Thank you. (Operational). A purchase order has been placed with VolkerLaser, who are the preferred contractors. However, it's in a very poor state, not only due to its age but because it is frequently struck by lorries. The History of the Great Central Railway On this website references to the "old" or "original" Great Central Railway refer, in the main, to the London Extension of the GCR which ran from Annesley, just north of Nottingham, through Nottingham Victoria, Leicester and Rugby to London Marylebone. On Saturday evening as darkness fell the first of the decks - the one which will carry the GCR 'through line' was fitted. This section will cost approximately three million pounds; roughly the amount we have already raised and spent on Reunification. Today, the Great Central Railway PLC's board has given approval for the replacement work on Bridge 326, which crosses the A60 next to the Brush Works in Loughborough. If we pull together, the A60 bridge will be REUNIFICATION READY in a few short months. The bridge replacement will be funded by supporters and the Railway's charitable trust and will therefore be cost-neutral to the PLC. Your gift makes a huge difference. The books production has been sponsored by the Friends of the Great Central Main Line so every penny goes to the appeal. They're already at work and The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. However it's life expired and is going to be replaced with a modern structure. We hope to outline plans for the next phases in early 2023. After alighting at Rugby Central Station the empty train travelled south for a few hundred yards before returning and crossing over into the northbound platform. In a two day operation at the start of July, the two elegant side panels of the canal bridge were first lifted and then bolted into place. Network Rail then lock the line out of use from their end allowing GCR(N) operation through to Loughborough. Grouping to Closure - 1923 to 1969. The more you can contribute this year, the more we'll be able to finish. Barnum Brake Coach No 695 built in 1910. A new Reunification update film, including details of the weekend works, has also been released We're delighted to report, some two years after the last work to the canal bridge we're back building again! Posted on 4th October 2020. Thank you for your generous support. On top, two new concrete blocks, specially cast to receive the decks and beams have been fitted. A cyclist crossing the river below on the road towards Stanford on Soar returns a wave from someone travelling in the first coach. Showing just how much interest there is in completing the link Crack express trains with restaurant cars ran between Sheffield and London Marylebone over impressive viaducts, calling at large stations. The former Ruddington station is further north and, following the reunification of the two halves of the preserved GCR, could see improvements made to aid towards eventual reopening, the trackbed being owned by the charity, East Midlands Railway Trust, to support the eventual extension of the line. Meanwhile, there are lots of exciting things happening behind the scenes on the project, all of which bring us closer to building again. We've now finished two sections of the Reunification project, creating an eighteen mile heritage railway across the East Midlands. "Their generous donations helped close a funding gap between what we had available and the total cost of the new structure. Thank you for every donation you make. We're really hopeful you'll chose to set up a standing order donation. grant enough. As well as regular services, GCRN also operate a host of Special Events and 'Gala' days. Two bits are now finished and hundreds of thousands of pounds have been raised for the next section. Then we were amazed to 1 - album of photographs showing the construction of the first stage of the GCR's extension into London, from the Kirkby Tunnel through Nottingham to the Leake Tunnel, where contract no. The original station near the centre of the village of East Leake is currently disused and exists only as an island platform with the stairwell of the station's subway bricked up. Well, we're going to have to keep you in anticipation a little longer, but with good reason. We're going to concentrate on the Factory Flyover this year. It has period signalling, locomotives and rolling stock. It's right next to the new bridge over the Midland Main Line bridge we've already built. By midday by the original decks had been removed and some scrap metal removed from site. (Operational, painted in BR Bauxite), BR Palvan 779761 built in 1958. While one of the reclaimed Reading bridge decks will still be used to cross Railway Terrace road, the remainder of the new sixty metres of formation are expected to be created using pre stressed concrete bridge beams and decks. Donations can be made online here. However, it's likely to be only one carriageway at a time to allow further work on the abutments. New update video published. Already millions of Barnstone Tunnel (which is 98 yards long) is the