Rushcliffe Halt



Rushcliffe Halt was a former railway station on the Great Central Railway London Extension from London Marylebone serving the north of East Leake, Nottinghamshire.

The stations was built as a later addition to the railway, 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 as part of the famous Beeching Axe, although freight continued to serve British Gypsum until the early 1980s.

The station is the only surviving example of a Great Central Railway twin platform configuration, 'island' platforms were the standard on the route.

During the 1990s, the line and station entered preservation. In 2000 freight trains to the gypsum works resumed and in 2003 Great Central Railway (Nottingham) introduced a weekend passenger service between Loughborough junction and Ruddington halt on a preserved section of the line. There is hope of eventual connection with the Great Central Railway (Leicester) so that a through service can be provided using a variety of preserved traction.