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Location notes
A lightly used (and therefore lightly maintained & muddy) road bridge, over the Midland Main Line between Harpenden and St. Albans.
The bridge is over a straight section of track and therefore you should not miss a train because you can hear them coming and see them as well.
The bridge is over a straight section of track and therefore you should not miss a train because you can hear them coming and see them as well.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger services are worked by a selection of HSTs, Meridians (222s), 317s & 319s. There is minimal freight along the southern section of the MML.
Environment
Open fields
Road directions
From the M1, Junction 9:
Follow the A5183 to the roundabout at Redbourn. At the roundabout take the first exit (B487) and follow this road into Harpenden. At the roundabout take the third exit (A1081) and head south toward St. Albans. There is a left hand turn signposted ‘Ayres End.’ The location is the first bridge that Crosses the line.
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Ayres End map co-ordinates
Follow the A5183 to the roundabout at Redbourn. At the roundabout take the first exit (B487) and follow this road into Harpenden. At the roundabout take the third exit (A1081) and head south toward St. Albans. There is a left hand turn signposted ‘Ayres End.’ The location is the first bridge that Crosses the line.
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Ayres End map co-ordinates
Parking
There is room to leave your car just to the side of the road.
Public transport
Sun Compass
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Ayres End
Streetmap links
Ayres End general view map
Ayres End close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Ayres End
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Ayres End
Googly map
Ayres End general view map
Ayres End close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Ayres End
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Photographic notes
You can view trains from both sides of the bridge, although the view of northbound workings is heavily obscured with overhead line and siganning equipment. With steps you can take photos directly from above the trains.
General views - All photographs © Joe Patrick unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
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.
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