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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Whissendine Railway Station

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).

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″N 0°45′44″W / 52.7406°N 0.7622°W / 52.7406; -0.7622