Photos, tagged [subject:railway] , by Nigel Cox, in reverse order

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	Croxley Rail Link (14): Trackbed north-west of the former Watford West Station by Nigel Cox geograph for square TQ0995 For many years this view of the former L&NWR's Croxley Branch, from the Tolpits Lane road bridge, was completely obscured by a wall of tree vegetation. However all the trackside vegetation has now been removed in preparation for the development of the link, which is now formally known as the Metropolitan Line Extension. Unlike in other locations ...
	High Wycombe: Chiltern Main Line by Nigel Cox geograph for square SU8693 This is the view from the pedestrian footbridge on the west side of the A404 Amersham Hill/Crendon Street road bridge. At its running peak there used to be four lines through here enabling fast through trains to overtake slower ones stopping at [[4586373]]. The retaining wall on the right is said to be the highest in Europe.
	King's Cross Railway Station by Nigel Cox geograph for square TQ3083 This is the view from the Goods Way bridge into the station. The Goods Way bridge is at the southern end of the Gasworks Tunnel that takes the railway under the Regent's Canal, on the other side of Goods Way.
	Epping Ongar Railway: View east from the Penson's Lane bridge by Nigel Cox geograph for square TL5303 This is the view looking towards Ongar. The line was opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1865, and only electrified by London Underground in 1957. It was closed by London Underground in 1994, but has since reopened, in a non-electrified state, under the auspices of the Epping Ongar Railway.
	Epping Ongar Railway: View east from the Bilsdens crossing by Nigel Cox geograph for square TL5303 All vestiges of London Underground's electrification of the line, such as the centre and side rails and the porcelain insulators, have long since been removed. This view was taken from the Bilsdens pedestrian public footpath crossing of the railway. Because this was a railway operational day care was taken to check that no trains were coming in ...
	Epping Ongar Railway: View west from the Bilsdens crossing by Nigel Cox geograph for square TL5303 All vestiges of London Underground's electrification of the line, such as the centre and side rails and the porcelain insulators, have long since been removed. This view was taken from the Bilsdens pedestrian public footpath crossing of the railway. Because this was a railway operational day care was taken to check that no trains were coming in ...
	Chiltern Main Line: West of Gerrards Cross by Nigel Cox geograph for square SU9989 The Chiltern Main Line through here, about 500 metres west of Gerrards Cross, was originally completed in 1906 as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway. The railway runs through deep cuttings along much of this part of the route. The siding on the right is for stabling trains that terminate at, or start from, Gerrards Cross ...
	Cotswold Line: Moreton-in-Marsh (2) by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP2032 The Cotswold Line runs between Oxford and Hereford and this is the view of it, looking away from Moreton-in-Marsh railway station in the up direction, from the A44 London Road bridge. The line was originally opened through here in 1853 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway. The siding on the right is assumed to be used for passenger ...
	Cotswold Line: Moreton-in-Marsh (1) by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP2032 The Cotswold Line runs between Oxford and Hereford and this is the view of it, looking towards Moreton-in-Marsh railway station in the down direction, from the A44 London Road bridge. The line was originally opened through here in 1853 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway. Recent satellite imagery shows sidings trackwork on both sides ...
	Horton: Route of the former Stratford on Avon, Towcester & Midland Junction Railway by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8453 Heading west from its junction with the Midland Railway's Bedford and Northampton Branch the former Stratford on Avon, Towcester & Midland Junction Railway strode purposefully along the hedgerow to the left in the direction of Towcester. The railway, which opened in 1891 and closed in 1952, ran through such sparsely populated areas that the next ...
	Ravenstone: Route of the former Stratford on Avon, Towcester & Midland Junction Railway by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8453 This is the route of the former Stratford on Avon, Towcester & Midland Junction Railway as it cut through the corner of Great Wood on its approach to its junction with the Midland Railway's Bedford and Northampton Branch, at Ravenstone Wood Junction. Trains would run through the junction to the eastern terminus of the line at Olney. The railway ...
	Roade: Route of the former Stratford on Avon, Towcester & Midland Junction Railway by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP7651 It's difficult to believe now but a railway once went across this field crossing the small watercourse in the distance between the single tree to the right and the line of trees to the left. Despite the lack of evidence looking along the alignment at ground level, the route is clearly marked with a scar when viewed in satellite imagery. The railway ...
	West Coast Main Line between Roade and Ashton by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP7650 This image was taken from the Ashton Road bridge. The bridge parapet is so high that this was very much a lift the camera over your head and have a punt type of photograph.
	Ravenstone: Former Midland Railway's Bedford & Northampton Branch by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8452 This is the dismantled track bed of the former Midland Railway's Bedford & Northampton Branch Line viewed looking towards Bedford from near the county boundary between Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. The railway was opened in 1872, but closed to passenger traffic in 1962 and goods in 1964. Odd sections of the line remained open for military ...
	Horton: Former Midland Railway's Bedford & Northampton Branch by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8453 This is the dismantled track bed of the former Midland Railway's Bedford & Northampton Branch Line viewed looking towards Northampton from near the county boundary between Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. The railway was opened in 1872, but closed to passenger traffic in 1962 and goods in 1964. Odd sections of the line remained open for ...