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The station closed in 1931 when passenger services on the line with withdrawn.[1] Today, nothing remains of the halt and the trackbed is now a footpath.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 the halt also served as a stop for.[2][3][4]
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.
- Crawford, Ewan; Furnevel, John. "Grace Dieu - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
Route
| 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 |
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