Lutterworth Station on the Lost Great Central Railway

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thanks for the tour today with your guest. It’s a shame they do not completely dismantle the stations. It’s sad to see. See you on the next, Paul. Cheers mate! 😊

[@WobblyRunner]

👍🙂 cheers Martin

[@jagman84]

I was lucky enough to see the GCR south of Rugby still in use, when I accompanied my dad with his soft drinks and sweets deliveries in Northamptonshire. Brackley, Woodford Halse and a small village called Helmdon were regular trips, although most drops were around Northampton itself. Helmdon station platforms were still extant, the last time I passed the site. The Helmdon Viaduct was an impressive sight.

[@WobblyRunner]

👍🙂 Nice one. Great memories there I'm sure. I look forward to getting a little further south soon.

[@railwaychristina3192]

Maybe that gorgeous viaduct at Helmdon is to be used for HS2.? Work was being done on it..

[@ffrancrogowski6263]

I'd seen this Lutterworth station on video of the GC, and also photos and maps, but it's a stunner to see some remains, and that's real good. Incredible to think that this once main line has been closed for fifty-four years!

[@WobblyRunner]

Hope you're well Ffranc. 54 years. It won't be that long before it would have been closed longer than it was in service.

[@paularnold4440]

Thanks for another enjoyable video. Personally I prefer your longer videos especially when in the same area. Feel it gives me more of a feel for the district. Cheers Paul

[@WobblyRunner]

👍🙂 more long ones on the way

[@andrewcutts3197]

My local station. I lived on Station Road and did my earliest train spotting from the old cattle dock.

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

Cracking little video, amazing place, love the fact that it's been kept for us historians to marvel at. I do wish that they would just strip back the undergrowth to see what's underneath it all.

[@WobblyRunner]

That sounds like a cracking community project.

[@WobblyRunner]

Also if was reading that a few years ago there was planning for new homes on the site too including where the bridge is.

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

@@WobblyRunner I'd even go down myself and join in.

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

@@WobblyRunner Well it's great that someone had the courage to say no.

[@WobblyRunner]

@Seamus McEvoy I'm not sure if it's still happening or not.

[@andrewcutts3197]

That brick structure is the base of the cattle dock. The signal box was further up towards the road bridge and nearer the track.

[@WobblyRunner]

Cheers Andrew. Was the access to the cattle dock back along with path and under the bridge?

[@railwaychristina3192]

Why don't they bring back GCR rather than HS2

[@WobblyRunner]

Parts of it would have made sense.

[@lp1485le]

Why was the station in decline before its closure? Were people just not using it?

[@WobblyRunner]

Something like that. General lack of investment and the upturn in road usage key factors.

[@leegreveson]

I've a complaint.... The video isn't long enough 🤣 Seriously, are people's attention span so poor now that 30 minutes is too long? Back on topic though, shame this station was left in such a state , but can understand for safety why it's fenced off.

[@WobblyRunner]

Hahaha the longer videos will be back on future days out 😄. Looks like someone keeps breaking down the barbed wire fence, but gets repaired fairly swifly.