Whissendine railway station explained

Whissendine
Status:Disused
Borough:Whissendine, Rutland
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Pregroup:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Years:1 May 1848
Events:Opened as Wymondham
Years1:1 September 1848
Events1:renamed Whisendine late Wymondham
Years2:1 October 1878
Events2:renamed Whissendine late Wymondham
Years3:1 May 1891
Events3:renamed Whissendine
Years4:3 October 1955
Events4:Closed [1]

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

52.7406°N -0.7622°W

Notes and 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