Level crossing and radio mast
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Level crossing and radio mast by Roger Jones as part of the Geograph project.
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Level crossing and radio mast
Image: © Roger Jones Taken: 30 Jul 2011
This is in station road, once the site of Bentley railway station, previously Bentley Junction. At one time a junction of the Great Eastern mainline with a branch line to Hadleigh. It closed in 1966. See Image] by Ben Brooksbank The radio mast is used for CSR (Cab Secure Radio) to allow train drivers to communicate to base. CSR will be superseded by GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications - Railway) in November 2011.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.988756
Longitude
1.085023