Arkwright Town Junction is a former railway junction near
Arkwright Town in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
, England.
Arkwright Town Junction(2) on ''flickr''
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Context
Arkwright Town Junction was one of four interrelated junctions built by the GCR GCR (or GCRS) may refer to:
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to connect its main line to the LD&ECR's main line when it took the latter company over in 1907. The junctions are usually referred to collectively as "Duckmanton Junction" or occasionally as "Duckmanton Junctions."
Description
The four junctions operated interactively, so they are described together in the article Duckmanton Junction to which the reader is referred.
References
External links
Arkwright Town Junction: old OS map via ''npemap''
{{coord, 53, 13, 55.42, N, 1, 21, 7.84, W, type:landmark_region:GB-DBY, display=title
Rail junctions in England
Rail transport in Derbyshire
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway structures