Rushcliffe Halt railway station

Rushcliffe, Italy

Rushcliffe Halt is a railway station on the former Great Central Railway (GCR) London Extension from London Marylebone, and serves the north of East Leake, Nottinghamshire. It is currently in use as part of the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) (GCRN). Between September 2020 and December 2024 no pu

blic trains used Rushcliffe Halt or any part of the railway line from 50 steps bridge to north of Loughborough due to closure of the line because of structural problems with three bridges, by December 2024 these problems were resolved. The first public trains to run since 2020 was during the Christmas period 2024 with the railway intending to restore a regular service in 2025. The station was built as a later addition to the GCR, opening in 1911 to serve the adjacent Rushcliffe Golf Club. Later, sidings were added to serve the nearby gypsum works. The station closed to passengers in 1963, although freight continued to serve British Gypsum until the early 1980s. Rushcliffe Halt is the only surviving example of a GCR station with side platforms, because island platforms were the standard on the route. During the 1990s, the line and station entered preservation. In 2000, freight trains to the...

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