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Charnwood Forest Railway
Overview
Other name(s)
Bluebell Line
Status
closed
Locale
Leicestershire, England
History
Commenced
1881
Completed
1883
Closed
1963
Route map
Legend
Loughborough Derby Road
Snells Nook Halt
Shepshed
Grace Dieu Viaduct
Grace Dieu Halt
Thringstone Halt
Whitwick
Coalville East
Leicester–Burton upon Trent line
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway
To Hugglescote, Shackerstone, Nuneaton
The Charnwood Forest Railway was a branch line in Leicestershire constructed by the Charnwood Forest Company between 1881 and 1883.[1][page needed] The branch line ran from Coalville (joined from the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway (ANJR)) to the town of Loughborough.
It should not be confused with the much earlier railway that was part of the Charnwood Forest Canal.
Stations on the Charnwood Forest Railway were located at Coalville East, Whitwick, Shepshed and Loughborough Derby Road. By 1885, the company had been placed in receivership; under this supervision, in 1907 three halts were opened, these being Thringstone Halt, Grace Dieu Halt and Snells Nook Halt. These were an attempt to improve the profitability of the line by increasing the customer base. The line was worked by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and was taken over by the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923.
Passenger services ceased to operate on 13 April 1931, with freight services ceasing to operate on 12 December 1963. The line was known as the 'Bluebell Line' due to the flower growing along much of the length of the line during the spring.
^Franks, D.L. (1975). The Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway together with The Charnwood Forest Railway. Sheffield: Turntable Publications.
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