The Great Central Main Line : East Leake Station

East Leake is built in a very attractive large wooded cutting and was of the GC style island platform. It was built on top of a road bridge rather than with the road going over- this was a rare type with only a few of these on the GCR line (others examples being being Lutterworth and Finmere).

East Leake station as seen in 1964, showing the attractive setting. The signal on the left was an approach lit colour light- common on this section.

The station was luckier than most of the country stations on the GCR as in it was not closed in 1963 and continued to stay open until 1969 when the the remaining Nottingham-Rugby DMU service was stopped.

East Leake station, still well kept in this view, as seen in 1962

A view of the whole station with a southbound 'Windcutter' freight.

The station buildings have been demolished and are rumoured to have been used to fill the stair well down to the street entrance which has been bricked up. The platform is in relatively good condition but is covered in weeds and young trees.

Taken from the same place as the above shot, this is East Leake a few years ago covered with undergrowth.

The next few shots show some more recent photos taken of the station (3rd October 2001) kindly given to me by Shawn Sanders. The station has now been cleared of undergrowth but needs resurfacing.

A closer inspection of the northern end of the platform where a building once stood.

Looking north from on the road bridge showing the housing development in the old goods yard. 

From the 'down' side of the platform looking towards East Leake village shows the guard around the gap between the two bridges.

From the next bridge south looking towards the station. The used up line can be seen along with the space for the down line.

Currently, there are no plans to reopen East Leake now or in the future as local objection and lack of car parking have meant that the Transport & Works order for this section of the line prohibits the re-opening of the station. This situation may change in the future but this is uncertain.