The train now waiting at platform one is the 11.15 to nowhere in particular, writes Jeremy Clay. Calling at Box Tunnel (because the doors are locked), Haven Bridge (because the gate's locked, too) and the Lakeside Signal Box (because the driver has spotted a buzzard perched on a nearby tree trunk).Welcome to the most fitful passenger service in Leicestershire, which runs for the public on just two occasions a year. This, though, isn't one of them; just a bit of a dry run ahead of Stapleford...
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