Date: 27/10/2016

The design for a new £18m heritage railway museum has been chosen following a public consultation. If approved, the attraction will house locomotives from the National Railway Museum (NRM) and the Great Central Railway (GCR). The winning design, by Wilkinson Eyre, will allow visitors arriving by train to GCR's Leicester North Station to see directly into the museum. The heritage line spans both Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

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Design chosen for £18m railway museum

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The design for a new £18m heritage railway museum is chosen following a public consultation.

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