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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Snells Nook Halt Railway Station

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 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The halt closed on 13 April 1931 when passenger services on the line were withdrawn. Today, nothing remains of the halt but the line is still traceable.

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