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Road directions
From the M25, Junction 7: Join the M23 and head north. This road soon become the A23, continue along the road through the village area and you will notice a new looking bridge on your right at some traffic lights. This is Netherne Drive, which is the location.
Parking
The pavements are quite wide across the bridge on the north side, so it should be possible to park here off the road.
Public transport
Coulsdon South station is about a mile and a half north of the location, it should be possible to walk down the pavements of the A23 from there.
Amenities
There are a couple of petrol stations within a short walk of the location.
Given the height of the cutting the sun will need to be very high in the sky to reach down to track level. The lines are pretty much south facing, so this will be pretty much any time from around 11:00 to 13:00, depending on the time of the year. The bridge parapet is above head height, so it would be advisable to have steps or something if you are planning on going when the location might be busy. There are more bridges to the south of this location offering similar shots, they have lower parapets but they have a safety caging/fencing that restricts the views. For shots of north bound trains on either the slows or fasts a slightly longer lens would help to get 'over' the pipeline that runs just next to the bridge. Road noise might be a problem from the A23 that runs parallel to the location.
April 2007: Due to a large number of land slips at this location network rail has undertaken bank strengthening works here. The fitting of this metal grid along the length of the cutting has required the stripping back of all the line side vegetation, thus cleaning up the shot.
