Great Central Railway Aylestone Leicester 29th March 2020

Light and shadow in Leicester.

Now definitely out of gauge, Berne or BR, the abandoned Great Central Railway London Extension through Aylestone in south Leicester is crossed by Soar Valley Way, the outer ring road.

The GCR closed as a through route in September 1966 and the Rugby-Nottingham section completely in May 1969. It is now the Great Central Way a foot and cycle path which the for-once enlightened Leicester City Council opened in the early 1980s.