Doe Lea Viaduct is a former railway viaduct near Carr Vale, Bolsover, Derbyshire, England. The viaduct was originally, formally known as Bolsover Viaduct [2] and is often referred to as Carr Vale Viaduct.

On Sunday (August 24th.) the quiet of Carr Vale village was shattered by an explosion, and when the dust clouds cleared, the valley over which the Doe Lea viaduct carried the old Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway line, looked like a blitzed Stonehenge.

Bolsover Tunnel is a disused and infilled twin-track railway tunnel [1] between Carr Vale and Scarcliffe in Derbyshire, England. At 2,624 yd (1.5 mi; 2.4 km) it was the 18th longest railway tunnel in Britain prior to its closure in 1951.

Bolsover South is a former railway station in Carr Vale, Bolsover, Derbyshire, England. The station was opened by the LD&ECR in March 1897 as plain "Bolsover". It was closed to all traffic by British Railways in December 1951, primarily due to the prohibitive cost of repairing and maintaining Bolsover Tunnel. [2] .

The track from the Market Place station edged around the town centre’s southern boundary on an embankment and traversed the River Rother, the Midland Railway’s main line, the GCR’s Chesterfield Loop and the main Derby Road on a 700-foot viaduct.

With a splendid brick built eight arch railway viaduct and then uphill into the station at Carr Vale. The line then passed the preservative factory and sidings on the left which was supplied by local grown fruit to for preserving and jams.

Jan 2, 2013 · I've lived in Bolsover all my life, and have known about the viaduct in Carr Vale, but never actually gave it much thought till now. So with the info in the websites mentioned previously, "I've", managed to pinpoint the viaduct's location.

The tragic affair happened about 4-25.p.rn. when the children attending the colliery schools at the New Bolsover infant school were returning home to Carr Vale which lies on the west side of the crossing.

Description: The viaduct carried the L D & E C Railway over the Doe Lea branch of the Midlands Railway. The viaduct was demolished (by the army) on 24 August 1952 - the line had closed the previous year.

The viaduct was originally, formally known as Bolsover Viaduct and is often referred to as Carr Vale Viaduct.