Grace Dieu Halt railway station

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The station closed in 1931 when passenger services on the line with withdrawn.[1] Today, nothing remains of the halt and the trackbed is now a footpath.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

  1. "Stations closing to passengers". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 8 April 1931. Retrieved 1 January 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Charnwood Forest Railway". spellerweb.net. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. "Grace Dieu Halt Railway Station". www.shackerstonefestival.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

52.7613°N 1.3544°W / 52.7613; -1.3544


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