Lutterworth Station and beyond!
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2022
- Join me as I visit Lutterworth Station on the Great Central Railway. Closed since 1966 lets see what's left of this once proud station that served this Leicestershire town. Also, a short walk along the track bed reveals some forgotten gems...
You certainly said it Middy (at around 10 minutes), "they did a job on it", great description. Another excellent video.
Thanks for watching. I think I have said that at every stage of the GCR! It feels like they made sure it couldn't be reopened whether I am in Brackley or Leicester they made sure all the infrastructure was destroyed as quickly as possible. Very sad a d obviously a terrible decision. Thank you for your comments means a lot 👍
We moved to carlson Gardens in 1972 most of the platforms was still in place. As a kid spent lots of time playing on the railway line was no trees just stone and building remember it stopped at the factory big concrete wall. The bridge was taken down towards the motorway in the mid 80s and the housing estates was built in 1983. Great memory
Thanks for watching. I love to hear the stories of what happened after it closed. Hard to imagine now that a railway even went there. Thanks again.
Great video again Middy, many thanks.
Thank you and thanks for watching 👍
Visited this about 15 years ago. Came across the odd foot tunnel, as one side is to housing and the other to open fields, The whole site has an eerie feeling on a quiet edge of town. Missed the bridge though , I will take another look as it brought back memories,thanks
Thank you for watching. It's a very eerie site as at one time it was a really busy little station. I still hear locals talk about it fondly, a real shame.
thanks for this, i had really wanted to see a video of what is left at lutterworth,
The structure you speak of at 8:23 is the base for Lutterworth signalbox if they are indeed bricked up windows it would make sense as a lot of signalboxes of that ilk had or have windows in the interlocking room underneath the lever frame and box itself! Lost Railways are scars upon the land and the Great Central Mainline is the biggest and deepest scar of them all! A railway constructed to that standard with wide sweeping curves and no real steep gradients most if not all of its tunnels, Viaducts and Bridges were over engineered (for their time) even when a GCR Viaduct has had to come down it has put up a Real fight Brackley viaduct (from what I've read) took 3 attempts by the demolition experts to bring it down! Atleast part of the GCR Alignment is coming back into use as part of HS2
Thank you for watching and all the information
The cattle dock was behind that brickwork on the path at the back of the station.
Thank you that answers a question! I will make sure I mention it👍
Just when I thought that you couldn't possibly surprise me anymore, you come up with a video like this (that bridge is insane!). Thanks yet again for exploring these places that are beyond my reach. It's great to even have a virtual connection, especially now that we're heading towards winter. Keep 'em coming!
Thank you and thanks for your continued support. Winter is better as the leaves don't obscure the views! Glad you enjoyed it and rest assured there's plenty more on the way👍
An excellent piece of filming at a lovely section of the GCR. I was there in May and got some fairly decent photos, but after seeing this I'm going back during the winter because there was quite a bit of foliage when I was there, and it will be grown back by Jan/Feb time. That bridge was magnificent, whenever I hear 'this is a belter' I know something special is about to pop up on screen, and you were right. I'm really intrigued as to what the structure is north of the station by the house. In one of the old photos of the station which looks north, there is a signal box, perhaps that's it. Great effort, well done to the three of you!!!
Thank you and thanks for your support. I think the structure is the signal box and that's the general consensus from the comments. I recommend seeing that bridge for yourself it's immense and the video doesn't do it justice! When you are heading this way give me a shout !
@@MiddyExplores I certainly will👍.
To use a phrase you use. That video was a gem. Fabulous.
Thank you and thanks for watching 😂👍
My local station. I’ve seen it gradually get overgrown over the years. I lived just up the road in the 1950s. It was where I started train spotting all those years ago.
Thank you for watching. I first visited the site 3 years ago and I have seen it change in that short time. I am sure you seeing it now is heartbreaking. I would have loved to see the GCR running it is such a shame the short sighted politicians of the day closed this wonderful line.
There is actually quite a bit left of the great central at shawell including an intact platelayers hut a 2 bridges one quit hidden a culvert and 2 farm access tunnels its overgrown in areas but an interesting area. The building at Lutterworth was a signal box
Thank you and thanks for watching. I will be visiting very soon to have a look 👍 thank you for the information
Nice one middy another great video shame about the graffiti but it happens yes a gem of a bridge
Thanks for watching. Unfortunately old buildings and graffiti go hand in hand! Thank you 👍
Hi Middy. Thanks for that video of what must be quite a special section of the G.C. The size of the bridge over the river Swift is amazing and at first I thought it was a canal because of the small walls each side of the river.Also, I must say how much I like the pedestrian access bridge that you found for us.Can you imagine standing under there when one of the windcutter coal trains went thundering just above your head !! The drvers on the G.C. certainly knew how to run em. One more thing,please don`t say that if the railway hadn`t closed you`d have nothing to show us,you`d have a beautiful working railway and all the infastucture with trains speeding through stations and the Leicestershire countryside.
