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Our current dining services are shown below. To make a reservation, or for further information, simply call our Booking Office on (01509) 230726. We are open seven days a week 9.00 am – 5.00 pm.

  
Evening
All Aboard for Murder

All Aboard for Murder

The year is 1925. Loughborough’s new mayor – Mr Meaner, arrives to open the new platform when he is …….murdered. Anyone trying to leave the platform would have been spotted – so the murderer must have boarded to 7.00pm Express! But whodunit? Was it the local French teacher Fleur Timere? Or the parish priest Father O’Dere? Does the affable train driver Bernie Cole have something to hide? With the circus in town, why does the ventriloquist have nothing to say? And why couldn’t the psychic see it coming? The murderer will escape justice if you don’t work out ‘whodunit’ before 10.45pm, when the train returns to Loughborough. Please arrive at Loughborough for 7:00pm
Runs on: Selected Friday Evenings
Next Running Date: Friday 25 April 2008
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Burn's Night

Burn's Night

Runs on: Selected January Friday
Next Running Date: Friday 25 January 2008
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Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book

The famous novelist, Augusta Wind, has been murdered on Platform 1 of Loughborough Central Station. No one has left the station – so the murderer must have boarded to 7.00pm Express! But whodunit? Was it her toy-boy Hugo Larst? Or her scheming butler Fusspot? Or what about the celebrated explorer Tom Braider? Did her maid Amelia Cook know anything? And what exactly did the Suffragette Charity Kase have to do with it? If you don’t work out ‘whodunit’ before 10.45pm, when the train returns to Loughborough, the murderer will escape justice. Please arrive at Loughborough for 7:00pm
Runs on: Selected Friday Evenings
Next Running Date: Friday 28 March 2008
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Murder on the Loughborough Express

Murder on the Loughborough Express

It's April 1944, as passengers are waiting to board the 7.00pm Express from Loughborough, eminent Austrian professor, Friedrich Kildorf is shot in the back. The murderer must have boarded the train! But whodunit? Was it his gold-digging wife, Pearl? His brain box assistant, Heidi Heibrau? Local pickpocket policeman, P.C. Poppet? Or the xenophobic RAF Officer, Wing Commander Rupert Greatrex-Spence? And just how many skeletons does Station Master Will Gerrit have in his closet? You must work out ‘whodunit’ before 10.45pm, when the train returns to Loughborough, or the murderer will escape justice. Please arrive at Loughborough Central Station for 7:00pm.
Runs on: Selected Friday Evenings
Next Running Date: Friday 23 May 2008
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New Year's Eve Special

New Year's Eve Special

Your six course dinner is served aboard our First Class Restaurant Cars as one of our historic main line steam locomotives takes you on a leisurely journey through the Leicestershire countryside. The train departs at 7:30pm from Loughborough Central and completes three round trips before returning at 12:45am. A second class Griddle car service is also available on the 7:30 & 9:00pm departures.
Runs on: New Year's Eve
Next Running Date: Wednesday 31 December 2008
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St Valentine's Specials

St Valentine's Specials

Runs on: Selected Dates
Next Running Date: Thursday 14 February 2008
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The Black Mail

The Black Mail

Runs on: Selected Friday Evenings
Next Running Date: Sunday 27 July 2008
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The Charnwood Forester

The Charnwood Forester

Your six course dinner is served aboard our First Class Restaurant Cars as one of our historic main line steam locomotives takes you on a leisurely journey through the Leicestershire countryside. The train departs from Loughborough Central at 7.30 p.m., returning at 10.15 p.m. Your meal is served during the journey and there will be an interlude at the delightfully atmospheric Rothley station complete with original Edwardian gas lights.
Runs on: Selected Saturday Evenings
Next Running Date: Saturday 19 January 2008
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The Christmas Forester

