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Nottinghamshire-based heritage railway, see <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway_(Nottingham)" title="Great Central Railway (Nottingham)">Great Central Railway (Nottingham)</a>. For the former main line, see <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Main_Line" title="Great Central Main Line">Great Central Main Line</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Great Central (disambiguation)">Great Central (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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data-file-width="227" data-file-height="83" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:70013_Great_Central_Railway_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/70013_Great_Central_Railway_%285%29.jpg/265px-70013_Great_Central_Railway_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="265" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/70013_Great_Central_Railway_%285%29.jpg/398px-70013_Great_Central_Railway_%285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/70013_Great_Central_Railway_%285%29.jpg/530px-70013_Great_Central_Railway_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span><div><a href="/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7_70013_Oliver_Cromwell" title="BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell">BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell</a> leaving Loughborough</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Central_railway_station" title="Loughborough Central railway station">Loughborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Terminus</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_North_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester North railway station">Leicester North</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Commercial operations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Built by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Watkin" title="Edward Watkin">Edward Watkin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Sheffield_and_Lincolnshire_Railway" title="Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway">Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original gauge</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Preserved operations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operated by</th><td class="infobox-data">Great Central Railway Plc</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">8.25 miles (13.28 km) (Leicester)<br /> 10 miles (16 km) (Nottingham)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preserved gauge</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Commercial history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">1897</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">17 March 1969</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Preservation history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">23 March 1974</th><td class="infobox-data">GCR Reopened</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">1976</th><td class="infobox-data">GCR Plc formed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2000</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Double_track" class="mw-redirect" title="Double track">Double track</a> opened</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2012</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Swithland_Sidings" title="Swithland Sidings">Swithland Sidings</a> opened to the public</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Central_railway_station" title="Loughborough Central railway station">Loughborough Central</a> &<br /><a href="/wiki/Ruddington_railway_station" title="Ruddington railway station">Ruddington</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Great Central Railway</b> (GCR) is a <a href="/wiki/Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway">heritage railway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a>, England, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway. It runs for 8.25 miles (13.28 km)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> between the town of <a href="/wiki/Loughborough" title="Loughborough">Loughborough</a> and a new terminus in the north of <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>. It has period signalling, locomotives and rolling stock. </p><p>The GCR is currently the only double track standard gauge mainline heritage railway in the world with 5.25 miles (8.45 km) of working double track.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Four stations are in operation, each restored to a period in the railway's commercial history: <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Central_railway_station" title="Loughborough Central railway station">Loughborough Central</a> (the 1950s); <a href="/wiki/Quorn_and_Woodhouse_railway_station" title="Quorn and Woodhouse railway station">Quorn & Woodhouse</a> (<a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> and the remainder of the 1940s); <a href="/wiki/Rothley_railway_station" title="Rothley railway station">Rothley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Edwardian_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwardian 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Railway</div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="line-height:normal;padding:4px 5px"><div class="selfreference noprint" style="text-align:right;font-size:97%"><a href="/wiki/Template:Railway_line_legend" title="Template:Railway line legend">Legend</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0px 6px 6px"> <table class="nogrid routemap" style="font-size:107.95454545455%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="numN000"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/BSicon_numN000.svg/20px-BSicon_numN000.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/BSicon_numN000.svg/30px-BSicon_numN000.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/BSicon_numN000.svg/40px-BSicon_numN000.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uvCONTgfa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/BSicon_uvCONTgfa.svg/20px-BSicon_uvCONTgfa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/BSicon_uvCONTgfa.svg/30px-BSicon_uvCONTgfa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/BSicon_uvCONTgfa.svg/40px-BSicon_uvCONTgfa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Main_Line" title="Great Central Main Line">Great Central Main Line</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uvSTR; RP4oq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/BSicon_RP4oq.svg/20px-BSicon_RP4oq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/BSicon_RP4oq.svg/30px-BSicon_RP4oq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/BSicon_RP4oq.svg/40px-BSicon_RP4oq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uvSTR; RP4oq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/BSicon_uvSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_uvSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/BSicon_uvSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_uvSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/BSicon_uvSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_uvSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/A52_road" title="A52 road">A52 road</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uvCONTgfaq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BSicon_uvCONTgfaq.svg/20px-BSicon_uvCONTgfaq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BSicon_uvCONTgfaq.svg/30px-BSicon_uvCONTgfaq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BSicon_uvCONTgfaq.svg/40px-BSicon_uvCONTgfaq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exLSTR; uvSTRr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/BSicon_uvSTRr.svg/20px-BSicon_uvSTRr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/BSicon_uvSTRr.svg/30px-BSicon_uvSTRr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/BSicon_uvSTRr.svg/40px-BSicon_uvSTRr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exLSTR; uvSTRr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BSicon_exLSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exLSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BSicon_exLSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exLSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BSicon_exLSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exLSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Express_Transit" title="Nottingham Express Transit">Nottingham Express Transit</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">Line 2</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ruddington_railway_station" title="Ruddington railway