NHR - Rushcliffe Halt

NHR - Rushcliffe Halt GCRN Heritage Railway Station serving the community of East Leake in Nottinghamshire Later, sidings would be added to serve the nearby gypsum works.
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Rushcliffe Halt is a railway station serving the community of East Leake, and is the only surviving Great Central Railway London Extension station with twin platforms (as opposed to the GC standard 'island' platform). The stations was built as a later addition to the railway, opening in 1911 to serve the adjacent Rushcliffe Golf Club. The station closed to passengers in 1963 as part of the famous

Beeching Axe, although freight continued to serve British Gypsum until the early 1980s. During the 1990s, the line and station entered preservation. In 1998 freight trains to the gypsum works resumed with the station reopening in 2000.

Address

Gotham Road
East Leake
LE126JN

Opening Hours

Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

01159405705

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