Bridge the gap

[The Carrot Ninja]

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 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 went from Sheffield (South Yorkshire) 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 railway centre south of Nottingham (In Ruddington) also on the former Great Central Main Line.

Reunification of the Great Central between Leicester and Nottingham.


This video will update everyone on here about the Reunification Project. Here is the Youtube video below:

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtLiQfEE6Qw

[MikaelaLinnea]

Thank you for the update on the Great Central Railway and the ongoing Reunification Project. It's fascinating to see efforts to preserve and restore such an important piece of railway history in the UK. Looking forward to watching the video for more details!