station">Ruddington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ENDExa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_ENDExa.svg/20px-BSicon_ENDExa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_ENDExa.svg/30px-BSicon_ENDExa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_ENDExa.svg/40px-BSicon_ENDExa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Limit of operations</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="kABZg2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/BSicon_kABZg2.svg/20px-BSicon_kABZg2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/BSicon_kABZg2.svg/30px-BSicon_kABZg2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/BSicon_kABZg2.svg/40px-BSicon_kABZg2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="lDAMPF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/20px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/30px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/40px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Ruddington South Junction</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RMd"></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR; kSTRc1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/BSicon_kSTRc1.svg/20px-BSicon_kSTRc1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/BSicon_kSTRc1.svg/30px-BSicon_kSTRc1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/BSicon_kSTRc1.svg/40px-BSicon_kSTRc1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR; kSTRc1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="kSTRl+4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BSicon_kSTRl%2B4.svg/20px-BSicon_kSTRl%2B4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BSicon_kSTRl%2B4.svg/30px-BSicon_kSTRl%2B4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BSicon_kSTRl%2B4.svg/40px-BSicon_kSTRl%2B4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ldBHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BSicon_ldBHF.svg/10px-BSicon_ldBHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BSicon_ldBHF.svg/15px-BSicon_ldBHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BSicon_ldBHF.svg/20px-BSicon_ldBHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway_(Nottingham)" title="Great Central Railway (Nottingham)">Ruddington Fields</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eBST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BSicon_eBST.svg/20px-BSicon_eBST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BSicon_eBST.svg/30px-BSicon_eBST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BSicon_eBST.svg/40px-BSicon_eBST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/Gotham_Sidings" title="Gotham Sidings">Gotham Sidings</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKDSTaq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/BSicon_exKDSTaq.svg/20px-BSicon_exKDSTaq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/BSicon_exKDSTaq.svg/30px-BSicon_exKDSTaq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/BSicon_exKDSTaq.svg/40px-BSicon_exKDSTaq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZgr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Gotham Branchline</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rushcliffe_Halt" class="mw-redirect" title="Rushcliffe Halt">Rushcliffe Halt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/30px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/40px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/East_Leake_railway_station" title="East Leake railway station">East Leake</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="TUNNEL1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/20px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/30px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/40px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Barnstone Tunnel</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eBST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BSicon_eBST.svg/20px-BSicon_eBST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BSicon_eBST.svg/30px-BSicon_eBST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BSicon_eBST.svg/40px-BSicon_eBST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Barnstone Sidings</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="hKRZWae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/BSicon_hKRZWae.svg/20px-BSicon_hKRZWae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/BSicon_hKRZWae.svg/30px-BSicon_hKRZWae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/BSicon_hKRZWae.svg/40px-BSicon_hKRZWae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Viaduct" title="Stanford Viaduct">Stanford Viaduct</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">over <a href="/wiki/River_Soar" title="River Soar">River Soar</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMc"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="3STR3+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/BSicon_3STR3%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_3STR3%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/BSicon_3STR3%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_3STR3%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/BSicon_3STR3%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_3STR3%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="cd; KDSTeq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_KDSTeq.svg/20px-BSicon_KDSTeq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_KDSTeq.svg/30px-BSicon_KDSTeq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_KDSTeq.svg/40px-BSicon_KDSTeq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RMsp RMcd"></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="xABZg2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/BSicon_xABZg2.svg/20px-BSicon_xABZg2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/BSicon_xABZg2.svg/30px-BSicon_xABZg2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/BSicon_xABZg2.svg/40px-BSicon_xABZg2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STRc3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/BSicon_STRc3.svg/20px-BSicon_STRc3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/BSicon_STRc3.svg/30px-BSicon_STRc3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/BSicon_STRc3.svg/40px-BSicon_STRc3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brush_Traction" title="Brush Traction">Brush Traction</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMc"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="v3STR-"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/BSicon_v3STR-.svg/20px-BSicon_v3STR-.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/BSicon_v3STR-.svg/30px-BSicon_v3STR-.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/BSicon_v3STR-.svg/40px-BSicon_v3STR-.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMcd"></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST; STRc1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BSicon_STRc1.svg/20px-BSicon_STRc1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BSicon_STRc1.svg/30px-BSicon_STRc1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BSicon_STRc1.svg/40px-BSicon_STRc1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST; STRc1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR+4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BSicon_STR%2B4.svg/20px-BSicon_STR%2B4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BSicon_STR%2B4.svg/30px-BSicon_STR%2B4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BSicon_STR%2B4.svg/40px-BSicon_STR%2B4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%">Loughborough</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:normal">High-Level</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td> <td class="RMr4"><div class="RMsi">(proposed)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c; CONTg@Gq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/BSicon_CONTg%40Gq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTg%40Gq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/BSicon_CONTg%40Gq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTg%40Gq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/BSicon_CONTg%40Gq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTg%40Gq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RMsp RMc"></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="cd; 3STRl+4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/BSicon_3STRl%2B4.svg/20px-BSicon_3STRl%2B4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/BSicon_3STRl%2B4.svg/30px-BSicon_3STRl%2B4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/BSicon_3STRl%2B4.svg/40px-BSicon_3STRl%2B4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RMsp RMcd"></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHFq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BSicon_BHFq.svg/20px-BSicon_BHFq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BSicon_BHFq.svg/30px-BSicon_BHFq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BSicon_BHFq.svg/40px-BSicon_BHFq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="xKRZo"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/BSicon_xKRZo.svg/20px-BSicon_xKRZo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/BSicon_xKRZo.svg/30px-BSicon_xKRZo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/BSicon_xKRZo.svg/40px-BSicon_xKRZo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ABZql"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_ABZql.svg/20px-BSicon_ABZql.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_ABZql.svg/30px-BSicon_ABZql.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_ABZql.svg/40px-BSicon_ABZql.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_railway_station" title="Loughborough railway station">Loughborough</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic"><a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exLSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BSicon_exLSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exLSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BSicon_exLSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exLSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BSicon_exLSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exLSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Gap" title="Loughborough Gap">Loughborough Gap</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKDSTeq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg/20px-BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg/30px-BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg/40px-BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%">Loughborough Top Shed</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:normal">(proposed)</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="xmbKRZo +cerulean"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/BSicon_xmbKRZo_%2Bcerulean.svg/40px-BSicon_xmbKRZo_%2Bcerulean.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/BSicon_xmbKRZo_%2Bcerulean.svg/60px-BSicon_xmbKRZo_%2Bcerulean.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/BSicon_xmbKRZo_%2Bcerulean.svg/80px-BSicon_xmbKRZo_%2Bcerulean.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal" title="Grand Union Canal">Grand Union Canal</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KDSTxa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/BSicon_KDSTxa.svg/20px-BSicon_KDSTxa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/BSicon_KDSTxa.svg/30px-BSicon_KDSTxa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/BSicon_KDSTxa.svg/40px-BSicon_KDSTxa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="lDAMPF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/20px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/30px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/40px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">Loughborough Traction</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">Maintenance Depot</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Central_railway_station" title="Loughborough Central railway station">Loughborough Central</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Quorn_%26_Woodhouse_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Quorn & Woodhouse railway station">Quorn & Woodhouse</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="hbKRZWae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_hbKRZWae.svg/40px-BSicon_hbKRZWae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_hbKRZWae.svg/60px-BSicon_hbKRZWae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BSicon_hbKRZWae.svg/80px-BSicon_hbKRZWae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Swithland_Viaduct" title="Swithland Viaduct">Swithland Viaduct</a> over</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Swithland_Reservoir" title="Swithland Reservoir">Swithland Reservoir</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_ABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Mountsorrel_Railway" title="Mountsorrel Railway">Mountsorrel Railway</a></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="DST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/BSicon_DST.svg/20px-BSicon_DST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/BSicon_DST.svg/30px-BSicon_DST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/BSicon_DST.svg/40px-BSicon_DST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Swithland_Sidings" title="Swithland Sidings">Swithland Sidings</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rothley_railway_station" title="Rothley railway station">Rothley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_eHST.svg/20px-BSicon_eHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)" title="Special:EditPage/Great Central Railway (heritage railway)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1897, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway" title="Great Central Railway">Great Central Railway</a> itself was formed, becoming the last steam mainline in the United Kingdom. Two years later in 1899, "The London Extension" was officially opened<sup id="cite_ref-Simpson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simpson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to passenger and freight traffic, allowing more direct journeys from the capital to <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>. This construction scheme was devised by chairman Sir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Watkin" title="Edward Watkin">Edward Watkin</a>, who had envisioned his railway one day running through a <a href="/wiki/Channel_Tunnel#Earlier_proposals" title="Channel Tunnel">channel tunnel</a> to France, linking Britain with the continent. </p><p>However, this never came to fruition; indeed, the Beeching report which led to cutback and closure was published in 1963, some 31 years before the tunnel was fully constructed. In the report, the line was described as a duplicate of the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a>. Apart from the most southerly section into London, the line was closed as a through route in 1966 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Beeching_Axe" class="mw-redirect" title="Beeching Axe">Beeching Axe</a>, although a section of the line between Nottingham and Rugby remained open until 1969. The closure became one of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Beeching" title="Richard Beeching">Doctor Beeching</a>'s largest cutbacks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preservation">Preservation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Preservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 1960s, local groups who opposed the closure gathered together for a series of meetings at <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester Central">Leicester Central</a> railway station and the <a href="/wiki/Main_Line_Preservation_Group" title="Main Line Preservation Group">Main Line Preservation Group</a> (MLPG) was formed. There had been talk of restoring the entire closed line from <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Arkwright_Street_railway_station" title="Nottingham Arkwright Street railway station">Nottingham Arkwright Street</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Central_railway_station" title="Rugby Central railway station">Rugby Central</a>, but this was rationalised to a section from <a href="/wiki/Ruddington_railway_station" title="Ruddington railway station">Ruddington</a> to Leicester and later, because <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a> retained the single track between Loughborough and Ruddington for <a href="/wiki/British_Gypsum" class="mw-redirect" title="British Gypsum">British Gypsum</a> freight and access to the now-closed <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> base, the group's plans focussed on the Loughborough to Leicester section. The published aim of MLPG was "to acquire a suitable length of main line, for the operation of steam hauled passenger trains, at realistic speeds".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Work began on salvaging as much reusable material as possible for the project from the recent demolitions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_early_years_(1969–1976)"><span id="The_early_years_.281969.E2.80.931976.29"></span>The early years (1969–1976)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The early years (1969–1976)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MLPG received a lease on the station, buildings and most of the trackbed at <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Central_railway_station" title="Loughborough Central railway station">Loughborough Central</a> in 1970; this would become its base of operations. By the following year, negotiations into purchasing the rest of the remaining railway had proven successful and the group was able to buy it for a mere £75,000 (£1,339,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of the Loughborough yard complex was secured in 1972. In the same year, the first coaching stock arrived on site. The first open day occurred in 1973, shortly after the arrival of working motive power. Passengers were offered simple wagon or coach rides run by small industrial locomotives. On 30 September 1973, <a href="/wiki/LMS_Stanier_Class_5_4-6-0" title="LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0">LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0</a> No. 5231 hauled the first passenger train since the railway's commercial closure, to Quorn and back, but at the same time the down line was being lifted between Birstall and Quorn because of BR's increasing demands.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>To purchase what was left of the track, the MLPG was re-merged into a supporting charity, the Main Line Steam Trust (MLST). The entire value of the eight miles (13 km) of up line was re-assessed by BR at £279,000 (£4,262,000 in 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the MLST was now paying £3,300 a month (£46,000 in 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> just to keep it.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A deal was struck on 1 April 1976 that would see the remainder of the down line lifted if BR's cash demand was not raised. At that time, passenger trains were still running as far as Rothley, but, without an adequate supply of working mainline locomotives, the trust had to resort to using industrial tank engines working single track – some way short of the original vision of the MLPG seven years previously.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_Central_Railway_PLC">Great Central Railway PLC<span class="anchor" id="Great_Central_Railway_plc"></span><span class="anchor" id="Great_Central_Railway_Plc"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Great Central Railway PLC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To purchase the land and track, Great Central Railway (1976) <a href="/wiki/Public_limited_company" title="Public limited company">PLC</a> issued shares, and the MLPG was transformed into the MLST, a charitable body, to support the company. </p><p>Charnwood Borough Council agreed to purchase the land from BR and lease it to the railway for 99 years. However, this still left GCR (1976) PLC the task of raising over £150,000 (£1,364,000 in 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to purchase the track. Ultimately, the target was not met and only a single track between Loughborough and Quorn could be afforded (BR allowed more time to raise funds to purchase Quorn to Rothley). The double track from Rothley to Belgrave & Birstall was lifted, along with the 'down' line from Loughborough to Rothley. </p><p>In the late 1980s, the intention was announced to extend the line back to Belgrave & Birstall. The former station had been vandalised and the Railway had no choice but to demolish the buildings. In 1990, a station called Leicester North was opened a hundred metres to the south of Belgrave & Birstall. This shift in location placed the new station inside Leicester's city boundary, allowing the 'Leicester' tag to be included in the name, along with unlocking extra funds to assist in the construction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_double_track_project_(1991-present_day)"><span id="The_double_track_project_.281991-present_day.29"></span>The double track project (1991-present day)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The double track project (1991-present day)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1990s David Clarke became president of the GCR and approached the railway about the possibility of double-tracking the line.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a signalling enthusiast, Clarke aspired to operate a signal box on a double track main line, and so the campaign to raise funds to double the section between <a href="/wiki/Quorn,_Leicestershire" title="Quorn, Leicestershire">Quorn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rothley" title="Rothley">Rothley</a> was launched, with Clarke himself providing a large amount of the capital. </p><p>After reaching Quorn, work moved ahead to extend the second track to Loughborough. The double track between Loughborough and Rothley opened on 1 June 2000. This gave additional capacity, which is especially useful at galas, where up to six trains may be in operation at any one time. This enables the running of non-passenger-carrying trains (freights, TPO set) during galas to a greater extent than any other heritage railway. It also means that the timetable can be generally adhered to, as delays do not cascade, as they do on single track lines. </p><p>Her Majesty's Rail Inspectorate has granted powers to run private test trains at up to 60 mph. Other special trains at public events run at up to 45 miles per hour (72.4 km/h). Typically, UK heritage railways are limited to a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour (40.2 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, a new signal box at Quorn opened, at that time the only preserved box in the UK with a double track on either side. With this new signal box, a train can, in theory, be dispatched from Loughborough every 10 minutes. A further signal box at <a href="/wiki/Swithland_Sidings" title="Swithland Sidings">Swithland Sidings</a> has been fitted with <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a> style signals, in the style of the GCR/GWR joint line via High Wycombe, allowing for a further capacity increase on the preserved GCR. The full <a href="/wiki/Swithland_Sidings" title="Swithland Sidings">Swithland</a> project was completed in May 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 December 2012, the GCR was awarded the NRHA Signalling Award for this long-running and complicated project.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_engineering_projects">Major engineering projects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major engineering projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_gap_and_Loughborough_Midland_(High_Level)"><span id="The_gap_and_Loughborough_Midland_.28High_Level.29"></span>The gap and Loughborough Midland (High Level)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The gap and Loughborough Midland (High Level)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Gap" title="Loughborough Gap">Loughborough Gap</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Loughborough_Gap_-_Preci-Spark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Loughborough_Gap_-_Preci-Spark.jpg/220px-Loughborough_Gap_-_Preci-Spark.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Loughborough_Gap_-_Preci-Spark.jpg/330px-Loughborough_Gap_-_Preci-Spark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Loughborough_Gap_-_Preci-Spark.jpg/440px-Loughborough_Gap_-_Preci-Spark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Abutment for the missing bridge over Railway Terrace. This bridge needs to be replaced if the gap is to be bridged.</figcaption></figure> <p>Approximately 500 metres (0.3 mi) separates the GCR to the south from another stretch of the former railway to the north, operated by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway_(Nottingham)" title="Great Central Railway (Nottingham)">Great Central Railway (Nottingham)</a>, formerly known as the Nottingham Heritage Railway. <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Gap" title="Loughborough Gap">"The Gap"</a> from the GCR's Loughborough locomotive shed to where the line crosses the A60 is a section of embankment and bridges (including a large single span over the Midland Main Line) that would need to be reinstated to join the two concerns together. If completed, the GCRN would merge with the GCR to create a single 18-mile (29 km) track<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (the Greater Great Central Railway (GGCR), as it is known almost universally by Great Central staff), which would also be rebuilt as a double-track line for most, if not the whole, of its length. </p><p>The project has been moving forward steadily since February 2009, when it was announced that it would receive £350,000 for a feasibility study, Charnwood Borough Council having won a grant from the East Midlands Development Agency, with the GCR to contribute £100,000 towards a combined cost of £450,000 for the study. </p><p>As of 2022: </p> <ul><li>A new (single-track) bridge over the Midland Main Line was completed in 2017 at a cost of about £3 million.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new bridge has been built with increased clearances to accommodate proposed <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line_upgrade" title="Midland Main Line upgrade">future electrification of the Midland Main Line</a>.</li> <li>In 2020 work was completed on refurbishing the bridge over the Grand Union Canal, at a cost of £475,000.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In October/November 2022 the existing bridge over the A60, which had been damaged by corrosion and by repeated vehicle impacts, was replaced by a new twin-track structure, at a cost in excess of £1 million.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Remaining stages include a bridge over Railway Terrace and a 'flyover' over a factory car-park immediately to the north of it (together projected to cost £3 million), plus work to reinstate embankments to the north and south of the new bridges. It is proposed that work on the embankments will use current construction techniques to provide a higher but narrower structure than the original; while the Railway Terrace bridge is proposed to re-use one of two 17-metre road bridges removed as part of reconstruction work at <a href="/wiki/Reading_railway_station" title="Reading railway station">Reading station</a> in 2011 and made available by Network Rail to the project. </p><p>Earlier plans also suggested for the Nottingham side of the railway to build a new station, Loughborough High Level, immediately to the north of the Midland Main Line, which could be completed before the other works, and provide passengers with an easy walking connection to and from <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_railway_station" title="Loughborough railway station">Loughborough main-line station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has not so far been taken forward. </p><p>In March 2024, it was announced that Loughborough Central locomotive shed is to relocated to a new location as part of the railways unification project.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Mountsorrel_Railway_Project">The Mountsorrel Railway Project</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The Mountsorrel Railway Project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mountsorrel_Railway" title="Mountsorrel Railway">Mountsorrel Railway</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Montsorrel_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2151220.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The_Montsorrel_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2151220.jpg/220px-The_Montsorrel_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2151220.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The_Montsorrel_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2151220.jpg/330px-The_Montsorrel_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2151220.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The_Montsorrel_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2151220.jpg/440px-The_Montsorrel_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2151220.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Line and Wagons at Swithland Junction in November 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>The Mountsorrel Railway project was originally devised and financed by Railway Vehicle Preservations Limited<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and aimed to rebuild the Mountsorrel branch off the Great Central railway at <a href="/wiki/Swithland_Sidings" title="Swithland Sidings">Swithland sidings</a> to the working Mountsorrel quarry. </p><p>In 2006, the branch was essentially intact but the track was lifted in the mid-1960s. The original purpose of the reinstatement was to provide a carriage shed to house the restored carriages of Railway Vehicle Preservations Ltd and shelter them from the elements. In 2006, RVP applied for planning permission for the shed, but this was rejected due to <a href="/wiki/Sett" title="Sett">badger setts</a> discovered on site. The reinstatement of the line went ahead, instead being carried out by a separate group, the Mountsorrel Railway Project, directed by Steve Cramp. Work commenced in 2008 with the aim of relaying 1.25 miles (2 km) of line up to the bridge at Bond Lane, where a platform was planned to be built. By 2012, the line had been fully ballasted for half of its length, passing through Wood Lane Bridge and across into Mountsorrel Parish.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RVP re-evaluated their plans for the shed at the end of the branch line, instead deciding upon putting an application in for a four road shed at the back of Swithland sidings.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 February 2013 the ambitious plans were given conditional approval.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After eight years and over 80,000 hours of volunteer time, the Mountsorrel Railway was opened to the public over the weekend of 24 and 25 October 2015 by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Faulkner,_Baron_Faulkner_of_Worcester" title="Richard Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Worcester">Richard Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Worcester</a>, who is president of the <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Railway_Association" title="Heritage Railway Association">Heritage Railway Association</a> and vice chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Science_Museum,_London" title="Science Museum, London">Science Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the opening of the railway, the Mountsorrel Railway Project changed direction, evolving into the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://heritage-centre.co.uk">Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre</a>, which now occupies the former site of Nunckley Quarry. </p><p>Recently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (March 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> Lafarge, (operators of the Mountsorrel Quarry) proposed a stone loading terminal at the end of the Mountsorrel Railway.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was in response to a planning submission<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to build 300+ Houses near to the proposed Bond Lane Station, and was clearly aimed at Lafarge protecting the mineral extraction rights. The proposal would be dependent on the GCR 'Bridging the Gap' to GCRN. GCR then would build a north chord from the southern end of Swithland Viaduct to meet the existing track just at the end of the straight section of the Mountsorrel Railway.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposal estimates that 3 loaded trains of 1000 tonnes would leave the proposed terminal every weekday and travel via the GCR to the Midland Main Line Connection. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations_of_the_heritage_GCR">Stations of the heritage GCR</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Stations of the heritage GCR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Central_railway_station" title="Loughborough Central railway station">Loughborough Central</a></b> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&params=52.7686_N_1.1959_W_region:GB_type:railwaystation&title=Loughborough+Central"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°46′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°11′45″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.7686°N 1.1959°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.7686; -1.1959</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Loughborough Central</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> <ul><li>Loughborough Central is the largest of the working stations on the line, with a long overhead canopy, <a href="/wiki/Museum" title="Museum">museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gift_shop" title="Gift shop">gift shop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caf%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Café">café</a> and 1950s period detail. This has helped the station feature in numerous <a href="/wiki/Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie">movies</a> and <a href="/wiki/TV_show" class="mw-redirect" title="TV show">TV shows</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Signal_box" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal box">signal box</a> and <a href="/wiki/Traction_maintenance_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Traction maintenance depot">traction maintenance depot</a> north of the platform are both open for public viewing, allowing for an insight into the physical labour that is required to run a steam railway.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Quorn_and_Woodhouse_railway_station" title="Quorn and Woodhouse railway station">Quorn & Woodhouse</a></b> <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&params=52.7403_N_1.1878_W_region:GB_type:railwaystation&title=Quorn+%26+Woodhouse"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°44′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°11′16″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.7403°N 1.1878°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.7403; -1.1878</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Quorn & Woodhouse</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> <ul><li>Serving the local villages of <a href="/wiki/Quorn,_Leicestershire" title="Quorn, Leicestershire">Quorn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woodhouse,_Leicestershire" title="Woodhouse, Leicestershire">Woodhouse</a>, this station is built to the standards of Great Central, with an <a href="/wiki/Island_platform" title="Island platform">island platform</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Overbridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Overbridge">overbridge</a>. The station details were intended to make it reflect <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and the remainder of the 1940s. This has allowed for several World War <a href="/wiki/Historical_reenactment" title="Historical reenactment">reenactments</a> to be played out in recent years. This station would have served the nearby <a href="/wiki/Beaumanor_Hall" title="Beaumanor Hall">Beaumanor Hall</a> which, during WWII, was a 'Y' station receiving German signals and passing them on to 'Station X' at Bletchley.</li> <li>The newly built (2011) <b>Butler Henderson Bistro & Tea Room</b> provides food and refreshments.</li> <li>South of the platform is a small set of goods sidings which currently store the <a href="/wiki/Travelling_Post_Office" title="Travelling Post Office">TPOs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mineral_wagon" title="Mineral wagon">mineral wagons</a> and other stock when they are not in use.</li> <li>A turntable has been installed at Quorn & Woodhouse Station and officially opened in the latter part of October 2011.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rothley_railway_station" title="Rothley railway station">Rothley</a></b> <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&params=52.7048_N_1.16_W_region:GB_type:railwaystation&title=Rothley"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°42′17″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°09′36″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.7048°N 1.1600°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.7048; -1.1600</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Rothley</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> <ul><li>Similar in appearance to Quorn & Woodhouse, Rothley was rebuilt by the volunteers of the Great Central to look like the <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian era</a>, when it is believed the GCR company was at its high-point. Today the recently extended Ellis <a href="/wiki/Tea_room" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea room">tea room</a> serves refreshments year-round and the Charnwood Forest <a href="/wiki/Garden_railway" title="Garden railway">Garden Railway</a> run by a small group of enthusiasts runs various types of stock.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A large 4-road carriage shed of <a href="/wiki/Corrugated_galvanised_iron" title="Corrugated galvanised iron">corrugated metal</a> owned by RVP Ltd is the major restoration facility for their historic collection of Gresley Teaks and Mk1s.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Leicester_North_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester North railway station">Leicester North</a></b> <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&params=52_40_7.24_N_1_7_58.72_W_region:GB_type:railwaystation&title=Leicester+North"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°40′7.24″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°7′58.72″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.6686778°N 1.1329778°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.6686778; -1.1329778</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Leicester North</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> <ul><li>Just south of Belgrave and Birstall station is the new Leicester North <a href="/wiki/Terminal_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Terminal station">terminus</a>, built because the original station was heavily vandalised. Currently little more than a small <a href="/wiki/Waiting_room" title="Waiting room">waiting room</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canopy_(building)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canopy (building)">canopy</a> in 60s style.</li> <li>Adjacent to the station is the recently leased <b>Greenacres Centre</b> having the 'Platform Tea Room' and Training Facilities.</li> <li><b>Railway museum</b>. On 8 December 2012 it was announced that an annex to the <a href="/wiki/National_Railway_Museum" title="National Railway Museum">National Railway Museum</a> would be built close to Leicester North,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these plans were cancelled in 2017 after funding arrangements were cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 15 December 2017, the National Lottery announced that the Museum has £9.5m funding withdrawn.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On 4 February 2006, <a href="/wiki/LMS_Stanier_Class_5_4-6-0" title="LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0">LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0</a> locomotive 45305 <i>Alderman A. E. Draper</i> collided with a rake of six carriages at <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Central_railway_station" title="Loughborough Central railway station">Loughborough Central</a>, damaging the locomotive and one of the carriages. Two people were injured. An investigation by the <a href="/wiki/Rail_Accident_Investigation_Branch" title="Rail Accident Investigation Branch">Rail Accident Investigation Branch</a> (RAIB) found that the driver was not wearing spectacles at the time of the accident, despite it being a requirement on his medical certificate to do so when driving. No testing was carried out by the GCR on the train crew for drug or alcohol use. There was no first aid kit carried on the locomotive, although this was recommended by <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Railway_Inspectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate">Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate</a> for all locomotives. The RAIB made four recommendations as a result of the accident.<sup id="cite_ref-RAIB072006_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAIB072006-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 27 April 2013, <a href="/wiki/LMS_Ivatt_Class_2_2-6-0" title="LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0">LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0</a> 46521 was derailed on <a href="/wiki/Trap_points" class="mw-redirect" title="Trap points">trap points</a> at <a href="/wiki/Quorn_%26_Woodhouse_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Quorn & Woodhouse railway station">Quorn & Woodhouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LM290413_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LM290413-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The accident was filmed by a visitor to the railway whose film clearly shows the train departing from a loop <a href="/wiki/Signal_passed_at_danger" title="Signal passed at danger">against a danger signal</a>. This had been authorised by the signalman as the signal was not working. However the signalman failed to close the trap point and the driver failed to check the trap point in accordance with the rules. The incident was not investigated by the RAIB.<sup id="cite_ref-Youtube_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Youtube-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 12 May 2014, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_37" title="British Rail Class 37">Class 37</a> <a href="/wiki/Diesel_electric_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel electric locomotive">diesel electric locomotive</a> 37198 ran away from Quorn & Woodhouse pushing a <a href="/wiki/Travelling_Post_Office" title="Travelling Post Office">TPO</a> carriage . They collided with a rake of five carriages at Loughborough Central.<sup id="cite_ref-LE7121522_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LE7121522-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAIB investigation into the accident, published on 21 May 2015, found that the accident was caused by the train being stabled in an ineffective manner to protect it from a runaway. Additional factors were that there was no brake van in the train, contrary to GCR rules, and that the train was left parked in a position where there was no runaway protection, such as <a href="/wiki/Catch_point" class="mw-redirect" title="Catch point">catch points</a>, available. The RAIB made four recommendations as a result of the accident.<sup id="cite_ref-RAIB210515_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAIB210515-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 14 January 2023, a passenger sustained serious injuries alighting from a train at Loughborough Central. The RAIB opened an investigation into the accident.<sup id="cite_ref-RAIB140123_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAIB140123-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the accident, the RAIB issued urgent safety advice to heritage railways on 29 March.<sup id="cite_ref-USA0323_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA0323-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Film and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many filmmakers have taken advantage of the atmosphere of the Great Central and it has had many notable appearances in film and television. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)" title="Special:EditPage/Great Central Railway (heritage railway)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Buster_(film)" title="Buster (film)">Buster</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shadowlands_(1993_film)" title="Shadowlands (1993 film)">Shadowlands</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Agent_(1996_film)" title="The Secret Agent (1996 film)">The Secret Agent</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Navigators_(film)" title="The Navigators (film)">The Navigators</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enigma_(2001_film)" title="Enigma (2001 film)">Enigma</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hours_(film)" title="The Hours (film)">The Hours</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Control_(2007_film)" title="Control (2007 film)">Control</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Boy_Called_Dad" title="A Boy Called Dad">A Boy Called Dad</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cemetery_Junction_(film)" title="Cemetery Junction (film)">Cemetery Junction</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stan_and_Ollie_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stan and Ollie (film)">Stan & Ollie</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TV">TV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: TV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/She%27s_Out" class="mw-redirect" title="She's Out">She's Out</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Woof!" title="Woof!">Woof!</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goodnight_Mr._Tom_(1998_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Goodnight Mr. Tom (1998 film)">Goodnight Mr. Tom</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_a_Girl_Like_You" title="Take a Girl Like You">Take a Girl Like You</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i>The Cazalet Chronicles</i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Casualty_(TV_series)" title="Casualty (TV series)">Casualty</a></i> (2001, 2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hawking_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawking (television)">Hawking</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_4:50_from_Paddington" class="mw-redirect" title="The 4:50 from Paddington">The 4:50 from Paddington</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i>E=MC2</i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_39_Steps_(2008_film)" title="The 39 Steps (2008 film)">The 39 Steps</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Central Steam (TV Series)</i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Riding_(2011_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Riding (2011 miniseries)">South Riding (TV miniseries)</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a></i> (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ripper_Street" title="Ripper Street">Ripper Street</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heston_Blumenthal#Television" title="Heston Blumenthal">Heston's Fantastical Food</a></i> (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Our Story</i> (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – <i>To be Screened on ITV in 2014</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Great_British_Railway_Journeys" title="Great British Railway Journeys">Great British Railway Journeys</a></i> (2013) – <i>First Screened on BBC TV in January 2014</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Crown (TV series)">The Crown</a> (2017-present)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_video">Music video</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Music video"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Stereophonics" title="Stereophonics">Stereophonics</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Summer_(Stereophonics_song)" title="Indian Summer (Stereophonics song)">Indian Summer</a></i> (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Louise Steel</i> – <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Take_Off_And_Busk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Take Off And Busk (page does not exist)">Take Off And Busk</a></i> (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Locomotives_and_rolling_stock">Locomotives and rolling stock</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Locomotives and rolling stock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Great_Central_Railway_locomotives_and_rolling_stock" title="List of Great Central Railway locomotives and rolling stock">List of Great Central Railway locomotives and rolling stock</a></div> <p>Some of Britain's largest locomotives have been there in recent years. The steam fleet currently comprises over a dozen mainline classes, many of them either heavy freight, <a href="/wiki/Express_passenger_train" class="mw-redirect" title="Express passenger train">express passenger</a> or <a href="/wiki/Shunt_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shunt (rail)">shunting</a> <a href="/wiki/Tank_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank engine">tank engines</a>. Some are of types that were preserved in abundance elsewhere, but others have been leased from the <a href="/wiki/National_Collection" class="mw-redirect" title="National Collection">National Collection</a>. On most days, one of the railway's two <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_101" class="mw-redirect" title="British Rail Class 101">British Rail Class 101</a> DMU sets runs from Loughborough to Leicester. The railway also has a large fleet of diesel locomotives, ranging from Class 08 shunters to Class 37 and Class 50's. As it stands (7 October 2022), the railway has only a few diesel locos serviceable. These being D123 (45 125), 37 714, D6700 (37 119/37 350). Locos such as the 20,25,47,50 and others are all withdrawn for repairs. As well as running stock the railway also has a large collection of heritage rolling stock. Passenger stock is made up of uniform rakes of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_1" title="British Rail Mark 1">British Rail Mark 1</a> coaches originally built in the 1950s and 60s. They either carry Maroon, Carmine and Cream, Western Region Chocolate and Cream, or Great Central Pullman liveries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporting_bodies">Supporting bodies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Supporting bodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)" title="Special:EditPage/Great Central Railway (heritage railway)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Both the Great Central Railway PLC and the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) have a number of supporting bodies which are based at each individual line. The majority of these are locomotive or rolling stock groups, however there are a number of private owners who have based their stock or locomotives at the lines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_Line_Steam_Trust">Main Line Steam Trust</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Main Line Steam Trust"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Main Line Steam Trust was established in 1969 as the Main Line Preservation Group, with the intention of preserving one of two potential sections of the line, one based at Lutterworth, running from Leicester to Rugby Central, and one based at Loughborough, running between Leicester and Nottingham. The Loughborough base was chosen and work began on restoring the station, an office was rented at street level at Loughborough Central station, and in 1971 Charitable Status was granted to MLPG, who changed their name to Main Line Steam Trust Limited. </p><p>Substantial monthly payments were required to keep the formation intact between Loughborough and Belgrave & Birstall, with steam hauled services operating from Loughborough Central to Quorn & Woodhouse Station, and eventually Rothley station. The money required to purchase the line south of Rothley was not available and only the Loughborough to Rothley