The site of Basford North Station
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The site of Basford North Station
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 6 May 2011
This view westwards from the former railway bridge on Park Lane shows the industrial units built on what was from 1878-1968 Basford North railway station, on the Great Northern Railway line from Nottingham to Derby Friargate, a line built principally to carry coal from Erewash Valley pits to the marshalling yard at Colwick for onward despatch. Ben Brooksbank's Image] shows the station from the west, looking towards here, in the days of steam.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.990242
Longitude
-1.181211