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Location notes
Located by Lichfield Trent Valley Junction signal box on Burton Old Road by Britannia Business Park with pedestrian foot crossing. There is also bridge which looks over Lichfield Trent Valley station on the WCML.
Railway type and traffic
Occasional XC Voyager workings in passenger service, but mostly ECS movements from Central Rivers.
Network Rail movements to/from Derby. Freightliner Coal workings.
Network Rail movements to/from Derby. Freightliner Coal workings.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Lichfield Trent Valley Junction
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Environment
On the outskirts of Lichfield and the village of Streethay on small quite road with the occasional dog walker and jogger.
Road directions
From the A38 between Derby and Lichfield:
If travelling north you will need to reverse to head south at Hillards Cross so come off at the turning for 'Fradley Park' and then take the first left to double back onto the A38 southbound.
Southbound take the A5127 turning towards Lichfield. When you join the main road you will see 'The Anchor' pub on the right and just after this is the turning for 'Burton Old Road' on the left. Take this and the location is at the end of the road.
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Lichfield Trent Valley Junction map co-ordinates
If travelling north you will need to reverse to head south at Hillards Cross so come off at the turning for 'Fradley Park' and then take the first left to double back onto the A38 southbound.
Southbound take the A5127 turning towards Lichfield. When you join the main road you will see 'The Anchor' pub on the right and just after this is the turning for 'Burton Old Road' on the left. Take this and the location is at the end of the road.
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Lichfield Trent Valley Junction map co-ordinates
Parking
A small section at the end of road to park 1, maybe 2, cars but Network Rail must have access to park at end of road by crossing so the road must be left clear. There will also be space to park your car on Burton Old Road further back in the housing area.
Public transport
Catch the train to either Lichfield Tent Valley station. Then walk out the station and turn right and cross over the WCML. Walk down the road until you see a bus stop on the left hand side of the road and just after this is 'Burton Old Road'. Continue down this road and you will reach the location.
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Amenities
There are no toilets but there is often a small sandwich van located in Britannia business park.
Sun Compass
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Lichfield Trent Valley Junction
Streetmap links
Lichfield Trent Valley Junction general view map
Lichfield Trent Valley Junction close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Lichfield Trent Valley Junction
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Lichfield Trent Valley Junction
Googly map
Lichfield Trent Valley Junction general view map
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Lichfield Trent Valley Junction
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Photographic notes
Light will favour Barton (north) bound workings for the first part of the morning. After that the preference will be for workings heading towards either Birmingham if heading direct, or Rugeley if taking the curve to the WCML.
General views - All photographs © Jack Meakin unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking east
Location Video
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
