Edmondthorpe and Wymondham railway station

Edmonthorpe & Wymondham
The station building in 1994
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1894	Opened
2 March 1959	Closed^[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Edmonthorpe and Wymondham railway station was a station in Wymondham, Leicestershire. It also served the small hamlet of Edmondthorpe.^[2] It was Midland Railway property but train services were operated by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. It was closed in 1959 along with most of the M&GN.^[3]^[4] Nearby Whissendine railway station on the Leicester to Peterborough line was originally named Wymondham, but had been renamed by 1863.^[5]

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Saxby		Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway		South Witham

References

↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16
↑ Historic England. "Edmonthorpe and Wymondham station (509047)". PastScape. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
↑ Midland Lines
↑ Bradshaws General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide, February 1863.

Smith, Peter (2012). "Wymondham". THE SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
Track plans and Photographs

Closed railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland

Leicester and Swannington Railway	Coalville Town Bardon Hill Bagworth and Ellistown Incline House Thornton Lane Merry Lees Desford Ratby Glenfield (Leicestershire) Leicester West Bridge

Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway	Overseal Donisthorpe Measham Snarestone Hugglescote Heather and Ibstock Stoke Golding Higham-on-the-Hill

Charnwood Forest Railway	Loughborough Derby Road Snells Nook Shepshed Grace Dieu Thringstone Whitwick Coalville East

Melbourne Line	Tonge and Breedon Worthington

Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line	Moira Ashby de la Zouch Swannington Kirby Muxloe Braunston (Leicester)

GNR & LNWR Joint Rly	Harby and Stathern Long Clawson and Hose Scalford Melton Mowbray North Great Dalby John O'Gaunt Leicester Belgrave Road Humberstone Thurnby and Scraptoft Ingarsby Lowesby Tilton East Norton Hallaton Medbourne

Midland Counties Railway	Cossington Gate Wigston South Countesthorpe Broughton Astley Leire Halt Ullesthorpe

Nottingham and Melton Railway	Old Dalby Grimston

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	Saxby Edmondthorpe and Wymondham

Syston and Peterborough Railway	Rearsby Brooksby Frisby Asfordby Whissendine Ashwell Manton Ketton and Collyweston

Rugby and Stamford Railway	Welford and Kilworth Theddingworth Lubenham Rockingham Seaton Morcott Wakerley and Barrowden

Midland Main Line	Humberstone Road Leicester Campbell Street Welford Road Wigston Magna Great Glen Kibworth East Langton

South Leicestershire Railway	Elmesthorpe Croft Blaby Glen Parva

Great Central Main Line	Belgrave and Birstall Leicester Central Whetstone Ashby Magna Lutterworth

Stamford and Essendine Railway	Essendine Ryhall

Other	Uppingham Waltham-on-the-Wolds

Coordinates: 52°45′44″N 0°44′22″W / 52.7622°N 0.7395°W / 52.7622; -0.7395

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