Thringstone Halt railway station

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The station closed in 1931 when passenger services on the line with withdrawn.^[1] Today, the cutting and halt have been filled in but the bridge carrying a minor road over the halt is still visible.^[2][3]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

52.7503°N 1.3640°W / 52.7503; -1.3640