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Great Central Railway is pleased to announce the return of its much-loved 1940s Weekend, taking place from 31 May to 1 June ...
The Great Central Railway (Nottingham) has opened new convenient conveniences at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre ...
A brand-new fully accessible toilet block, featuring gents, ladies, a family room and a shower, has been opened by Great ...
The Great Central Railway, between Leicester and ... described by GCR as the "UK's only main line heritage railway". The £8m project is due to be completed by 2019. Updates on this story and ...
A heritage railway is due to celebrate 50 years of operation by running a 50-wagon freight train. The Great Central Railway (GCR), based between Loughborough and Leicester, will mark the milestone ...
Several steam and diesel locomotives will be in action over the weekend hauling the freight trains and the Great Central Railway’s regular service of heritage passenger trains will be running.
Plans for a new viaduct to reunite two halves of a heritage railway line have been announced. The Great Central Railway line ran between Leicester and Nottingham until the 1970s, when old bridges ...
More than 100 railway carriage windows were smashed at the Great Central Railway Heritage Centre in Ruddington on Monday. Two boys aged 14 and 12 have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage ...
The Great Central Railway is playing its part in shaping people for a future role in industry with hands-on placements at the heritage railway. The new partnership with Loughborough College is ...
The Great Central Railway has cancelled a popular 1940s heritage event following its decision to announce a voluntary redundancy scheme for its full time staff. The ‘By Rail to Victory - a 1940s ...
The Great Central Railway is the UK's only double-track, main-line heritage railway. It’s the only place in the world where full-size steam engines can be seen passing each other – just as it ...
Railway enthusiasts have started a £500,000 fundraising appeal for the repair of part of the Great Central Railway station in Loughborough. The steel and glass canopy above the platforms is Grade II ...