Fledborough Viaduct

Fledborough Viaduct is a former railway viaduct near Fledborough, Nottinghamshire. ContextThe viaduct is a substantial structure which carried the double-track LD& ECR's Chesterfield Market Place to Lincoln Central main line over the River Trent. It is situated between the former stations of Fledborough and Clifton-on-Trent, but nearer the latter. Opened in 1897, it consists of 59 arches spread either side of four metal girder spans which cross the river itself. Nine million bricks were used in its construction which cost £65, 000. Timetabled passenger services over the viaduct ended in September 1955, though Summer Weekend excursions from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to Cleethorpes and Mablethorpeand from Manchester Central to Yarmouth Vauxhall until 1964. From the 1960s traffic east of Langwith Junction was overwhelmingly coal, much of which went straight from collieries to High Marnham Power Station which opened in 1959, this traffic therefore turned off about half a mile before the viaduct. The Grimsby to Whitland express fish ran until at least 1962 via Fledborough and through Mansfield Central.

Fledborough Viaduct is a former railway viaduct near Fledborough, Nottinghamshire. ContextThe viaduct is a substantial structure which carried the double-track LD& ECR's Chesterfield Market Place to Lincoln Central main line over the River Trent. It is situated between the former stations of Fledborough and Clifton-on-Trent, but nearer the latter. Opened in 1897, it consists of 59 arches spread either side of four metal girder spans which cross the river itself. Nine million bricks were used in its construction which cost £65, 000. Timetabled passenger services over the viaduct ended in September 1955, though Summer Weekend excursions from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to Cleethorpes and Mablethorpeand from Manchester Central to Yarmouth Vauxhall until 1964. From the 1960s traffic east of Langwith Junction was overwhelmingly coal, much of which went straight from collieries to High Marnham Power Station which opened in 1959, this traffic therefore turned off about half a mile before the viaduct. The Grimsby to Whitland express fish ran until at least 1962 via Fledborough and through Mansfield Central.