Radford Junction
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Radford Junction
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 16 Feb 2014
The left hand line leads to Trowell Junction on the Erewash Valley Line. Once used by express services between London and Sheffield via Nottingham, it was earmarked for possible closure towards the end of the 20th century. It has revived since then, carrying the Northern Trains local service linking Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds. The line straight ahead is the former Midland Railway Leen Valley line, opened in 1849 to tap the expanding Nottinghamshire coalfield. Passenger services were withdrawn in the 1960s under the Beeching Plan, but were revived in 1993 as the Robin Hood Line, which now operates half-hourly between Nottingham and Mansfield Woodhouse, hourly to Worksop.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.957185
Longitude
-1.184663