Leicester North

Leicester North is the Southern terminus of the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire, it is just South of the former station Belgrave & Birstall.

Repton stands at Leicester North having arrived with a service from Loughborough Central

Information
Type:	Preserved Railway (Great Central Railway)
Opened:	1991
Platforms:	2

Belgrave & Birstall was opened by the Great Central Railway in 1899 and closed in 1963 along with much of the Great Central Railway not long afterwards. A preserved stretch of the railway using Loughborough Central as a base was opened in the 1970s, also known as the Great Central Railway. The GCR began to extend South from Rothley in the 1980s. The GCR extended past the site of Belgrave & Birstall (which was demolished due to it's poor state) and built a new station called Leicester North which opened in 1991.

The station at first had no buildings, using a carriage to act as ticket office. A permanent station building was opened in 2001. A canopy was added to the building in 2009. The station has two platforms though one is very short. The station is arranged as a true terminus with a passing loop and includes buffers re-used from London Marylebone.

Main station building

A train stands at Leicester North

End of the line, the second smaller platform is on the right

Station sign

Repton prepares to run around the train