I had seen those about 20 years ago when I worked in Manchester, but couldn't remember where they were.Rambo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 18:41If you go back on GSV the Trafford park estates railway used to go through that roundabout to CPC / Cargill but has been disused since the early 90's. https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4666614 ... 312!8i6656IanRB wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:57 If you're prepared to accept a tram as a railway then Trafford Park has some:
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4673098 ... 384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4682716 ... 384!8i8192
I have some photo's of the area taken around 2004/05 that i must dig out.
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The Croydon Tramlink just misses the roundabout here at Coombe Lane
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3587397 ... 384!8i8192
But does cross straight through this roundabout further along in New Addington!
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3472555 ... 384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3587397 ... 384!8i8192
But does cross straight through this roundabout further along in New Addington!
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3472555 ... 384!8i8192
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So which came first - the Magic Roundabout or the Magical roundabout?
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Columbus, Ohio? No level crossing, but how about Walsall insteadKeithW wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 09:51 Cant find a US example with a roundabout but in Columbus Ohio there is railroad that runs right through the centre of the city, through a multi story car parks and has a level crossing, it used to be for vehicles and pedestrians but is now pedestrian only after an accident in the 90's when a train hit a stalled delivery truck and derailed.
GSV here - I worked in the AEP tower in the background.
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If we're allowing cases where the railway is at a higher or lower level than the roundabout, here are two that I don't think have been mentioned:
1) "Roscoe's roundabout" on the A560 at the end of the spur from the M60 at J2. The Altrincham-Stockport railway passes over it by two bridges, one of which dates from the original construction of the railway, while the other one was built with the motorway.
2) Part of the A446/A452 junction near Coleshill is now, or soon will be, a roundabout under the future line of HS2. This replaces the former roundabout over the M42 (which did not have slip roads to/from the motorway).
1) "Roscoe's roundabout" on the A560 at the end of the spur from the M60 at J2. The Altrincham-Stockport railway passes over it by two bridges, one of which dates from the original construction of the railway, while the other one was built with the motorway.
2) Part of the A446/A452 junction near Coleshill is now, or soon will be, a roundabout under the future line of HS2. This replaces the former roundabout over the M42 (which did not have slip roads to/from the motorway).
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No mention, as far as I can see, of the A36 / A367 in Bath
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A452 in Leamington Spa. Although the junction is no longer a roundabout.
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That's a lovely viaduct!Alderpoint wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 09:47 A452 in Leamington Spa. Although the junction is no longer a roundabout.
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Not quite in the middle but this thread reminded me of the double roundabout at Norris Green, Liverpool. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nethe ... d-2.963085
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Not so much the middle, but round it from the right to the middle of the building under construction. Less than 20 years since it was closed, no real trace left.
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I thought there was at least one roundabout with a railway bridge in the middle somewhere in Watford and there is at Bushey Arches
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Some New Zealand railway oddities:
Blenheim (railway through 5-arm roundabout) -https://www.google.com/maps/@-41.513545 ... 384!8i8192
Napier (railway through ovalbout) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-39.481898 ... a=!3m1!1e3
Whangarei (railway bridge over roundabout) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.727576 ... 384!8i8192
Hastings (railway through a fountain) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-39.641660 ... 312!8i6656
Tauranga (another railway through a fountain) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.684419 ... 384!8i8192
Blenheim (railway through 5-arm roundabout) -https://www.google.com/maps/@-41.513545 ... 384!8i8192
Napier (railway through ovalbout) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-39.481898 ... a=!3m1!1e3
Whangarei (railway bridge over roundabout) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.727576 ... 384!8i8192
Hastings (railway through a fountain) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-39.641660 ... 312!8i6656
Tauranga (another railway through a fountain) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.684419 ... 384!8i8192
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Thanks for sharing these! The Hastings one has all sorts of interesting features - it's a railway line that just pushes through a town centre and everything about it looks a bit strange. But clearly it works, presumably because it's not a very busy line.kiwislark wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 08:34Hastings (railway through a fountain) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-39.641660 ... 312!8i6656
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And looking slightly to the left, it also has two kids sat in a cage!
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However, what's really upsetting is that it's not in the middle of the fountain - it's offset. That's completely doing my head in.Chris5156 wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 12:54Thanks for sharing these! The Hastings one has all sorts of interesting features - it's a railway line that just pushes through a town centre and everything about it looks a bit strange. But clearly it works, presumably because it's not a very busy line.kiwislark wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 08:34Hastings (railway through a fountain) - https://www.google.com/maps/@-39.641660 ... 312!8i6656
(looking further afield, there's evidence that the line has probably been singled, mind)
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Two in London's Docklands:
Cyprus station and Beckton Park station, both located on roundabouts on the A1020.
Cyprus station and Beckton Park station, both located on roundabouts on the A1020.
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