Date: 27/11/2013

A bid for £10 million of lottery cash has been submitted to help fund the construction of a new railway museum in Leicester. The Great Central Railway (GCR) wants to develop the new attraction at its Leicester North station at Birstall. The ambitious scheme was unveiled in December and has taken a significant step forward with the completion of the bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Bulleid West Country Pacific no 34007 Wadebridge at Leicester North on the Great Central Railway on 6 October.
Location: Leicester North
Company: London Extension (Great Central Railway)
06/10/2011 Peter Todd

Ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 no 48305 about to couple up to her train on 26 July before heading off once more from Loughborough to Leicester North.
Location: Loughborough Central
Company: London Extension (Great Central Railway)
26/07/2010 Mark Poustie

The GCR Leicester North station slowly thawing out on a quiet January Friday. Notice the brick cutout for the now demolished signal box on the right and the bricked-up entrance to the former Belgrave and Birstall station on the distant overbridge [see image 31066].
Location: Leicester North
Company: London Extension (Great Central Railway)
15/01/2010 Ken Strachan