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Location notes
A large metal replacment for an old station footbridge.
Railway type and traffic
Busy four track mainline. Passenger traffic is intense and is formed of EMT Units and Midland Mainline HST's and Turbostars.
A handful of freights pass this way.
A handful of freights pass this way.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Barrow upon Soar
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Environment
This is a new footbridge between housing and a riverside area of the town. There is no access, directly, from the free car park to the bridge.
Road directions
Take the A6 north from Leicester and turn off this road at the north end of Barrow on Soar (same turning as Quorn). Follow the signs for Barrow and as you enter the village, you will encounter a narrow bridge (with traffic lights) and then the road climbs up to a roundabout. The first exit off this roundabout goes over the railway line, you will pass a free car park which has a shot of the line through the mesh gates at the end. Continue up the High Street and take the second left onto 'Cotes Road', then take the next left onto 'The Rookeries'. Park here and follow the foot path at the end of the road left to the bridge.
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Barrow upon Soar map co-ordinates
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Barrow upon Soar map co-ordinates
Parking
Parking consideratley in the residential road - The Rookeries.
Public transport
There is an hourly train service between Loughborough and Leicester which serves the station at Barrow on Soar, in addition Kinchbus service 2 operates every 30 minutes between the two towns and serves Barrow.
East Midlands Travel line
National Rail
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East Midlands Travel line
National Rail
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Amenities
Several shops close to the car park on the opposite side of the railway bridge.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Barrow upon Soar
Streetmap links
Barrow upon Soar general view map
Barrow upon Soar close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Barrow upon Soar
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Barrow upon Soar
Googly map
Barrow upon Soar general view map
Barrow upon Soar close up map
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Barrow upon Soar
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Photographic notes
Still Photography Notes:
First of all, there is a shot available for southbound trains from the car park and the adjacent railway overbridge. There is no northbound shot here as the railway goes into a deep cutting on the south side of the bridge.
The footbridge (which used to serve the original Barrow on Soar station) offers a shot in both directions. Southbound trains can be photographed with sun on the nose between about 11am and 1.30pm in the summer. This window of opportunity is a lot narrower in the winter as some high trees on the west side of the track soon cast shadows - in fact you need the sun virtually down the track to get sun in the cutting for southbound trains, so winter photography of southbound trains is not recommended. The southbound shot is far better if the train is on the slow line as the fast line shot is a little head on and gets shadowed up very quickly even in high summer. The northbound shot is ideal for trains on the slow line. Trains on the fast have to be photographed head on as there is a grey Portacabin that prevents the photographer from going wide. In the summer, northbound trains have sun on the nose from about 2.30pm. This location suffers badly from shadows during the winter months.
Video Photography Notes:
Good for video from the footbridge as there is no road noise to compete with. But the bridge will vibrate when fast, but not necessarily heavy, workings pass underneath.
Suzie - My Barrow on Soar collectionFirst of all, there is a shot available for southbound trains from the car park and the adjacent railway overbridge. There is no northbound shot here as the railway goes into a deep cutting on the south side of the bridge.
The footbridge (which used to serve the original Barrow on Soar station) offers a shot in both directions. Southbound trains can be photographed with sun on the nose between about 11am and 1.30pm in the summer. This window of opportunity is a lot narrower in the winter as some high trees on the west side of the track soon cast shadows - in fact you need the sun virtually down the track to get sun in the cutting for southbound trains, so winter photography of southbound trains is not recommended. The southbound shot is far better if the train is on the slow line as the fast line shot is a little head on and gets shadowed up very quickly even in high summer. The northbound shot is ideal for trains on the slow line. Trains on the fast have to be photographed head on as there is a grey Portacabin that prevents the photographer from going wide. In the summer, northbound trains have sun on the nose from about 2.30pm. This location suffers badly from shadows during the winter months.
Video Photography Notes:
Good for video from the footbridge as there is no road noise to compete with. But the bridge will vibrate when fast, but not necessarily heavy, workings pass underneath.
General views - All photographs © Jason Cross unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north west
From the car park.
Fig 2 - Looking north west
From the footbridge.
Fig 3 - Looking south east
From the footbridge.
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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.
