Date: 25/10/2015

A railway that was dormant for 50 years has reopened after more than 200 community volunteers spent eight years restoring it. Mountsorrel Railway was originally an industrial steam line used for transporting granite from quarries surrounding the Leicestershire village. It fell out of use in the 1950s and the track was lifted in the 1960s. It has reopened as a heritage railway for passengers, and is an extra branch line for the Great Central Railway.

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A railway that was dormant for 50 years reopens after more than 200 community volunteers spent eight years restoring it.