About the project - Great Central Reunification
The Great Central was the last Victorian Main Line railway to reach London. Opened to passengers in 1899 it boasted of rapid travel in luxury. Crack express trains with restaurant cars ran between Sheffield and London Marylebone over impressive viaducts and calling at …
Reunification - Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway PLC's Board are pleased to announce that they have today given approval for the work on the replacement of Bridge 326 crossing the A60 adjacent to the former Brush Works in Loughborough to commence with immediate effect. A purchase order has now been placed with VolkerLaser who are the preferred main contractors.
Bridge To The Future - Great Central Railway
The development of an eighteen mile heritage railway across the East Midlands is on track as contractors prepare to build a key bridge. The 30 metre structure will one day carry Great Central Railway trains over the Midland Main Line and should be in place by early Autumn this year. Contractors are now preparing the ground for the construction ...
List of railway bridges and viaducts in the United Kingdom
Carried the Great Central line over the River Great Ouse. Demolished in 1978. Also known as the Jerviston Viaduct. Carries the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line over the South Calder Water.
Great Central railways to reunite for first time in decades - BBC
2024年3月11日 · Two halves of a heritage railway will be "reunified" for the first time in more than 50 years - with a special replacement bus service. Great Central Railway first welcomed passengers...
Mind the Gap: Great Central Railway to be joined after 40 years
2016年2月12日 · A new £2.5m bridge, in Loughborough, is the first stage to rejoin the 18-mile (29km) railway, described by GCR as the "UK's only main line heritage railway". The £8m project is due to be ...
Great Central Railway submits reunification planning ... - RailAdvent
2024年7月13日 · The next phase of the Great Central Railway‘s long-term plan to reunify its northern and southern sections of the line has taken a major step forward with the submission of the planning application to Charnwood Borough Council.
Pictures: New Great Central Railway Reunification bridge …
2022年6月28日 · A brand-new bridge over the A60 road in Loughborough is set to be built in October as part of the GCRs ambitious Reunification project. Thanks to sponsorship from the Friends group, high quality computer visualisations of the new bridge have now been produced, by HBPW of Retford, the consulting engineers for the scheme.
Great Central Railway to start £1m Loughborough bridge plan
2022年4月8日 · A heritage railway group has said it is due to start work on a £1m plan to replace a bridge. The Great Central Railway, based in Loughborough, said the work will help reunite the...
Canal bridge next step for Great Central link - Heritage Railway
2017年10月20日 · THE restoration of the late-Victorian bridge which carries the trackbed of the Great Central Railway over the Grand Union Canal at Loughborough will be the ...