BR No.78019 waits at Loughborough Central's platform 2

Loughborough Central Station is a railway station on the Great Central Railway and the Great Central Railway (preserved) serving Loughborough.grid reference SK543193 Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1840x1232, 722 KB) Summary Photo taken by myself, 2005-07-02 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1840x1232, 722 KB) Summary Photo taken by myself, 2005-07-02 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 on the completion of its London Extension. ... It has been suggested that Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre be merged into this article or section. ... Loughboroughs carillon Loughborough parish church The Brush engineering works Loughborough University Loughborough (pronounced locally as either , LUFF-burra or , LUFF-bruh, and more widely as [ˈlʌfˌb(ə)ɹə]) is a town in Leicestershire, central England with a population of 57,600 as of 2004. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...

The station is built to the standard GCR arrangement of having an island platform set between the two main running lines, however the station buildings themselves are unique on the preserved Great Central Railway. The station canopy itself is the longest station canopy in preservation, and is currently under restoration to it's original condition.

The platforms at Loughborough are 400ft long, and are capable of accomodating approximately 7 coaches, train services currently run south from the station to Leicester North, but in the future are expected to run north from the station to the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre at Ruddington.

Station Facilities

The station boasts impressive facilities in some fairly cramped conditions, this includes a Book and Gift Shop, a Museum, a Refreshment Room, Ladies Waiting Room & Power Room, General Waiting Room, Gentlemens Toilets and an Emporium. Ontop of this the station also plays host to the command centre of the railway from which the Duty Traffic Manager organises all movements which take place on the railway from the Station Masters Office.

Station Era

The station at Loughborough, like all stations upon the preserved Great Central Railway, is set in a specific era, at Loughborough this era is the 1950s. Many artefacts around the station aid in this atmospheare, this includes original and recreated British Railways posters, British Railways totem poles, a 1950s TV showing 1950s transportation films in the General Waiting room, and a display of 1950s platform trolleys and bicycles.

Stationmaster

The current Station Master of Loughborough Central is Mr Bruce Pollard, who was appointed in 2005 after the previous holder of the title, Mr Brian Axon, retired due to wishing to spend more time with his family. Mr Pollard is ably assisted by Mr Alan Whiteland and Mr Mark Hill who assist with station maintenance and rostering duties.

On a normal weekend at Loughborough Central, a Station Master, Platform Inspector and a number of Porters will be rostered where possible, because the Booking Office is treated as a seperate entity the rostering does not include the booking clerks, who are rostered seperately.

See also

• Loughborough railway station - formerly Loughborough Midland.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Quorn and Woodhouse		British Railways Great Central Main Line		East Leake
	Heritage railways
Quorn and Woodhouse		Great Central Railway		East Leake