The Christmas Forester

Your six course dinner is served aboard our First Class Restaurant Cars as one of our historic main line steam locomotives takes you on a leisurely journey through the Leicestershire countryside. The train departs from Loughborough Central at 7.30 p.m., returning at 10.00 p.m. Your meal is served during the journey and there will be an interlude at the delightfully atmospheric Rothley station complete with original Edwardian gas lights.
Runs on: Selected Friday and Saturday Evenings
Next Running Date: Saturday 29 November 2008
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The Master Cutler

The Master Cutler

our five course dinner is served aboard our First Class Restaurant Cars as one of our historic main line steam locomotives takes you on a leisurely journey through the Leicestershire countryside. The train departs from Loughborough Central at 7.30 p.m., returning at 10.15 p.m. Your meal is served during the journey and there will be an interlude at the delightfully atmospheric Rothley station complete with original Edwardian gas lights.
Runs on: Selected Friday Evenings
Next Running Date: No dates scheduled
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Luncheon
Boxing Day Lunch

Boxing Day Lunch

A special four-course lunch, with a delicious loin of pork main course offers the perfect antidote to all that turkey. Served aboard our First Class Restaurant Cars as one of our historic main line steam locomotives takes you on a leisurely journey through the Leicestershire countryside, the train departs from Loughborough Central at 1.15 p.m., returning at 2.45 p.m. Your meal is served during the journey and there will normally be a pause on Swithland viaduct with its magnificent views across the reservoir to Charnwood Forest.
Runs on: Boxing Day
Next Running Date: Friday 26 December 2008
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Christmas Day Feast

Christmas Day Feast

This ‘once a year’ feast features a unique six course menu, served aboard our First Class Restaurant Cars as one of our historic main line steam locomotives takes you on a leisurely journey through the Leicestershire countryside.
Runs on: Christmas Day
Next Running Date: Thursday 25 December 2008
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Mother's Day

Mother's Day

Runs on: Mothering Sunday
Next Running Date: Sunday 02 March 2008
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The Christmas Jubilee

The Christmas Jubilee

Your four-course lunch is served aboard our First Class Restaurant Cars as one of our historic main line steam locomotives takes you on a leisurely journey through the Leicestershire countryside. The train departs from Loughborough Central at 1.00 p.m., and completes two return trips to allow time for a leisurely lunch.
Runs on: Selected Saturdays and Sundays
Next Running Date: Saturday 29 November 2008
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The Elizabethan

The Elizabethan

Your four-course lunch is served aboard our First Class Restaurant Cars as one of our historic main line steam locomotives takes you on a leisurely journey through the Leicestershire countryside. Your meal is served during the journey and there will normally be a pause on Swithland viaduct with its magnificent views across the reservoir to Charnwood Forest.
Runs on: Selected Sundays
Next Running Date: Sunday 06 January 2008
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The South Yorkshireman

The South Yorkshireman

Your four-course lunch is served aboard our First Class Restaurant Cars as one of our historic main line steam locomotives takes you on a leisurely journey through the Leicestershire countryside. Your meal is served during the journey and there will normally be a pause on Swithland viaduct with its magnificent views across the reservoir to Charnwood Forest.
Runs on: Selected Saturdays
Next Running Date: Saturday 05 January 2008
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Information

Advance booking is essential for all our First Class Restaurant Car Services.

All menus are offered subject to availability and may be subject to occasional change.

Alternatives for vegetarian or other special dietary requirements can be pre booked for all menus, for details please contact the Booking Office.

An extensive range of wines, beers and spirits is available for purchase from your Steward.

Prices are inclusive of a First Class runabout ticket, which allows UNLIMITED travel on any passenger service operating on the Great Central Railway on the day of your visit.

First Class Restaurant Car Gift Vouchers

Ideal birthday, anniversary, retirement or Christmas presents for family, a loved one or to say thank you, buy a first class restaurant car meal as a gift with one of our vouchers.

The recipient can choose their own date for the selected service (subject to availability), and vouchers can be ordered for any number of people. Vouchers are normally sent by first class post to the purchaser the same day, or following day. Restaurant Car gift vouchers are subject to a £2.50 admin charge per voucher, in addition to the normal tariff.

Please order either by phone on 01509 230726 or by using our online store.

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