Cinderhill Tram Stop - 4 (former colliery railway bridge)
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Cinderhill Tram Stop - 4 (former colliery railway bridge)
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 19 May 2010
The Highbury Vale to Phoenix Park branch of the Nottingham tram system is built on the formation of the Midland Railway Babbington (Cinderhill) Colliery Branch, which ran from a junction with the Midland's Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop line where the Highbury Vale tram stop now is. The Midland line ran parallel to (and in the shadow of) the Great Northern Derbyshire Extension line to Derby, which ran on tall embankments and viaducts - of which no traces remain - between Cinderhill and Basford North. This view, taken from the entrance to the tram stop, shows the parapets of Great Northern Bridge No 2, which carried Bagnall Road over its own line to Babbington Colliery, which (along with the bridge) had originally been built by Thomas North, the owners of Babbington Colliery. The GNR cutting has been filled in and is now the site of the steps and zig-zag access ramp to the tram stop.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.989115
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-1.200449