Thringstone Halt railway station

Former railway station in England

Thringstone Halt railway station was a station on the Charnwood Forest Railway. Near the village of Thringstone, Leicestershire at 52.7503354N 1.3638816E. 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The station closed in 1931 when passenger services on the line with withdrawn.[1] Today, the cutting and halt have been filled in but the bridge carrying a minor road over the halt is still visible.[2][3]

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. ^ "Thringstone Halt Railway Station". www.shackerstonefestival.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

Route

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Whitwick
Line and station closed 		  London and North Western Railway
Charnwood Forest Railway 		  Grace Dieu Halt
Line and station closed
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Closed railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland
Leicester and Swannington Railway
Ashby 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′01″N 1°21′50″W / 52.7503°N 1.3640°W / 52.7503; -1.3640


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