Linby Trail
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Linby Trail by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Linby Trail
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 1 Jan 2012
At one time there were three separate railway lines that passed through the Leen Valley and there was enough coal traffic to keep all of them busy. This is a stretch of the former Great Northern Line which was the first to lose its passenger service, but survived as a freight only line until 1968. No coal is mined in this area now; the former Midland Railway route has been revived as the Robin Hood Line for passenger trains between Nottingham and Worksop, the Great Central Line has been more or less obliterated but this line has become the Linby Trail for walkers and cyclists.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.052977
Longitude
-1.206131