East Leake railway station

Coordinates: 52°49′52.00″N 1°11′24.00″W / 52.8311111°N 1.1900000°W / 52.8311111; -1.1900000

A train of empty gypsum containers passes through the disused East Leake station

East Leake railway station^[1] is a former railway station serving East Leake, Nottinghamshire and is the only surviving Great Central Railway station accessed from an underbridge rather than an overbridge. The station opened on 15 March 1899 and closed on 5 May 1969. The Great Central Railway (Nottingham) passes through but the station has not reopened mainly due to lack of car parking, and with the station entrance being directly onto the road under the bridge, safety concerns were also a factor. A small goods siding^[1] next to the station was redeveloped in the 1990s. The station buildings have been demolished, with the rubble used to fill in the area from the road entrance to the platform. The island platform remains in situ and could still be used if required. Rushcliffe Halt is nearby.

References

1 2 The Great Central - Then and Now ISBN 0-7153-9326-X page 88

Preceding station	Disused railways		Following station
Loughborough Central Line closed, station open		Great Central Railway London Extension	Rushcliffe Halt Line and station closed
	Proposed Heritage railways
Loughborough Central Line closed, station open		Great Central Heritage Railway	Rushcliffe Halt Line and station closed

Closed railway stations in Nottinghamshire

Mansfield Railway	Mansfield Central Sutton-in-Ashfield Central Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central Pinxton North

Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway	Warsop Clipstone Edwinstowe Ollerton Boughton (Nottinghamshire) Tuxford Central Dukeries Junction Fledborough Clifton-on-Trent Doddington and Harby

GCR Main Line	Hollinwell and Annesley Annesley South Junction Halt Hucknall Central Bulwell Hall Halt Bulwell Common New Basford Carrington Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Arkwright Street Ruddington Rushcliffe Halt East Leake

Leen Valley Extension	Skegby Sutton-in-Ashfield Town Newstead and Annesley Linby (Great Northern) Hucknall Town Butler's Hill Bestwood Colliery Bulwell Forest

GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension	Pinxton South Pye Hill and Somercotes Codnor Park and Selston Newthorpe, Greasley and Shipley Gate Awsworth Kimberley East Basford North Daybrook Gedling and Carlton

Worksop to Nottingham Line	Sutton Junction Mansfield Town Kirkby-in-Ashfield East Annesley Linby Hucknall Byron Bulwell Market Basford Vernon Radford Lenton

Nottingham Suburban Railway	Sherwood St Ann's Well Thorneywood

Mansfield to Rolleston Junction	Blidworth and Rainworth Farnsfield Kirklington and Edingley Southwell

Bennerley Junction to Basford	Kimberley West Watnall

Nottingham and Melton Railway	Edwalton Plumtree Widmerpool Upper Broughton

Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway	Bingham Road (Notts) Barnstone Redmile Cotham

Great Northern Main Line	Scrooby Ranskill Barnby Moor and Sutton Tuxford North Crow Park Carlton-on-Trent

Midland Counties Railway	Nottingham Carrington Street Kegworth Hathern

Great Eastern and Great Northern Joint Railway	Park Drain Misterton Walkeringham Beckingham

Other	Checker House Cottam Kirkby Bentinck Nottingham London Road Nottingham Racecourse Teversall Manor Trowell Whiteborough

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