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Location notes
Located on a road over rail bridge on a busy road.
Railway type and traffic
The mainline from Doncaster / Leeds direction.
Train consists Northern local services from Bridlington / Hull / Sheffield Adwick, along with Trans-Pennine Express service and Cross Country services.
There is aslo a reasonable flow of freight.
Train consists Northern local services from Bridlington / Hull / Sheffield Adwick, along with Trans-Pennine Express service and Cross Country services.
There is aslo a reasonable flow of freight.
Environment
Located on a busy town bridge. Did not experience any problems with the locals when I was there.
Road directions
From the A1(M) Junction 36:
Take the A630 towards,and through, Conisbrough. When you reach the village of Hooton Roberts take the B6090 towards Kilnhurst and Swinton. Immediately after crossing the second railway line turn right into Highthorn Road and the next right, Victoria Street, is the bridge for the location.
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Kilnhurst, Victoria Road Bridge map co-ordinates
Take the A630 towards,and through, Conisbrough. When you reach the village of Hooton Roberts take the B6090 towards Kilnhurst and Swinton. Immediately after crossing the second railway line turn right into Highthorn Road and the next right, Victoria Street, is the bridge for the location.
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Kilnhurst, Victoria Road Bridge map co-ordinates
Parking
Roadside parking in the nearby streets.
Public transport
From Swinton Station Ticket Office - leave the Car Park exit, turn left into Lime Grove. Follow the road to a T Junction and turn left again into Highthorn Road, keep following the road to the end which leads to Victoria Street where the bridge is located. Walking time about 20 minutes.
The location is served by the Bus 218 operated by Stagecoach. Timetables can be found on here.
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The location is served by the Bus 218 operated by Stagecoach. Timetables can be found on here.
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Kilnhurst, Victoria Road Bridge
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Kilnhurst, Victoria Road Bridge
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Kilnhurst, Victoria Road Bridge
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Kilnhurst, Victoria Road Bridge
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Photographic notes
Best location for photography is the morning for services heading towards Sheffield and Rotherham. On the opposite side facing towards Rotherham and Sheffield is a gas pipeline which crosses over the railway which can obstruct the view.
General views - All photographs © Stephen Bersey unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
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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.
