Loughborough Central Railway Station (Loughborough)

 Grade II Listed (UK), heritage railway, railway museum

Date opened: 15.3.1899
Company on opening: Great Central Railway
Date closed to passengers: 5.5.1969 (Reopened by GCR in 1974)
Date closed completely: 5.5.1969
Company on closing: British Railways (London Midland Region)
Present state: Fully restored to 1950's condition. Grade II listed.

Loughborough Central Station is a railway station on the Great Central Railway and the Great Central Railway (preserved) serving Loughborough.grid reference SK543193

The station is built to the standard GCR arrangement of having an island platform set between the two main running lines, however the station buildings themselves are unique on the preserved Great Central Railway. The station canopy itself is the longest station canopy in preservation, and is currently under restoration to its original condition.

The platforms at Loughborough are 400ft long, and are capable of accommodating approximately 7 coaches, train services currently run south from the station to Leicester North, but in the future are expected to run north from the station to the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre at Ruddington.