March 1964 12 stations on the Great Central Main Line (including Leicester Central) would close on Sundays which would allegedly save £250,000; 200 objections were lodged against the proposal and representations were made by local authorities to members of parliament. The engine shed closed in 1964, and freight services were withdrawn from the line in June 1965. On 3 September 1966 the line ceased to be a trunk route with the withdrawal of services to Sheffield and Marylebone, leaving Leicester Central operating a sparse DMU local service to Nottingham and Rugby. The line north of Nottingham would be closed and the track lifted, as would for most of the track between Rugby and Calvert. In the last few months before its own closure on 5 May 1969 the station was little but an unstaffed halt. Post-closure During 1970 Leicester Central's platform buildings, canopies and platforms were demolished and replaced by industrial premises; the signalboxes were removed and the site of the turntable became a car park. The former booking offices were reused as part of a business; the station's clocktower had previously been removed by British Rail. Much of the Great Central's viaduct through Leicester had been demolished by the beginning of the 1980s and the bowstring bridge over Northgate Street was dismantled in 1981. The Roman pavement was removed from the site in 1976 and is now on display in the close-by Old Jewry Wall Museum, about 100 metres (110 yards) from its original location. Station masters James Gaunt (formerly station master at Attercliffe) W. Barlow Frank Wilfred Wheddon ???? - 1923 (afterwards station master at York) Franklin Leigh 1924 - 1930 (formerly station master at Cleethorpes, afterwards station master at London Kings Cross) Harry Dennick 1931 - 1937 (formerly station master at Grantham) J.W. Plant 1937 - 1949 (formerly station master at Worksop) William Clegg 1949 - 1951 E.E. Hannant 1951 - 1952 (afterwards station master at Sheffield Midland station) H.W. Warwicker 1952 - 1957 Vernon Archer 1957 (formerly station master at Ely) Present day The station buildings remained largely intact until the 2000s, but are now scheduled to be restored as part of the regeneration of the waterside area. The arches will be made into shops. The front taxi waiting area still stands and has its original lights and glass roof. The booking office with ticket windows is intact and old timetables and signs are still on