Nottingham - NG5 (Basford)
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Nottingham - NG5 (Basford)
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 23 May 2012
The footpath that commences at the end of this cul-de-sac (Camelot Avenue) leads to a sandstone cutting that previously carried the Great Central Railway main line towards New Basford station. The station was situated half a mile or so behind the photographer, off Haydn Road. The railway line, having come out of the Sherwood Rise tunnel, used to run to the left of these houses. The station itself (no longer in existence) was of the "island" type with the central ‘pad’ and its platforms located between the up and the down tracks. In this case however, the former station was apparently situated on a raised embankment, meaning that the station was accessed from a subterranean roadway or passageway off Haydn Road that passed beneath the lines. This section of the line closed completely on 25 March 1968
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Image Location
Latitude
52.975814
Longitude
-1.161825