Railway arches, Leicester
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Railway arches, Leicester
Image: © Malc McDonald Taken: 26 Feb 2011
The Great Central Railway was the last main line railway built in the Victorian era. It ran south from Sheffield and Manchester through Nottingham and Leicester, to a London terminus at Marylebone. It passed through Leicester to the west of the city centre. The route through the Braunstone Gate area was on a viaduct, parts of which survive such as here alongside Bede Street. The bridge in the background carried the railway across the River Soar.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.631115
Longitude
-1.144637