Rome Street Junction
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Rome Street Junction by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Rome Street Junction
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 20 Jun 2008
Seen from the Rome Street Bridge, this was once the site of Rome Street Junction on the Carlisle avoiding lines, which gave freight trains an alternative route missing Citadel station, part of the complex railway layout around Carlisle. See http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/bog_junction_carlisle.html for details of the history of this railway. Network Rail has recently raised the possibility of reinstating this route to relieve congestion in the station.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.887405
Longitude
-2.93452