Rothley was a stop on the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire between Belgrave & Birstall and Quorn & Woodhouse. Nowadays it is a stop on the preserved Great Central Railway.
Repton arrives at Rothley
Information
Type:
Preserved Railway (Great Central Railway)
Opened:
1899 (Closed 1963)
Re-Opened:
1976
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the Great Central Railway in 1899 on the railway's extension to London. The station was built to the standard specification for other country stations on the line with a single island platform. The station was closed by British Railways in 1963 though the line through Rothley was not closed until 1969.
The station was re-opened as part of the preserved Great Central Railway in the 1970s. Rothley was the Southern terminus of the line until a new station called Leicester North was opened near to the site of the now demolished Belgrave & Birstall in 1991. The line between Quorn & Woodhouse and Rothley was restored to double track in 2000.
Rothley has been restored to the style and condition of a GCR station in the Edwardian period. Next to the station is a museum and a small yard. Access to the platform is via a stairway down from the roadbridge which crosses the line.
78018 passes light engine through Rothley
Main station building (right) and signalbox (left)
