Whissendine railway station was a station serving the villages of

Whissendine Whissendine is a village and civil parish in Rutland, England, north-west of the county town, Oakham. The population at the 2001 census was 1,189, increasing to 1,253 at the 2011 census. The village's name either means 'valley of Hwicce' or ...

in Rutland and

Wymondham Wymondham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, south-west of Norwich off the A11 road to London. The River Tiffey runs through. The parish, one of Norfolk's largest, includes rural areas to ...

and Edmondthorpe in Leicestershire. The station itself was about one and a half miles from each, and was in Leicestershire. It opened in 1848 on the

Syston and Peterborough Railway The Syston and Peterborough Railway was an early railway in England opened between 1846 and 1848 to form a connection from the Midland Counties Railway near Leicester to Peterborough, giving access to East Anglia over the Eastern Counties Railway ...

and was originally named Wymondham but by 1863 it had been renamed Whisendine (with one s).British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16

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Former Midland Railway stations Disused railway stations in Leicestershire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955 {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub