Great Central Railway (heritage Railway) - Stations

Stations

• Loughborough Central
  • Loughborough Central is the largest of the working stations on the line, with a long overhead canopy, museum, gift shop, café and 1950s period detail. This has helped the station feature in numerous movies and TV shows.
  • The signal box and traction maintenance depot 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.

• Quorn & Woodhouse
  • Serving the local villages of Quorn and Woodhouse, this station is built to the standards of Great Central, with an island platform and an overbridge. The station details were intended to make it reflect World War II and the remainder of the 1940s. This has allowed for several World War reenactments to be played out in recent years.
  • South of the platform is a small set of goods sidings which currently store the TPOs, mineral wagons and other stock when they are not in use.
  • A turntable has been installed at Quorn & Woodhouse Station and officially opened in the latter part of October 2011.

• Rothley
  • Similar in appearance to Quorn & Woodhouse, Rothley was rebuilt by the volunteers of the Great Central to look like the Edwardian era, when it is believed the GCR company was at its high-point. Today the Ellis tea room serves refreshments year-round and a garden railway run by a small group of enthusiasts runs various types of stock.
  • A large 4-road carriage shed of corrugated metal owned by RVP Ltd is the major restoration facility for their historic collection of Gresley Teaks and Mk1s.

• Leicester North
  • Just south of Belgrave and Birstall station is the new Leicester North terminus, built because the original station was heavily vandalised. Currently little more than a small waiting room and canopy in 60s style, though more details are being added when they become feasible.