- Swithland Viaduct
Swithland Viaduct is a railway viaduct in Leicestershire that carries the former
Great Central Main Line overSwithland Reservoir . It is unusual in that it carries the line over areservoir rather than avalley . It actually consists of two separate viaducts, with an embankment over Brazil Island in the centre of the reservoir. The line now carries the Great Central Railway.Photography may be undertaken from the south from Main Street, or at very long range from the dam which carries Kinchley Lane. If one has a lineside permit, one can walk south from Quorn and photograph trains coming north off the viaduct. The viaduct itself however is out of bounds. The best location is probably from the east at Kinchley Hill but there is no public access there (the land is owned by
Severn Trent )
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