Whitwick Railway Station
The building is situated close to the village's Market Place, which is essentially the centre of the village, on North Street.
The trackbed between Coalville (starting at Morrisons) and Whitwick (terminating just past Whitwick Station) has been turned into a public right of way. This passes the station building and the remains of the platform which is intact, but overgrown and unkempt. The original staircase which gave passengers access from the road above to the platform was kept in use until the 1990s, however following persistent vandalism and worries over the structure's safety, it was demolished, leaving only the landing at the road entrance.
Whitwick Historical Group
The group now using the station building have repainted it into its former Midland Red and Cream colours. The interior is much changed, with the downstairs rooms now being a kitchenette and dedicated computer room. The main function of this room is to help people trace their family trees with the numerous census materials available. Upstairs, the room contains microfilm and microfiche readers. As the group is largely made up of ex-local miners, it places little emphasis on the Charnwood Forest Line; there are a few photographs.
Route
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Coalville East Line and station closed |
London and North Western Railway Charnwood Forest Railway |
Thringstone Halt Line and station closed |
References
- ^ "London and North Western Railway. Opening of Charnwood Forest Railway". Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham News. England. 19 April 1883. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Stations closing to passengers". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 8 April 1931. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ https://www.webcitation.org/5knuGliGO?url=http://www.geocities.com/oliveshark53/railway.htm
- ^ "WHITWICK STATION. Charnwod Forest Railway & the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway". Archived from the original on 13 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2011.