Date: 14/04/2011

A £15m project to join two sections of track between Nottingham and Leicester fell at a hurdle earlier this week when it failed to get £2.5m from the Regional Enterprise Fund.

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Plan to bridge rail funding gap

BBC News

Plans to link two sections of the Great Central Railway between Leicester and Nottingham continue despite a failed bid for funding.

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The Gap at the south end of Loughborough (Midland) station where the former Great Central Railway crossed the Midland main line. The embankment of the former GCR runs off to the left. View south in July 2003.
Location: Loughborough Midland
Company: Midland Counties Railway
14/07/2003 Ewan Crawford

The south end of Loughborough (Midland) station in 2003. The line was crossed by a bridge of the Great Central Railway's London Extenson. It is planned that this bridge is replaced to allow the branch to Rushcliffe and Ruddington to be connected to today's Great Central Railway at what is presently the terminus of Loughborough Central.
Location: Loughborough Midland
Company: Midland Counties Railway
14/07/2003 Ewan Crawford