only tunnel on the preserved line. Donations can be made online here. 4. We currently expect it to cost just under 3 million, so we're around half way in fundraising terms. The existing 120 year old structure has been struck many times by over height lorries. Naturally, although we have released all the matched funding, the overall Reunification Appeal is still very much open, so if you would still like to contribute, or start a Standing Order, the same routes to donate are still open (you can make an online donation here). For full terms see http://platform.nationalfundingscheme.org/terms-and-conditions Every donation you give us helps on the way. In recent weeks some preparatory work has taken place to widen a small access road by the side of the bridge. The Friends of the Great Central Main Line is offering supporters of the award winning heritage line a glimpse into the future! We'd like to thank everyone who has contributed so far to the next phase of the Reunification appeal. This piece of the Reunification jigsaw is unique in that its the only one to already have track on it. (painted BR Bauxite), BR Widefit 783447 built in 1962. Posted on 1st March 2021. All of those bring a more secure future for the railway, all the better to withstand tough economic shocks like the one that has been thrown at us this year. If everyone who reads this news item was able to set up a standing order for a few pounds every month, we'd race forward. We'll have more news about the progress of this work as soon as possible. Cass Hayward believe this approach will be more economic, simpler to build and in the long term simpler to maintain. We're very grateful. A small gift every week (say 3 - the price of a coffee) adds up to £12 a month. Together, we are making great strides forward. In the meantime our focus remains on fundraising and after the very successful talk about the locomotive Boscastle, as they say, it's time for something completely different FIFTY THOUSAND POUND GRANT FOR There's lots of good news. The more of us giving a small amount of every month, the sooner we'll build not just the 'Factory Flyover' phases but the rest of the project too. To order the Reunification book for 10 (plus 2.50 postage and packaging) please email Reunificaction appeal tops a quarter of a million! The money raised by the appeal so far will be used to complete planning work and obtain permissions so construction crews can begin immediately when the fundraising target is reached. Once part of the Great Central Main Line from Sheffield to London, our route runs from Ruddington (just south of Nottingham) to the northern edge of Loughborough. In early July the elegant metal lattice sides were lifted into place, 20 months after they were removed at the very start of works. The Great Central Railway in Nottingham The GCR London Extension ran North to South through Nottingham centre. The Friends of the Great Central Main Line is offering supporters of the award winning heritage line a glimpse into the future! Don't forget, you can see our physical progress by watching our YouTube films, search GCROFFICIAL on YouTube to subscribe. However we'd really urge you to consider donating by standing order. The railway continues towards Loughborough, passing close to the hamlet of Stanford-on-Soar. We would like to thank each and every one of you who has contributed for your generosity. It's going to take a few more days to process the latest figures and bring you right up to date. Even if difficult times you are clearly thinking about the future. For now, stay safe and again, thank you for your support. Our latest total is one hundred and seventy thousand pounds, towards a latest target of three million pounds to build the factory flyover section. As always, we want to have the money in place to show we're serious. The appeal for phases three and four of the Reunification project has now raised a quarter of a million pounds. The busy A60 road was closed so the workforce could get cracking at 5am. You can also donate online by clicking here. Connecting the Great Central Railway to the national railway network will bring economic benefits to the Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you back at the railway and bringing you up to date in person. Give as little as twelve pounds a month and it adds up to a significant donation over a year. GC Railway (Nottingham) operate every Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays from Easter through to October, and also Saturdays during school holidays, and during December ('Santa Specials' during weekends before Christmas and on Christmas Eve, and post Christmas services on 27/28 December). There's a new project film to bring you right up to date at the GCR YouTube channel here. How it started We're really pleased to be able to say our fundraising has continued at a great pace. Please consider a donation because every pound means progress.Thank you for your generous support. The bridge itself originally had 'Fifty Steps' but subsequent modifications have increased that number. Join the