TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992

Great Central Railway (East Leake Branch, etc.) Order

Notice is hereby given that application is being made by Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Limited (“the Nottingham Company”) and Great Central Railway PLC to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions for an Order under section 1 of the Transport and Works Act 1992, for purposes of which the following is a concise summary:   1. To authorise Railtrack PLC to transfer to the Nottingham Company or, with the consent of the Secretary of State, to any associated company of the Nottingham Company, the following railways comprising the East Leake branch of Railtrack together with related lands:   Railway No. 1—An existing railway commencing in the county of Nottinghamshire, borough of Rushcliffe, in the parish of East Leake at a point in the vicinity of the British Gypsum Works north of the bridge (No. 307) carrying the C33 road over the railway East Leake to Bunny, extending through the parishes of Normanton-on-Soar and Stanford-on-Soar then through the county of Leicestershire, borough of Charnwood, parish of Cotes and terminating at a point south of the bridge (No. 328) carrying the railway over the A60 Nottingham to Loughborough road.   Railway No. 2—An existing railway at Loughborough in the county of Leicestershire, borough of Charnwood between the termination of Railway No. 1 and the junction the Midland main line railway from Leicester to Derby.   2. To authorise the Nottingham Company to construct and maintain a new railway (182 metres in length) (Railway No. 3) at Loughborough in the county of Leicestershire, borough of Charnwood, being a reconstruction of part of the former London extension of the Great Central Railway, between the termination of Railway No. 1 and the north-eastern abutments of the demolished bridge formerly carrying the London extension over the Midland main line railway.   3. To incorporate, with or without modification, certain other enactments as to railways; to make other special provisions in connection with the construction, maintenance and operation of the said railways, including powers to operate the railways for the carriage of passengers and goods; and provisions for the granting by the Nottingham Company of leases or subleases of the said railways and of the railways in the borough of Rushcliffe authorised by the Great Central (Nottingham) Railway Order 1995.   And notice is further given that:   (a) Waiver directions have been given by the Secretary of State and form one of the documents submitted with the application in respect of certain provisions of the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 1992, including an absolute waiver direction that it is unnecessary for an environmental statement to be submitted with the application.   (b) A copy of the application and of all documents submitted with it may be inspected, free of charge, from 22nd July until 2nd September 1998, at the following places and times:       Rushcliffe Borough Council, Development Services Department, Civic Centre, Pavilion Road, Trent Bridge, West Bridgford, 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday.       Ruddington Public Library, Church Street, Ruddington, 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10 am. to 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on Saturday.       Charnwood Borough Council, Department of Planning and Technical Services, Southfield Road, Loughborough, 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Monday to Friday.       East Leake Public Library, Gotham Road, East Leake, Loughborough, 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thurdsay, 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, and 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on Saturday.   (c) Any person may object to the making of the Order by giving notice in writing not later than 2nd September 1998 to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, c/o The TWA Processing Unit, Zone 3/11, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR, and stating the grounds of objection.   All requests for further information, and notices or other documents required to be served upon the applicants, may be sent to the undermentioned Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents. Sherwood & Co., 35 Great Peter Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3LR, Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents. 22nd July 1998.