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Great Central Railway
Address: Great Central Road , Loughborough LE11 1RW, LEC, GB
Phone: 01509 230726
State: LEC
City: Loughborough
Zip Code: LE11 1RW

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I loved walking around, looking at all the old-fashioned things. We were left alone to see whatever wanted. They were getting ready for an event and the carriages looked stunning. The smell of delicious food wafted on the breeze, making my mouth water. We had a look in the museum that was there. It's not very big, but the amount of information and antique items was amazing.
Fantastic day out paid around 25 per person had a good 7 hours there riding trains and was lucky enough to get an engine shed tour. Facilities are good and the shop there is well stocked will definitely return at Christmas.Visited onWeekendWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedYes
Went for the beer festival event. Great day. Trains ran to time. Good selection of rolling stock and locos in use. Sections looking great. Great beer! Very well organised! Even the 4 hour thunderstorm didn't put a damper on the day.Visited onWeekendWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedYes
We were bought a Vintage 1st Class dining experience as a wedding gift. We had a really lovely time. The staff were attentive and the food was lovely. The ride lasted about 2hrs. An excellent experience.Visited onWeekendWait timeUp to 10 minReservation recommendedYes
Had a brilliant day. Bought tickets on line ar £23 pp Each station is well maintained and is in a specific time period. Great way to spend a day. Mixed fleet of steam.and more moden.Visited onWeekend
A thoroughly enjoyable visit for afternoon tea which was served to the highest standard. Appreciated the tops ups of tea and coffee throughout and took some scones and cake home for later. The trai platform was an unexpected gem with lots of memorabilia and interesting things to look at. A huge thank you to the staff and volunteers who made it possible.
We have been on the GCR many times and have generally had a good time although their Santa express was far inferior to the SVR but cheaper and I once paid for drinks that never turned up! However this was about the Last Hurrah Gala 20224 on Saturday 16th November. I took my step-daughter and her two boys. One is a 10 year old with autism and he is very fussy about what he eats and the other is a 6 year old. The boys were having a good time but as it got near to lunchtime, the 6 year old said he was very hungry, so we boarded the train with the buffet coaches at Rothley. This was 11.23am. Initially and this is usual for the GCR, there wasn't enough seating for passengers, so we stood until some people kindly moved for us. I queued for some time to order food and as I got to the front of the queue, I started to order our food by asking for two sausage cobs and the member of staff in kitchen uniform interrupted me and said, "no" in a raised voice. I was amazed how abrupt and rude he was. I asked him why and said we've ran out of hot food 11.23am train. I was flabbergasted. He was obviously stressed and hopefully embarrassed and said they wouldn't have any food for one and a half more hours - in others until lunch was nearly over. I had two hungry children and all I could buy for them was crisps, cookies or chocolate. I did manage to buy two cups of tea but they ran out of milk too within ten minutes. As you can imagine, the only discussion between fee paying passengers in the advertised buffet coach was how poor the GCR organisation was with lots of hungry, irritable people. What is perhaps worse is that I didn't receive a single apology from any member of staff. We waited for an hour and 15 minutes then I joined to queue again. When I got to the front, they said there was only 10 breakfasts left after a restock and there was more than 10 people in the queue! I ordered the two sausage cobs and a veggie breakfast for me then for the autistic child, I ordered a baked potato with cheese - he had this the last time on the same journey only a month or so ago. The staff member said, "oh we don't do baked potatoes on Last Hurrahs" I couldn't have written that if I was writing a farce! Why not? How difficult are baked potatoes? Eventually I negotiated bread and butter and two eggs and managed to persuade the boy to eat it - they can't do toast either! I have never known such a disorganised bunch of people in my whole life. Like many others, I pre-booked so to suggest they didn't realise they would have a lot of people turn up is just unbelievable. It' the last event of the year before the Santa expresses. We also had some people asking for money for the joining of the two GCR railways. I didn't mind contributing but coming into peoples compartments and standing over people in my view was harassment and intimidation. The same applied to someone touting a railway magazine. He continued to try and persuade us to subscribe even after I said no. Fortunately, we have never had a bad experience on the SVR so will just use them from now on. The two 2/5 was because we did enjoy the trains but the boys wanted to leave early to get, "proper food".
Took the normal steam train to Leicester and back. Was a very nice trip with a great buffet on board, very friendly staff and reasonable priced. The station, trains and staff take you back in time. Would really recommend!Visited onWeekendWait timeUp to 10 minReservation recommendedYes
Just had the best day on the GCR, with guest locomotive Tornado, that looked simply amazing in LNER green livery. We treated ourselves to the full English breakfast, on board the train, in the wonderful griddle dining car. It's one of the best cooked breakfasts I've had If you fancy a 40's, 50's and 60's flashback, there's no better place.
Had a brilliant day on the platform during the diesel gala. Lovely old station with guided tours of the workshops. Lots of locos coming and going. Nice tearoom and shops too. Best 8 quid I’ve spent in a whileVisited onWeekendWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNot sure
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