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