Whissendine railway station

Whissendine
The site of the station in 2014
General information
Location	Whissendine, Rutland England
Grid reference	SK837165
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 May 1848	Opened as Wymondham
1 September 1848	renamed Whisendine late Wymondham
1 October 1878	renamed Whissendine late Wymondham
1 May 1891	renamed Whissendine
3 October 1955	Closed [1]
Location

The location of Whissendine Station, which served the villages of Whissendine, Wymondham and Edmondthorpe from 1848–1955.

Whissendine railway station was a station serving the villages of Whissendine in Rutland and Wymondham and Edmondthorpe in Leicestershire. The station itself was about one and a half miles from each, and was in Leicestershire. It opened in 1848 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway and was originally named Wymondham but by 1863 it had been renamed Whisendine (with one s). ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Bradshaws General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide, Feb 1863.
3. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Saxby		Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough Nottingham to Kettering		Ashwell

52°44′26″N0°45′44″W / 52.7406°N 0.7622°W / 52.7406; -0.7622