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The station closed in 1931 when passenger services on the line with withdrawn.[1] Today, nothing remains of the halt and the trackbed is now a footpath.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

  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.
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Closed railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland
Leicester and Swannington RailwayAshby and Nuneaton Joint RailwayCharnwood Forest RailwayMelbourne lineLeicester–Burton upon Trent line
GNR & LNWR Joint RailwayMidland Counties RailwayNottingham and Melton RailwayMidland and Great Northern Joint RailwaySyston and Peterborough RailwayRugby and Stamford RailwayMidland Main LineSouth Leicestershire Railway
Great Central Main LineStamford and Essendine RailwayOther

52°45′41″N 1°21′16″W / 52.7613°N 1.3544°W / 52.7613; -1.3544


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