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George Overton raised £503.01 from 21 supporters

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Closed 31/05/2017

£503raised of £5,000 target by 21 supporters

George Overton

Weʼve raised £503 to enable more trains to travel on the railway to the Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre

: Mountsorrel, United Kingdom
: Local community
: Funded on Wednesday, 31st May 2017

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Story

I volunteer at the Mountsorrel and Rothley Heritage Centre and Railway. A frequently asked question there is “Can I catch a through train to Leicester / Rothley / Quorn / Loughborough?”

By donating to this appeal you'll help us achieve this vision!

The Mountsorrel branch of the Great Central Railway (GCR) was originally built to serve the local granite quarry. It was never built for passenger transport. Because of the signalling and points arrangement at its junction with the GCR at Swithland, it's difficult to safely run trains from the main lines onto, and off, the branch line!

The GCR's signalling team has kindly agreed to improve the signalling at Swithland to allow for easier connections. However we need to buy the hardware, which will cost around £75,000.

The signalling upgrade will benefit visitors to both the GCR and the Mountsorrel and Rothley Heritage Centre. The labour element of the project will be provided by volunteers.

We need £75,000 to pay for this upgrade and we've already secured £47,000 of this. We anticipate raising more from other supporters we've identified.

This will leave a balance of £5,000 to be raised. Will you help us please? Thank you!

For more information about the Heritage Centre and the restoration of the Mountsorrel branch line please visit: www.heritage-centre.co.uk

Updates

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2 years ago
George Overton
2 years ago
Having put our heads together it appears we've actually raised nearly £68,000! As such we've reduced the amount of this online appeal from £10,000 to £5,000. Your support is vital to the project reaching its goal!
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2 years ago
George Overton
2 years ago
We've set ourselves the £10k target on this Justgiving crowdfunding page with the hope of raising the remainder of the £75k needed from our exceptional supporters and sponsors. As at the end of March we've raised just over £57k in total to the appeal, with another £5k (including Gift Aid) promised in April! We're also hopeful of positive replies to requests to charitable trusts before the end of May. So we're well on course but by no means yet over the line! Please donate and encourage others to do the same! Many thanks!
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2 years ago

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Page last updated on: 5/24/2017 13.39

Supporters

21

David Everett
May 24, 2017
Really looking forward to more trains on the branch. It's all a fantastic achievement.
£30.00
Claire Birch
May 24, 2017
£10.00
Matt Collins
Apr 27, 2017
£10.00
Julie Finch
Apr 17, 2017
£20.00
Simon Cheeseman
Apr 4, 2017
For the GC/Mountsorrel link
£100.00
Mik Malster
Apr 2, 2017
I look forward to catching a train from Loughborough to the Heritage Centre
£10.00
Anonymous
Mar 31, 2017
£10.00