A Possible Northern Terminus of the GCR Reunification?

Welcome to Part 6 of this series looking at the Great Central Railway Reunification Project.

We've covered the GCR Heritage Railway, the Bridging the Gap project and some of the other features on the Great Central Railway Nottingham section.

We've now reached the northern most point of the railway at Ruddington on the outskirts of Nottingham. Here the line ends and a spur leaves the GCR mainline and heads a short distance to the Ruddington Fields station in Rushcliffe Country Park. Home of the GCR Nottingham and the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre.

We look at the junction around Fifter Steps Bridge and then move down to the site of the former Ruddington station. A typical GCR station with an island platform and access from the road bridge above. The road bridge is still present and the platforms are still there someone under the undergrowth.

Branch Line Society page on Railtour to Ruddington - https://www.branchline.uk/pastevent-a...

This is now the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) section of the line. This part of the line has not seen trains since 2020, however remained active as a freight line until it was taken on by the Ruddington based heritage railway - NTHC - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre.
Great Central Mainline was built as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway. Opening in 1899, it was designed to be as straight as possible with as little gradient as possible. Speed was the aim and express trains travelled between London Marylebone, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester. It was the last UK mainline to be built before HS1 over a century later. It thrived initially, however with a lack of upkeep, neglect and dwindling usage, it was mothballed during the great railway rationalisation of Dr Beeching in the 1960s - known as the Beeching Axe.

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