adventure. Thank you for all of your support.You are making this happen! Railfreight Pressed Steel Box Van 201055. It's heartening to know we're in your minds even as ordinary life is turned upside down as we've had new standing order commitments and one off donations both through the post and online. Just two weeks after we launched the A60 appeal its incredible to be able to report back ten thousand pounds has already arrived through online, postal and text donations. (Operational), Mk1 CK (Composite Corridor) 16190 in lined maroon livery. Barton Transport Bedford YMT RRR 517R, built in 1976. Take a ride on a DMU along the Great Central Railway in the late 1960s. With your help, the work will be done by the end of the year! It is currently under restoration by the Signalling and Telecoms department, who reached a major milestone in December 2022 with the new floor and stove installation being completed. New Great Central Railway Reunification bridge visualised for the first time. Excavators on top of the embankment removed the bricks and ballast while the bridge was being demolished. British Rail decided to maintain rail connection from Loughborough to Ruddington MoD depot until closure and the GCR main line became an unsignalled BR single-track branch. The work to the canal bridge is almost complete. Just by watching our films you're helping to raise money. Constructed in the late 1890s, it last carried a train above the water in 1972. Exciting enough but we've even more good news. Everything given towards the fund, can only be spent on Reunification. Even though we can't meet our supporters face to face we're doing our best to keep in touch on social media, including premiering a brand new film all about the Reunification project on YouTube. AMBITIOUS RAILWAY LINK UP PLAN Passenger trains further south continued to run on a regular basis to the proposed "Loughborough High Level", although no station facilities exist here. Every time a new standing order donation is established, the pace of the project picks up. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}525313N 10943W / 52.887N 1.162W / 52.887; -1.162. In the meantime, if you need to sort a Christmas present out, allow us to recommend our Reunification book which is selling really well. One plea from the appeal team; we can't easily get to the post box or the bank at the moment. To support the appeal and make a donation online here. Get involved This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at 20:59. On weekdays, trainloads of gypsum would be delivered to the works and unloaded on the concrete pad visible from the station platforms. The bridge over the A60 is key to the project as one day it will carry two lines. We can go Forward only because you support us. It's the return of Money Match March. The gated Asher Lane Crossing is on a private road which was formerly the MOD depot perimeter road. (Operational, painted BR Black), BR Grampus open wagon 991831 built in 1958. (Undergoing restoration, originally of Tyne Valley with the identity of VTY 543J). We hope to incorporate the two bridge decks recovered from Reading into this phase.Far from being impossible, Reunification is a developing reality. Stored with poor body and major work needed on the frames. It's about fifty metres of new railway in total but a vital part of connecting the two halves of the Great Central Railway. Also located at the GCRN is the Nottingham Area Bus Society,[14] which boasts an extensive collection of vintage buses, immaculately restored and maintaned, that originally operated for local bus companies. Donations came from around the world, with every contribution being matched pound for pound up to one hundred thousand pounds. It gives the whole scheme a tremendous boost and takes us another step towards completing After a year which has curtailed a lot of our What we'd really like is a commitment to a small monthly standing order gift. Priced at just 25 or 30 including postage and packing (signed for delivery), all profits are going to DCRT and are ring-fenced for the Reunification Project. This is a major engineering project that is expected to be completed during 2024 - 2028. The recent magazine articles and appeal leaflets in the national press have brought in brand new donations and new supporters giving by standing order. 