The Great Central Railway | MAJOR Reunification (Project) Update 2024.

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The dream to unify two halves of the Great Central Railway (In the UK) is still going on to this day. A lot has happened since. So I will update everyone on here at what has and will happen on the Great Central heritage Railway. In particular the Reunification Project.

A bit of history first.

The Great Central Main Line was the last built main line to London before High Speed Rail (HS1 and 2). Opened in 1899, the Great Central Main Line went from Sheffield Victoria Station through Nottingham, Leicester, Rugby and Aylesbury all the way to London Marylebone Station (Central London). In the 1960's however (under the beaching cuts) the main line was forced to close completely. Many great railway stations, tunnels and viaducts on this line were lost and demolished.

However in the 1970's a group of people came together to save the line between Birstall (Now Leicester North station) and Loughborough station. Since then the Great Central heritage Main Line now has the title "The UK's only double track main line steam railway" in Britain. There is also a heritage transport centre south of Nottingham (In Ruddington) also on the former Great Central Main Line.

THE LATEST NEWS (MAY 2024)

The Great Central Railway (Leicestershire) has released a new YouTube video which you can watch on YouTube to update everybody on the progress of the big Reunification Project. The project continues to gather pace with more money/funds coming in to keep the Reunification Project moving forward. If completed it will be 18 miles long between the City of Leicester and Nottingham.

The next stage is to apply for planning permission to build the remaining sections of the project. An overall planning application will be submitted by the Great Central Railway Management Board very soon to Charnwood Borough Council.

To keep updated on the UK's biggest heritage railway project. Please like, share and subscribe to the Official Great Central Railway YouTube channel. And if you can please donate to this project and help make this mega heritage railway project a reality.