Old toilet block reduced to rubble // Credit: Great Central Railway Nottingham
The 9-mile Great Central Railway (Nottingham) heritage line, which operates between Ruddington Fields to just north of Loughborough, is upgrading its toilet facilities at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre.
Following years of loyal but outdated service, the old toilet block was beginning to show its age and it has been demolished, with work already underway on its replacement.
The new block will feature fully accessible toilets along with soap dispensers, hand dryers, and LED lighting.
Looking further ahead, these facilities will benefit all future visitors, when the two halves of the Great Central Railway join up after the reunification project.
Locomotive test run to Rushcliffe Halt September 2024 // Credit: Great Central Railway Nottingham
The new structure is set to be built by early December, though there is a funding gap of £10,000 to fill before the new facilities can be fitted out and open to the public.
At a cost of £80,000 modern water closets, even for the heritage sector, do not come cheap.
£59,000 has been raised towards the new facilities thanks to grants from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, courtesy of Rushcliffe Borough Council, East Midlands Airport Community Fund, East Midlands Railways Community Fund, and the Friends of the Great Central Main Line are available.
Members of the public have also donated money and raised £11,000 which has taken the overall total to £70,000.
Donations for the toilet block appeal can be made online at LNER GC Heritage Trust or the at Nottingham Transport Museum.
I guess Rushcliffe Halt must have been built where there was previously no station, because it doesn’t follow the usual Great Central Railway practice of having a single island platform serving both up and down lines.
Rushcliffe Halt was built in a cutting, so for cost reasons it was probably built to that design & to keep the lines straight for the expresses to travel at full speed. I don’t think that many trains were timetabled to stop there only local ones. From what I can gather it initially served Rushcliffe golf course & then more than likely was a stop for workers at the adjacent Gypsum works.
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I guess Rushcliffe Halt must have been built where there was previously no station, because it doesn’t follow the usual Great Central Railway practice of having a single island platform serving both up and down lines.
Rushcliffe Halt was built in a cutting, so for cost reasons it was probably built to that design & to keep the lines straight for the expresses to travel at full speed. I don’t think that many trains were timetabled to stop there only local ones. From what I can gather it initially served Rushcliffe golf course & then more than likely was a stop for workers at the adjacent Gypsum works.