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This former railway bridge over Edingley Beck is situated between the former Kirklington & Edingley Station (3-4 mins away on foot to the right of the picture) and the village of Farnsfield (15 mins walk away to the left). On the other side of the bridge - a mile or so further northwards - the beck empties into the River Greet. The Rolleston Junction to Southwell line - 2.5 miles in each direction - was a branch off the Midland Railway Company’s Nottingham to Lincoln route. In 1871 the single line track was extended beyond Southwell to Mansfield to aid the transportation of coal in an easterly direction, bringing the total length of the line to 12.5 miles and doubling the amount of coal being ‘exported’. Passengers were also able to travel between stations on this Mansfield and Rolleston Junction branch service between 1929 - 59. Thereafter, the line continued to be used for coal trains and some excursion trains until 1965. The track was finally taken up in 1969 and the Southwell Trail was established. It now forms part of The Robin Hood Way long distance path.