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Leicester Railways
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'Leicester station 2020' (2)
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Freight at Leicester 6th February 2020
GBRf class 66783 'The Flying Dustman' in Biffa red at Leicester station on 6th February 2020.
A dirty DB class 66181 still in EWS colours at Leicester station on 6th February 2020.
DB class 66021in DB red and EMR 222101 at Leicester station on 6th February 2020.
Freightliner class 66956 on a container train at Leicester station on 6th February 2020.
GBRf class 66729 'Derby County' on a container train at the south end of Leicester station on 6th February 2020.
Rail Operations Group Class 47813 'Jack Frost' light engine heading back to the Rail Operations Group depot at was Leicester MPD just to north of the station.
The day had started cold with a frost, but it was February after all. It was clear and sunny on this Thursday with little wind. On the Sunday we got heavy rains and srong winds with 'Storm Clara' with floods and trees across the railway and snow up north.
There was broken rail just to north of the station (soon fixed) and wires down near Lutton. So it was a normal day on the railway.
The large station at Leicester is on the Midland main line from London to Sheffield. To the south of the station the line to Nuneaton and Birmingham leaves to the west. To the north at Syston junction the line to Melton Mowbray Oakham and stamford and Peterborough leves the MML to the east.
All of the Birmingham to Peterborough and then on to Ely and Cambridgeand onto Stansted Airport stop at Leicester station. How important this station is can be seen by how many passengers get on or off certain trains.
The next large station to the north are Nottingham or Derby and to the south Market Harborough Kettering and Wellingborough and Bedford
Page updated 5/3/2020
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