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The station closed in 1931 when passenger services on the line with withdrawn.[1] Today, nothing remains of the halt and the trackbed is now a footpath.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 Grace Dieu Manor (and Grace Dieu 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
52°45′41″N 1°21′16″W / 52.7613°N 1.3544°W
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