The bridge crosses the track bed of the former Mansfield to Southwell line at the site of Kirklington and Edingley station. This is now part of the Southwell trail which provides a very convenient, local off-road cycling route. The platform edge and the station house are still in place and the ramp at the end of the platform is clearly visible in the photo.
It’s gradually downhill all the way to the Trent valley, as the Midland Railway engineers smoothed out the grade with a series of cuttings and embankments. The route closed to passengers in 1929 and for goods and summer specials bound for the east coast, in 1964.
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