page_title: Loughborough Gap
hierarchical_section_title: Loughborough Gap
caption_attribution_description: English: New (2017) bridge to carry the w:Great Central Railway over the w:Midland Main Line and forming the first new part of the w:Loughborough Gap single-line railway connection. Picture taken from w:Loughborough railway station looking southwards under the existing A60/Nottingham Road bridge over the station.
context_page_description: The Loughborough Gap is a 500-metre-long missing section of the Great Central Railway to the north-east of Loughborough, England. The gap was created by the removal of embankments and bridges during the 1980s and the restoration project has been branded Bridge to the Future and Bridging the Gap. From south-to-north the route crosses the Grand Union Canal, Railway Terrace road, four-track Midland Main Line at Loughborough railway station and the A60 road. The Hermitage Brook watercourse runs parallel.
  During the 2010s work began to restore the link in order to join the northern and southern sections of two heritage railways back together giving a total Great Central Railway line length of 18 miles. As of 2016, planning permission was granted for the first major component: a replacement 30-metre single-span bridge over the Midland Main Line. An additional station called Loughborough High Level will be built to connect with Loughborough station on the Midland Main Line. As of May 2016, the bridge was intended to be owned by Charnwood Borough Council and then leased back to the Great Central Railway for one hundred years in exchange for maintenance costs.
context_section_description: The Loughborough Gap is a 500-metre-long (0.3 mi) missing section of the Great Central Railway to the north-east of Loughborough, England.  The gap was created by the removal of embankments and bridges during the 1980s and the restoration project has been branded Bridge to the Future and Bridging the Gap.  From south-to-north the route crosses the Grand Union Canal, Railway Terrace road, four-track Midland Main Line at Loughborough railway station and the A60 road.  The Hermitage Brook watercourse runs parallel.
  During the 2010s work began to restore the link in order to join the northern and southern sections of two heritage railways back together giving a total Great Central Railway (heritage railway) line length of 18 miles (29 km).  As of 2016, planning permission was granted for the first major component: a replacement 30-metre single-span bridge over the Midland Main Line.  An additional station called Loughborough High Level will be built to connect with Loughborough (Midland) station on the Midland Main Line. As of May 2016, the bridge was intended to be owned by Charnwood Borough Council and then leased back to the Great Central Railway for one hundred years in exchange for maintenance costs.  Work commenced in April 2017, with the main bridge beams being installed in September of that year. The bridge is expected to be completed in 2019.
caption: New 2017 Great Central Railway bridge over the Midland Main Line, viewed looking southwards from Loughborough railway station
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