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. Contents 1 History: 1.1 New name: 1.1.1 Coat of arms: We have been receiving donations online, through the post and directly into the dedicated bank account and we've also got new standing orders to set running too. Six Wheeler GCR No 946. planned fundraising work, this is a most welcome Christmas gift which has surprised All that in a fortnight! With enough of us giving like that we'll build up the fund all the sooner. Price. Once the two preserved sections are re-connected (with the bridging of the Loughborough Gap of 500metres, three bridges and a 400m embankment), this would extend to a total of over 18 miles (29km) in length. Donations can be made online here. Station development is ongoing with a new footbridge being prepared to replace the original which was dismantled. The MS&LR obtained parliamentary approval in 1893 for its extension to London. [3] This follows the temporary closure of the line after being served with an improvement notice by the Office of Rail and Road in October 2020 for not having an "established a safety management system in relation to the examination, maintenance and repair of structures on their railway infrastructure such as the bridges and Barnstone tunnel. Despite the full line between Loughborough South Jn and Ruddington being owned by the GCN(N), when the GCR(N) require to operate trains into East Leake or through to Loughborough, possession of the line is taken from Network Rail. It's built on the course of the Great Central, which crossed the station in exactly the same spot, only that was demolished years ago. Order now, via email to blycett.gcr@gmail.com (payment by bank transfer available). Thank you so much for your support. The railway crossed built-up Leicester on a Staffordshire blue brick viaduct, incorporating a series of fine girder bridges. Setting up a standing order is a fantastic way of giving a little every month and that becoming a huge donation. This means there will be an extra few inches of headroom between the tarmac and the bottom of the bridge. Posted on 24th June 2020. 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The route consists of almost 10 miles (16km) of the former Great Central Railway Main Line be The Reunification project has captured imaginations. We'll also reschedule all our talks. Even though Money Match March is behind us, we have someway to go before we can begin building the Factory Flyover. GCR suburban 1905 No.793, not part of the RST collection but under the wing of the GCR 567 Group is currently stored at Swithland Sidings just been examined and found to be in very poor condition. Full of colour pictures, telling the story of everything completed so far - at just 10 (plus 2.50 postage and packing) it's an ideal stocking filler! MK1 SK (Corridor Second) 25693 in blood and custard livery. That means these two phases are now more than a third funded. One day we'll be back in person - but until then you can watch the film now! It features a road transport building, locomotive sheds, GCR signal box (ex Neasden), miniature and model railways, cafe, visitor centre, toilets and car park. The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. In 2021, the "Great Central Railway (Nottingham)" was renamed as the "Nottingham Heritage Railway". The Great Central was the last Victorian Main Line railway to reach London. (Operational), Mk1 RSO (Restaurant Second Open) 1012 later Cinema Coach 150353. You can make an online donation here. We've got great news to share. Once part of the Great Central Main Line from Sheffield to London, our route runs from Ruddington (just south of Nottingham) to the northern edge of Loughborough. HOW TO DONATE TO THE REUNIFICATION PROJECT For the same reasons it might take a little while to get standing orders running too. (Stored). Together we delivered on the promise that 2022 would be the Year of the A60 bridge! (painted army green), BR Palvan 782111 built in 1960. However, the new bridge will be very slightly higher above the road surface which should reduce the number of impacts from large lorries and the disruption this causes. We want to start building again as soon as possible so your money goes into bricks, metal and concrete, rather than just fighting inflation. Production has been sponsored by the Friends of the Great Central Main Line so every penny from the 10 cost goes to pushing Reunification forward! It is a short walk from the Country Park to the crossing, where it is possible to see trains passing and the crossing keeper at work. GCRN operaions terminate at a Stop Board close to the A60 road. Donations can be made online here. Want to help us keep building? Vital step in ambitious project on course for October 2022 build. When the Ministry of Defence depot at Ruddington was closed, the 2.77 miles (4.46km) of track from East Leake to Ruddington was no longer needed by BR. On behalf of everyone at the GCR, we can't thank you enough. But here's a way of superheating our fundraising to get us building again even sooner. The London & North Eastern Railway brought many changes to the old Great Central route to London. What a great way to start the year! It really is making a difference. If Money Match March is fully subscribed we'll have another two hundred thousand pounds in the pot. New Great Central Railway Reunification bridge visualised for the first time. The GCR Northern Development Association was formed with the aim of reconnecting the then two GCR sections once again. An appeal, launched by Friends at the start of the year raised 220,000 towards the A60 bridge replacement, with more donations still being received from well-wishers all over the world. Ruddington Fields is the main station on the line and the home of the Great Central Railway (Nottingham). After