Old Photographs: Leicester Central

Old Photographs Section

This section shows Leicester Central Station in the late 1960s, just before closure, and some other scenes round about.

The majority of these photographs of Leicester Central Station were taken on 4th August 1967.

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The frontage of Leicester Central Station.

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The entrance hall, with the booking hall through the entry on the left.

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The booking hall.

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There were three passageways under the tracks to the platforms, and at this time only the one on the left was still in use and led to the south staircase. The centre passage had led to the lift and the right passage led to the north staircase.

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The top of the stairs ascending to the platforms.

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Redundent signals are being dismantled and track lifting has started. The low wall surrounding the turntable can just be made out behind the loading gauge.

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Looking south from the south bay.

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Looking north along the south bay from the end of the platform, with the parcels depot on the far right.

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The south bay hydraulic buffer stops. Since the bay platforms were no longer in use the buffers appear to have been drained and were fully retracted.

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Platform 5, the northbound platform, looking north. I believe that the north bay had platforms 1 & 2, the south bay had platforms 3 & 4, and the through platforms were 5 & 6.

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Platform 6, the southbound platform, looking north.

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Maker’s plate on upright girder.

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The Waiting Room then in use, one of several original ones. The fire place and seating are very similar to those still in place in some of the stations on the preserved Great Central Railway.

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By this time the Refreshment Room was out of use, so had to be photographed through the window. Notice the two beer hand-pumps on the counter.

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The goods lifts.

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The north bay, looking south.

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Looking northbound from the north bay. Note that the out-of-use colour light signals have been turned sideways, and the roof of the Great Central Hotel (now long demolished) on the right.

Aerial view

Aerial view of Leicester Central Station, looking north, in about 1930. The turntable is to the right of the centre, with Great Central Road just beyond running parallel to the station. The River Soar / Grand Union Canal is in the foreground at bottom left.

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