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    Tag: Leicester North

    Loco 73256 and DMU Quorn

    Leicestershire railway to hold anniversary event

    The Great Central Railway will celebrate the railways 125th anniversary with a special Open Weekend in March
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    Mark Wilson 27 February, 2024
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    Popular Great Central Railway Beer Festival returns this weekend!

    The Great Central Railway will host the well-loved event from Thursday the 7th to Sunday the 10th of September across five sites.
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    Chloe White 4 September, 2023
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    June 24th 1973 special train between Loughborough and Quorn and Woodhouse station

    Great Central Railway: 50 Years of Heritage Train Celebrations

    The Great Central Railway in Leicestershire has announced a gala and series of other celebrations to mark 50 of heritage trains on the line.
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    Jon Aston 8 June, 2023
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    A family meet the loco crew on a Great Central Railway Steam Engine

    Leicestershire’s Great Central Railway extends new timetable trial

    The Great Central Railway is to extend the trial of a new timetable for its heritage trains that it started earlier this month.
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    Janine Booth 24 May, 2023
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    Great Central Railway to celebrate half century of railway magic

    To celebrate 50 years of running heritage trains, next month the Great Central Railway is running a spectacular fifty-wagon freight train.
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    Roger Smith 17 May, 2023
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    Leicestershire railway’s new timetable gives extra time to view steam locomotives

    The Great Central Railway is introducing a new timetable for its heritage trains, aiming to encourage enthusiasts to visit the locomotive footplate
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    Janine Booth 10 May, 2023
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    Great Central Railway after the replacement of two bridges.

    New bridges allow Leicestershire railway to reopen main line

    During the last 12 months, four bridges have been replaced on the Great Central Railway, which is a major undertaking for the visitor attraction.
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    Roger Smith 29 March, 2023
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    Malcolm Holmes, the new General Manager

    Great Central Railway has appointed a new general manager

    The Great Central Railway has appointed a new general manager who has a wealth of transport management and local government experience.
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    Roger Smith 15 March, 2023
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    DMU on the GCR

    Take a trip along Great Central Railway’s Mountsorrel branch line

    The Great Central Railway is offering a different experience this month by taking a trip on the Mountsorrel branch line.
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    Roger Smith 1 March, 2023
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    All four stations at the Great Central Railway to re-open this weekend!

    The Great Central Railway has announced that it is re-opening all of its stations this Saturday 26th June 2021 following months of closure.
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    Cameron White 24 June, 2021
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