PRESS INFORMATION - JUNE 2003

SCHOOL RUN QUORN TO LOUGHBOROUGH,
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY - LEICESTERSHIRE

PPM Car 12 just arriving at platform 2, Loughborough Station
during passenger service operations 27-29 May 2003

Under existing arrangements with the Great Central Railway, Parry People Mover's railcar No 12, is to run a special schools service between Quorn & Loughborough on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd July. Departure is at 8.15am at Quorn and in the afternoon at 4.15pm from Loughborough.
Mr Paul Fisher, the Headmaster of Loughborough Grammar School, has organised this 2 day running, in order to assess its usefulness for students at the school. Car 12 has been providing passenger services on a demonstration basis with a view to promoting permanent services linking the town of Loughborough to North Leicester via Rothley and Quorn.

The school railcar scheme is being tried as one possible way to reduce the amount of vehicles coming into the town and the school. Road congestion causes a lot of inconvenience on the main A6 road with the last 2 miles of the journey into town sometimes taking over 20 minutes by car. PPM's hope is that people will say 'yes', we need a Park & Ride scheme from Quorn to Loughborough on a regular basis.

Download a souvenir copy of the timetable (in PDF form) for passenger carrying operations on 27th-29th May. The first ever timetable to include a Parry People Mover in its operations. Courtesy Great Central Railway.