the major part of the GCR main line was closed by British Rail in 1966, a section from Nottingham to Rugby was retained until 1969. While the event was postponed, they've still been able to make the very generous donation. A quick and simple way to do this is by Texting the word UNIFY to 70970 to give 5. Meanwhile Reunification has received an usual boost from an unlikely source. You can see the 'matching fund' was more than exceeded, with a late flurry of donations arriving in the post in the last few days. BR Weltrol 900937 built in 1960, a standard gauge well wagon for carrying narrow gauge rolling stock; built 1960. Civil Engineering consultants Cass Hayward have revised the plans for this section of Reunification and we can share them with you. It really counts and will help us move forward with Reunification. There are stations open to the public at Ruddington Fields (within the main centre site) and at Rushcliffe Halt. Great news on the appeal front! The line has also hosted locomotives of BR/Big 4 pedigree, notable examples in recent years being GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro, LBSCR Terrier 662 "Martello" and LNER O4 63601 and currently is home to an LNER B1 No.1264. The actual criss cross elements themselves required relatively little work, the main repairs being carried out to the bottom flange where the panels attach to the bridge beams themselves. For full terms see http://platform.nationalfundingscheme.org/terms-and-conditions Please watch our film below, and you can make donations at via this website by clicking here. The depot was turned into the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre (NTHC) and trains were run on a small length of line into the depot. Rushcliffe Halt railway station is named after the nearby "Rushcliffe Golf Club". That means we now have an incredible 1.4 million banked and ready to spend. We're now using these plans to obtain detailed cost estimates and continue our discussion with Charnwood Borough Council as we work towards a planning application. As always, your donations count. Overall though, the impression is of a wonderful GCR bridge restored to 'as built' appearance. If you're new to the scheme, take a look around the website and please consider a donation. The chairman of The Friends of The Great Central Main Line Andy Fillingham explained, "Our Reunification project is one of the biggest schemes on any heritage railway in the UK. The railway operates classic steam / diesel hauled services to Rushcliffe Halt and Loughborough. It shows the new tram route crossing over the centre of the remaining Nottingham station. already, including to America and Australia. The loco sheds of the Great Central Railway at Loughborough are just visible across the MML, about one mile (1.6km) away. The Gotham branch-line was a short, freight branch connected to the Great Central Mainline via Gotham Sidings; it was lifted in 1969. Money Match March success and a new grand total. It's a real people power project and we hope even though we live in economically tight times you will still be able to help. It's totaliser time. BR Dogfish ballast hopper wagon 983586 built in 1960. Awaiting restoration. You can give online here. We're deeply humbled that our friends are still supporting the appeal even when priorities are changing on a daily basis. "With costs of raw materials rising, we were delighted to receive such strong and timely support from so many people," continued Andy. History [ edit] New name [ edit] (Undergoing overhaul). A small amount of just 12 a month can really make a difference over a year. They show the brand new bridge, which is sure to become a local landmark." The coping stones were put into place on the restored brickwork and a temporary scaffold brace installed on each side panel. When we can finally announce where we have got to, its going to be a big push towards Reunification. We've only come so far because you've made it happen. The Great Central Railway is in the foreground with Weekday Cross Junction on the far left, beyond which a tunnel leads to the site of Victoria station, and a girder bridge on the right, heading south. Barton Transport Leyland PD1 KNN 254, built in 1949. More Stories. Thank you for your superb support! Beyond that is the connection to Network Rail and the Midland Main Line (MML) at Loughborough South Junction. It's the only place in the world where full size steam engines can be seen passing each other - just as it was when steam ruled the rails. Each panel was brought back to site in two halves and then bolted together into a single piece weighing six tons. Ironically, it was British Gypsum's intention to renew rail freight traffic that was the catalyst that allowed the GCR(N) to buy the line and restore it initially for freight use. This will be removed in due course. The money has come from the local community and rail enthusiasts acrossthe country who want to see the two separate halves of the award winning East Midlands heritage line reconnected.

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