section of line was preserved, with the aid of Charnwood Borough Council. </p><p>The operation and the assets were transferred to the Great Central Railway (1976) Ltd. and MLST took on the role of the charitable volunteer-run support body for the railway. MLST has continued to support the Great Central Railway PLC (the 1976 was eventually dropped from the title), and the various organisations around the railway. It also supports the Great Central Railway (Nottingham). </p><p>MLST have funded a great deal at the Great Central Railway, including assistance in funding the double track, Leicester Station, Quorn & Woodhouse Signalling, Swithland Signalling, Loughborough South Remodelling, and has assisted in bringing in visiting locomotives for gala events on numerous occasions. </p><p>MLST has now been incorporated into The Friends of the Great Central Main Line (FoGCML), this with the David Clarke Railway Trust (DCRT) provide the volunteers and the funding. Outside commercial interests and individuals are able to donate toward various projects (Loughborough's 'Crystal Palace', Mountsorrel Railway, RVPS restorations etc.) to the DCRT, gaining valuable tax advantages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_Central_Railway_PLC_2">Great Central Railway PLC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Great Central Railway PLC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Gresley_Society">The Gresley Society</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: The Gresley Society"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A small group based at Loughborough who are devoted to LNER Chief Mechanical Engineer, Sir <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Gresley" title="Nigel Gresley">Nigel Gresley</a>. They also own large suburban tank locomotive <a href="/wiki/GNR_Class_N2" title="GNR Class N2">GNR Class N2</a> No. 1744. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Renaissance_Railcars">Renaissance Railcars</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Renaissance Railcars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Renaissance Railcars own the six <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_101" class="mw-redirect" title="British Rail Class 101">Class 101</a> vehicles, and the sole surviving <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_111" title="British Rail Class 111">Class 111</a> vehicle at the Great Central Railway, two sets are currently in regular passenger use consisting of a green three car set, and a blue two car set. A driving trailer vehicle is currently under restoration and a driving motor vehicle is stored. Recently arrived <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_122" title="British Rail Class 122">Class 122</a> "Bubble Car" is in the custodianship of this group for its private owner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Boscastle_Locomotive_Syndicate">Boscastle Locomotive Syndicate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Boscastle Locomotive Syndicate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owners and carers of <a href="/wiki/SR_West_Country_and_Battle_of_Britain_classes" title="SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes">Bulleid Pacific</a> locomotive 34039 Boscastle, which is undergoing a protracted overhaul due to take 3 years and £200,000+ of donated money. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="73156_Standard_5_Support_Group">73156 Standard 5 Support Group</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 73156 Standard 5 Support Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Formed in 1985, the group owns <a href="/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_5_73156" title="BR Standard Class 5 73156">BR Standard Class 5 73156</a>, which underwent an extensive restoration at the railway and numerous storage vans. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Loughborough_Standard_Locomotive_Group">Loughborough Standard Locomotive Group</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Loughborough Standard Locomotive Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Loughborough Standard Locomotive Group, or LSLG, look after and part-own a number of locomotives. These are <a href="/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_2_2-6-0" title="BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0">BR Standard 2MTs</a> Nos.78018 & 78019, <a href="/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_5_73156" title="BR Standard Class 5 73156">BR Standard 5MT No.73156</a>, <a href="/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7_70013_Oliver_Cromwell" title="BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell">BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/LMS_Ivatt_Class_2_2-6-0" title="LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0">LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0</a> No.46521 </p><p>No.70013 "Oliver Cromwell" is part of the national collection, owned by the National Railway Museum, and has been restored by both LSLG and the 5305 Locomotive Association. 'Cromwell' is running on both the GCR and Network Rail. LSLG also have in their care a Directors Saloon, coach no. M999504, which is on loan from EWS. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="5305_Locomotive_Association">5305 Locomotive Association</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 5305 Locomotive Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 5305 Locomotive Association have a number of locomotives in their care, these are <a href="/wiki/LMS_Stanier_Class_5_4-6-0_5305" title="LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5305">LMS Black Five No.45305 "Alderman A.E. Draper"</a>, <a href="/wiki/SR_N15_class_777_Sir_Lamiel" title="SR N15 class 777 Sir Lamiel">SR King Arthur No.777 "Sir Lamiel"</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_33" title="British Rail Class 33">British Rail Class 33</a> D6535 "Hertfordshire Railtours", <a href="/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7_70013_Oliver_Cromwell" title="BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell">BR Standard 7 No.70013 "Oliver Cromwell"</a>, and <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_45" title="British Rail Class 45">British Rail Class 45</a> "Leicestershire And Derbyshire Yeomanry" Peak D123. </p><p>Nos.777, D6535 and 70013 are all part of the National Collection and are owned by the National Railway Museum. No.777 emerged from a lengthy overhaul in British Railways green livery, under the BR number 30777 and has just been refinished in Southern Malachite Green with running number 777. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Type_One_Locomotive_Company">Type One Locomotive Company</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Type One Locomotive Company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A diesel group who own and care for <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_20" title="British Rail Class 20">Class 20</a> D8098, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_31" title="British Rail Class 31">Class 31</a> D5380 and <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_47" title="British Rail Class 47">Class 47</a> D1705. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Railway_Vehicle_Preservations_Ltd">Railway Vehicle Preservations Ltd<span class="anchor" id="Railway_Vehicle_Preservations_LTD"></span><span class="anchor" id="Railway_Vehicle_Preservations_ltd"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Railway Vehicle Preservations Ltd"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Railway Vehicle Preservations Ltd, and their members, own the second largest collection of <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway" title="London and North Eastern Railway">LNER</a> coaches in preservation today. These include the famous LNER Travelling Post Office set, two LNER Beavertail observation saloon (including one in its rebuilt condition), and a number of "Gresley" teak-panel passenger coaches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Quorn_Wagon_and_Wagon">Quorn Wagon and Wagon</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Quorn Wagon and Wagon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A group dedicated to the restoration of steam era goods rolling stock. Responsible for over 75 privately owned vehicles which make up the majority of the boxvan, mixed freight and permanent way trains, as well as 4 of the brake vans in operation on the railway. Restoration activity is centered around the southern section of Quorn and Woodhouse station yard.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Central_Railway_(heritage_railway)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-35534096">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Split' rail line to be reconnected"</a>. 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