[Leicester North]
[Abbey Lane Area]
[North Viaduct]
[Leicester Central]
[Braunstone Gate]
[Goods Yard]
[Aylestone]
[Bridging the Gap]
[Notes for Visitors]
[Old Photographs]
[Archive]
[Links]
Old Photographs Section
This section features a set of photographs generously provided by Phil Herrick of Leicester Central station before closure.
Being in colour these photographs give a more realistic impression of the last days of the station before closure than my black and white photographs.
Leicester Central station, 1965
8F 2-8-0 no. 48035 passes through platform 6, the main southbound platform, with a brake van in tow in June 1966.
Leicester Central station, May 1969, just before closure
A Nottingham Arkwright Street to Rugby Central service enters Leicester Central station from the north. The height of the station on a viaduct can be judged by the level of the roof of the Great Central Hotel on the right.
Platforms 1 and 2 in the north bay with the tracks now lifted.
Looking north along platform 5, the main northbound platform. From personal experience of helping to maintain the smaller canopy at the preserved Loughborough Central station, before it was all renewed using modern methods, the task of maintaining this canopy would have been formidable.
Platform 6, the main southbound platform, at Leicester Central station. The cars on the right are parked where more tracks used to be.
The south bay platforms with the tracks now lifted.
A poster announcing the closure of the line and stations between Nottingham Arkwright Street and Rugby Central.
Old Photographs Section
[Leicester North]
[Abbey Lane Area]
[North Viaduct]
[Leicester Central]
[Braunstone Gate]
[Goods Yard]
[Aylestone]
[Bridging the Gap]
[Notes for Visitors]
[Old Photographs]
[Archive]
[Links]
© 2001-2024 Text and photographs copyright Nigel Tout, unless otherwise indicated.