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Location notes
Overlooking the Midland Main Line, about 9 miles north of St Pancras.
Railway type and traffic
Mostly Midland Main line HST’s and Turbostars (170’s) soon to include 222 Meridians. Only a small amount of freight.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Apex Corner [Southbound]
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Environment
North London housing estates, seems ok.
Road directions
Apex corner IS the junction of the A1 and A41.
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Apex Corner [Southbound] map co-ordinates
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Apex Corner [Southbound] map co-ordinates
Parking
Parking options consist of the Burger King car park, Petrol Stations car parks or Glendor Gardens (residential street parking) - First left turn off of Selvage Lane.
Public transport
Amenities
Next to a Burger Kind drive through. With a two petrol stations and a row of shops moments away.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Apex Corner [Southbound]
Streetmap links
Apex Corner [Southbound] general view map
Apex Corner [Southbound] close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Apex Corner [Southbound]
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Apex Corner [Southbound]
Googly map
Apex Corner [Southbound] general view map
Apex Corner [Southbound] close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Apex Corner [Southbound]
Who likes this location on facebook
Railway Gen Group
Photographic notes
An excellent view of approaching southbound trains and a reasonable view of northbound trains (for a better view see Apex Corner - Northbound) Your angle of views is limited on one side by the bank (Fig 3). With this in mind the location favours mornings.
Extra video notes
Although the location looks good the line runs parallel to the M1 motorway, traffic noise makes the location pretty much unusable unless you are shooting silent movies or post dubbing the audio.
Extra video notes
Although the location looks good the line runs parallel to the M1 motorway, traffic noise makes the location pretty much unusable unless you are shooting silent movies or post dubbing the audio.
General views - All photographs © Albert Dawson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
This wide shot show the extent of the track you can see, continuing on for a good mile or so. You can see the headlights of trains for a good while before that. The OLE can be obtrusive and you need to frame your shot carefully to avoid this. Lines are arranged (L) NB fast - SB fast - NB slow - SB Slow (R) - M1
Fig 2 - Looking north
A telephoto shot from further west along the bridge, once again with OLE masts timing and framing is important.
Fig 3 - Looking north
A wide shot of a southbound service.
Fig 4 - Looking north
The location is off of a road bridge, be careful not to get the nice blue paint work in the more side on of angles!
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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.
