Loughborough Central railway station

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Loughborough Central
Station on Great Central Railway (preserved)
Platforms	2 (1 Island)
History
Original company	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
15 March 1899	opened
5 May 1969	closed
23 March 1974	reopened

Loughborough Central Station is a

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History

The station was opened by the

Reopened by the Great Central Railway as part of the restored

Station masters

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Station facilities

Original station facilities include: ladies' waiting room and powder room; general waiting room; gentlemen's toilets; and a refreshment room/cafe. In 2009, a £20,000 grant allowed the station to have new toilets, and a lift in the entrance hall to be installed for the benefits of the

visitors. The railway society have also added a book and gift shop, a museum, and an emporium/shop.

All stations on the preserved Great Central Railway are set in a specific era; at Loughborough this era is the 1950s. Many artefacts around the station aid in this atmosphere, including original and recreated British Railways posters, British Railways totem poles, a 1950s TV showing 1950s transportation films in the general waiting room, and a display of 1950s platform trolleys and bicycles.

The station also plays host to the command centre of the heritage railway operations, from which the Duty Traffic Manager organizes all movements which take place on the railway from the Station Master's Office.

Media

The station has appeared in many film and television programmes, chosen for its retro aesthetic, such as

Running shed

From a long fenced pathway alongside the northward line, the running shed can be viewed. This large 3-road building has to accommodate both residential and visiting motive power, as well as serving as a workshop. Unlike most other railways, it is possible to go inside and see "most" of the steam locomotives in various stages of completion. Only the third road is inaccessible to the general public.

The current

brownfield site

on which it will eventually be built, will include the shed itself (half of which will be converted into a workshop), a second carriage works, storage sidings and an education centre for school groups.

See also

• Loughborough railway station - formerly Loughborough Midland.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loughborough Central railway station.

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
2. ^ "Historic and Listed Buildings in Loughborough". www.charnwood.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.
3. ^ "Mr. P.B. Hand". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 20 February 1931. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. ^ "Loughborough's New Station-Master". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 30 March 1931. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ "Bingham Stationmaster's promotion". Grantham Journal. England. 23 January 1937. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "Top Gear trio pull latest stunt at Great Central Railway". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Quorn and Woodhouse		Great Central Heritage Railway		Terminus
	Disused railways
Quorn and Woodhouse Line and station open		Great Central Railway London Extension		East Leake Line and station closed
	Proposed Heritage railways
Quorn and Woodhouse Line and station open		Great Central Heritage Railway		East Leake Line and station closed
Quorn and Woodhouse		Great Central Heritage Railway		Loughborough