Thank you and thanks for watching. I would have loved to stand there back in the day. A truly incredible railway that was so well built.
The road bridge was always there but I think was too low for the newer trucks so was demolished. Cycling to school you could see the blue bricks of the abutments, that was the early 80's...people used to come and chip away at the remaining bricks and carry them away.
Thanks for watching. That short piece if road is so busy now as well. Shame but I suppose that's progress. I always wonder how many of the old bricks have ended up in people's gardens!
@@MiddyExplores from there a lot I think...
Don’t forget to check out the Newton photograph collection. The road to Market Harborough was there before the line. A great video, thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching I will have a look at that👍 I had a feeling the road was there first as we found bridge remains all over the end of the walk. I will address it in the next video when I go from the road to Newton.
My dad grew up in Whetstone so he vaguely remembers the stations round here and taking him to his hip physio we went by the area too and we both thought of your last lutterworth video! 🙌
Thanks as always. I couldn't believe how much it had changed in two years! The deterioration in that time was very obvious when visiting, I don't know how much longer that will be safe tbh. Glad your dad is doing well 👍
Great video , at the Lutterworth station site as you approach from the road if you look up to your left the house you see is the old station masters house i believe looking at old photos. Also the stair case was filled in with broken up platform , i did find an glazed brick just laying around when i was there years ago which is now saved in my garden. At the main road end (where its been cut in half ) there was a smaller bridge , i remember it being demolished , on the other side you could still see a track layers hut , its either now gone or lost in the under growth.
Thank you for watching and for the information. I am back that way soon so will have a look over the other side of the carriageway. Very sad end to this lovely old station.
Nice one Midster, never seen that bridge over the river swift mate! great vid again 😀
Thank you buddy. It's a real hidden gem and absolutely immense well worth a visit as the video doesn't do it justice!
That bridge is awesome. It can just about be seen from the M1 north bound slip road. If only we could knock the bricked up station entrance down and see the steps going up to the platforms. It could be a right time capsule in there. I'm guessing, but it could be filled in with rubble, but at least the steps would still be there. Another interesting video.
Thank you and thanks for watching. Apparently I have been told the rubble from the platforms was thrown down the stairwells. They would still be there but would need some digging! I am going back along this section of the GCR soon for an in depth explore.
As always a fascinating video of the once great Great Central .
I suppose one positive of the closing of the line is that it's given you the chance to produce all this amazing content .
Would have preferred it was still open though !
Loved that bridge amazing that something that size is just hidden !
Keep up the good work love the videos .
Thank you and thanks for watching. I often say if it didn't close I wouldn't have anything to do 😂 that bridge is really something and as the the top was removed for some reason? It's totally hidden from the path way. Thanks again. And lots of new videos coming up 👍
Lovely old photos. Picture on picture, Wish you done them a little bit longer 😊
Never noticed that structure. Need a return look myself 👍
Thanks buddy. Never sure if the pictures work that well!! Thanks for the feed back I will take it on board
such an amazing structure. I didn't realise how the bridge was designed for the platforms, whetstone would have been similar, did it go over a road? Great video. the pedestrian bridge was amazing, so much effort for a small bridge. so many awesome structures, that arch was stunning!
Thanks as always for watching. It really is a cracking stretch such a shame they have reveloped everything going north. I believe whetstone was similar, Lutterworth was always over a footpath.
I'm from East Leake and that's the same.
It is always sad to see the old photos and what there is now....why was it closed?
Thanks for watching. It was closed as part of the infamous 'beeching cuts' in the 60s. The line had been slowly run down for a few years and wasn't taking as much traffic as it should. A real shame as it would be so useful today.
Bridge 425 over the swift
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The large bridge is 424 I believe it crosses the River Swift
Thanks for watching. That must be correct then as it only crosses the river swift once 👍 thank you for the information
@@MiddyExplores 423 is station bridge, 424 is a small occupation bridge, 425 is swift river bridge, 426 is Misterton Road Bridge.
The structure north of station I believe was the base of the signal box?
Thank you for watching. That's what I thought at the time and I have tried to look at old photos for some bearings. It certainly is the correct size. Thanks for the info.
@@MiddyExplores The signal box was further north by the warehouse now blocking the trackbed. The mystery brick structure is a retaining wall where the cattle dock was.
3:34 An original doggie poo bag tied to the fence?🤔🤢
At least it was original 😂