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The station closed in 1931 when passenger services on the line with withdrawn.[1] Today, nothing remains of the halt and the trackbed is now a footpath.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 Grace Dieu Manor (and Grace Dieu Manor School), which were served by the halt.[2][3]

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Thringstone Halt
Line and station closed |  | London and North Western Railway
Charnwood Forest Railway |  | Shepshed
Line and station closed

## References

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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 Railway|

* Coalville Town
* Bardon Hill
* Bagworth and Ellistown
* Incline House
* Thornton Lane
* Merry Lees
* Desford
* Ratby
* Glenfield (Leicestershire)
* Leicester West Bridge

Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway|

* Overseal
* Donisthorpe
* Measham
* Snarestone
* Hugglescote
* Heather and Ibstock
* Stoke Golding
* Higham on the Hill

Charnwood Forest Railway|

* Loughborough Derby Road
* Snells Nook Halt
* Shepshed
* Grace Dieu Halt
* Thringstone Halt
* Whitwick
* Coalville East

Melbourne line|

* Wilson
* Tonge and Breedon
* Worthington

Leicester–Burton upon Trent line|

* Moira
* Ashby de la Zouch
* Swannington
* Kirby Muxloe
* Braunstone (Leicester)

GNR & LNWR Joint Railway|

* Harby and Stathern
* Long Clawson and Hose
* Scalford
* Melton Mowbray North
* Great Dalby
* John O' Gaunt
* Leicester Belgrave Road
* Humberstone
* Thurnby and Scraptoft
* Ingarsby
* Lowesby
* Tilton
* East Norton
* Hallaton
* Medbourne

Midland Counties Railway|

* Cossington Gate
* Wigston South
* Countesthorpe
* Broughton Astley
* Leire Halt
* Ullesthorpe

Nottingham and Melton Railway|

* Edwalton
* Plumtree
* Widmerpool
* Upper Broughton
* Old Dalby
* Grimston

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway|

* Saxby
* Edmondthorpe and Wymondham

Syston and Peterborough Railway|

* ROF Queniborough
* Rearsby
* Brooksby
* Frisby
* Asfordby
* Whissendine
* Ashwell
* Manton
* Luffenham
* Ketton and Collyweston

Rugby and Stamford Railway|

* Lilbourne
* Welford and Kilworth
* Theddingworth
* Lubenham
* Rockingham
* Seaton
* Morcott
* Wakerley and Barrowden

Midland Main Line|

* Hathern
* Humberstone Road
* Leicester Campbell Street
* Welford Road
* Wigston Magna
* Great Glen
* Kibworth
* East Langton

South Leicestershire Railway|

* Elmesthorpe
* Croft railway station, Leicester
* Blaby
* Wigston Glen Parva

Great Central Main Line|

* Loughborough Central
* Quorn and Woodhouse
* Rothley
* Belgrave and Birstall
* Leicester Central
* Whetstone
* Ashby Magna
* Lutterworth

Stamford and Essendine Railway|

* Essendine
* Ryhall

Other|

* Uppingham
* Waltham-on-the-Wolds
* Castle Donington and Shardlow
* Weston on Trent

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

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