Great Central Railway

Cheers to the Great Central Beer Festival

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Robin Jones

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5th September 2023

The Great Central Railway’s annual beer festival takes place over four days this week.
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Standards at the double for flagship GWSR gala

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Robin Jones

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6th April 2023

A popular 69-year-old British Railways mixed traffic 2-6-0 steam locomotive will join the roster for the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s (GWSR) Cotswold Festival of Steam.
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Great Central Railway to fully reopen this weekend

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Alex Bestwick

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29th March 2023

After partly closing to replace two bridges, trains are returning to the full length of the Great Central Railway this […]
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More than 30 engines at Easter Vintage Festival

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Robin Jones

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23rd March 2023

More than 30 engines will attend the Great Central Railway’s annual Easter Vintage Festival.
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Great Central Railway’s new manager

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Robin Jones

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14th March 2023

The Great Central Railway’s new general manager, Malcolm Holmes, has taken up his role at the Leicestershire heritage line.
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Great Central Railway goes digital with its ticketing system

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Sam Hewitt

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9th June 2022

Nutickets, an event technology company, has partnered with Great Central Railway (GCR), Britain’s only double track mainline heritage railway.
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Great Central Railway approves plans for £1m bridge replacement

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2022

The Great Central Railway PLC’s Board have approved for work on the replacement of Bridge 326 crossing the A60 adjacent to the former Brush Works in Loughborough to begin.
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Great Central Railway replaces Wartime Weekend with jubilee pageant

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Robin Jones

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10th March 2022

The Great Central Railway has called off its wartime event due to Ukraine crisis – but has replaced it with a jubilee celebration.
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Lottery gives Great Central Railway £250K after turning down earlier bid for emergency aid

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Shannon Butcher

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23rd October 2020

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has made a major U-turn on its earlier decision to refuse an application from the Great Central Railway for £250,000 of support from the Heritage Emergency Fund.
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Great Central Railway launches emergency appeal

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Sam Hewitt

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26th August 2020

The Great Central Railway has launched an emergency appeal to be able to continue with planned essential works – amid COVID-19 uncertainty.
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