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Location notes
The A607 road bridge over the Leicester to Peterborough two track main line.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger traffic is a mix of Turbostars and Sprinters. Freight traffic is mostly stone traffic to and from Mountsorrel. Pendolino drags to and from the Asfordby test centre also pass this way.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Syston Bypass bridge
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Environment
A busy road overbridge in short piece of open countryside between Syston and East Goscote.
Road directions
Take the A46 north from Leicester and turn left just north of Syston (signposted A607). Soon after leaving the A46 there is a roundabout, turn right here and follow the road to the next roundabout where you need to continue straight on. The roadbridge is reached after approx 800 yards.
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Syston Bypass bridge map co-ordinates
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Syston Bypass bridge map co-ordinates
Parking
Park on the grass verge on the left near to the top of the bridge.
Public transport
Arriva services 5/5A operate every 10 minutes from Leicester Bus Station. Service 5, every 20 minutes, operates into the estate at East Goscote, service 5A does not go into the estate but continues along the road to Rearsby.
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Amenities
None in the immediate area. The nearest shops are in Syston or East Goscote.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Syston Bypass bridge
Streetmap links
Syston Bypass bridge general view map
Syston Bypass bridge close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Syston Bypass bridge
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Syston Bypass bridge
Googly map
Syston Bypass bridge general view map
Syston Bypass bridge close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Syston Bypass bridge
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Photographic notes
Still Photography Notes:
The line here runs south west to north east, so gets sun on the nose of eastbound trains in the morning until approx 10am. Although the sun does not quite get on the nose in the evening, it is possible to get a nice shot of eastbound trains on a summers evening from the north side of the line with the sun pretty much side on to the train. There is no shot from this bridge looking east as it is totally overgrown.
Video Photography Notes:
Eastbound trains are normally powering here as they are regaining speed after slowing for Syston Junction. Good zoom sequencies can be filmed here though it is not possible to do pan shots from the bridge. Any video footage taken from this bridge is likely to suffer with road noise.
Special Note:
For any train taking the Peterborough line at Syston Junction, it is possible to chase the train to this bridge from Cossington, thus enabling two shots to be taken.
The line here runs south west to north east, so gets sun on the nose of eastbound trains in the morning until approx 10am. Although the sun does not quite get on the nose in the evening, it is possible to get a nice shot of eastbound trains on a summers evening from the north side of the line with the sun pretty much side on to the train. There is no shot from this bridge looking east as it is totally overgrown.
Video Photography Notes:
Eastbound trains are normally powering here as they are regaining speed after slowing for Syston Junction. Good zoom sequencies can be filmed here though it is not possible to do pan shots from the bridge. Any video footage taken from this bridge is likely to suffer with road noise.
Special Note:
For any train taking the Peterborough line at Syston Junction, it is possible to chase the train to this bridge from Cossington, thus enabling two shots to be taken.
General views - All photographs © Jason Cross unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Taken in the morning.
Fig 2 - Looking west
Taken in the evening.
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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.
