Melbourne Junction
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Melbourne Junction by Ian Calderwood as part of the Geograph project.
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Melbourne Junction
Image: © Ian Calderwood Taken: 5 Dec 2012
This used to be the junction where the Derby to Ashby railway, which passed through Melbourne, met the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway. The main line to Birmingham, heading off to the right, is still very much in use, but the line to Melbourne is now a single-track goods line serving only the Rolls-Royce aero engine works. The rest of the line, through Chellaston towards Melbourne, was closed in the 1960s.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.895895
Longitude
-1.474788