View from an old railway line
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View from an old railway line
Image: © Marathon Taken: 29 Sep 2018
This is the view from the cycle track on the western edge of Skellingthorpe village. It is part of the National Cycle Network. It follows the route of a former railway line which was opened in March 1897 by the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway on its main line from Chesterfield to Lincoln. It was closed by British Railways in 1955, although freight and passenger trains continued to pass for some years after that. The site of Skellingthorpe station was a little way to the east at Lincoln Road - see https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14&lat=53.2363&lon=-0.6217&layers=11&b=1 For the history of the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire,_Derbyshire_and_East_Coast_Railway
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Image Location
Latitude
53.233471
Longitude
-0.622689