwell
- Manton
- Luffenham
- Ketton and Collyweston
- Lilbourne
- Welford and Kilworth
- Theddingworth
- Lubenham
- Rockingham
- Seaton
- Morcott
- Wakerley and Barrowden
- Elmesthorpe
- Croft railway station, Leicester
- Blaby
- Wigston Glen Parva
52°45′41″N 1°21′16″W / 52.7613°N 1.3544°W / 52.7613; -1.3544
This article on a railway station in the East Midlands is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e