Beside the railway line at Haverscroft
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Beside the railway line at Haverscroft by Evelyn Simak as part of the Geograph project.
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Beside the railway line at Haverscroft
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 26 Jan 2011
The installation with the aerial is a Global system for mobile communications (GSM-R). It is used for communication between train and railway regulation control centres, using microwaves. Their prime purpose is safety on the railways and they will gradually replace signal boxes and manually operated crossings.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.500099
Longitude
0.998854