Rushcliffe Halt railway station
Rushcliffe Halt | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
Rushcliffe Halt looking north towards Ruddington | |
General information | |
Location | East Leake, Rushcliffe England |
Coordinates | 52°50′38″N 1°10′56″W / 52.84389°N 1.18222°W |
Operated by | Great Central Railway (Nottingham) |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
Original company | Great Central Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
1911 | Opened |
4 March 1963 | Closed |
2003 | Reopened |
Rushcliffe Halt is a railway station on the former Great Central Railway (GCR) London Extension from London Marylebone, and serves the north of East Leake, Nottinghamshire. It is currently in use as part of the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) (GCRN).
As of September 2020 no trains have used Rushcliffe Halt or the railway line from Ruddington to north of Loughborough due to closure of the line because of structural problems with three bridges.[1]
The station was built as a later addition to the GCR, opening in 1911 to serve the adjacent Rushcliffe Golf Club. Later, sidings were added to serve the nearby
Rushcliffe Halt is the only surviving example of a GCR station with side platforms, because island platforms were the standard on the route.
During the 1990s, the line and station entered preservation. In 2000, freight trains to the gypsum works resumed and, in 2003, Great Central Railway (Nottingham) introduced a weekend passenger service between Loughborough junction and
Once both preserved sections are re-connected by the bridging of the Loughborough Gap, the line would be over 18 miles (29 km) in length.[2][3]
References
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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East Leake Line and station closed |
Great Central Railway London Extension |
Ruddington Line and station closed | ||
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East Leake | Great Central Railway (Nottingham) | Ruddington Fields |