East Leake railway station is a former railway station serving East Leake

East Leake

East Leake is a large village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England, although its closest town and postal address is Loughborough across the border in Leicestershire. It has a population of around 7,000. The original village was located on the Sheepwash Brook. ...

, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

 and is the only surviving Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway

The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...

 station accessed from an underbridge rather than an overbridge. The preserved Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway (preserved)

The Great Central Railway is a heritage railway split into two adjacent sections, one in Leicestershire and the other Nottinghamshire.The Leicestershire section is currently Britain's only double track mainline heritage railway, with of working double track, period signalling, locomotives and...

 passes through but the station has not reopened mainly due to lack of car parking. A small goods siding next to the station was redeveloped in the 1990s, and with the station entrance being directly onto the road under the bridge, safety concerns were also a factor. The station buildings have been demolished, with the rubble used to fill in the area from the road entrance to the platform. The island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 remains in situ and could still be used if required. Rushcliffe Halt

Rushcliffe Halt

Rushcliffe Halt is a railway station serving the north of East Leake, and is the only survivingGreat Central Railway London Extension station with twin platforms . The stations was built as a later addition to the railway, opening in 1911 to serve the adjacent Rushcliffe Golf Club...

is nearby.