Once a railway
Introduction
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Once a railway
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 15 Apr 2011
This was, until the 1960s, the route built by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston & Eastern Junction (later the Great Northern) Railway in the 1850s, leading to its London Road terminus and, after 1900, via London Road High Level, to Nottingham Victoria. Trains to and from Grantham and holiday specials carrying Nottinghamians to the East Coast used this line. The chimney of Eastcroft Incinerator is straight ahead, on the other side of the remaining railway, the Midland route to Newark and Lincoln (which has been used by Grantham trains, which branch off at Netherfield, since Victoria Station closed).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.947959
Longitude
-1.126049