Snells Nook Halt railway station

Snells Nook Halt
General information
Location	Loughborough, Charnwood England
Coordinates	52°45′44″N1°15′46″W / 52.7621°N 1.2627°W / 52.7621; -1.2627
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Charnwood Forest Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 April 1907 (1907-04-02)	Station opened
13 April 1931 (1931-04-13)	Station closed
Location

Snells Nook Halt railway station was a station on the Charnwood Forest Railway. Near the village of Nanpantan, on the outskirts of Loughborough, Leicestershire.

It opened on 2 April 1907 ^[1] as a stop on the line between Loughborough Derby Road and Coalville East.

The halt closed on 13 April 1931 when passenger services on the line were withdrawn. ^[2] Today, nothing remains of the halt but the line is still traceable. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. "Longcliffe Hotel, Nanpantan. Easter Holidays 1907" . Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham News. England. 28 March 1907. Retrieved 1 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Stations closing to passengers" . Leicester Evening Mail. England. 8 April 1931. Retrieved 1 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Snells Nook Halt Railway Station". www.shackerstonefestival.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
4. "Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site". www.geocaching.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
5. "England's Lost Country Houses | Garendon Hall". www.lostheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
6. "The Charnwood Forest Railway". www.oocities.org. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Shepshed Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Charnwood Forest Railway		Loughborough Derby Road Line and station closed