And the next photo will have...(real railway version)

[BG John]

Bridgwater, quite a long time ago.

 

[TheSignalEngineer]

Tug 40 on stone empties at Marple in August 2011. Possibly the Oakleigh - Tunstead 6H03.

 

 

The footbridge is long gone and no Tugs on the stone train I see these days.

 

This could have gone in at least three threads, note the obligatory bus on the A626 Brabyns Brow bridge in the background.

[bingley hall]

Two for the price of one at Bedford - October 1977

 

Edited September 14, 2017 by bingley hall

[TheSignalEngineer]

Another two for the price of one, I nearly used this yesterday for the old 'Short Tunnel' into the dock at the end of Platform 6.

 

[luckymucklebackit]

Prestonpans

 

 

And the builders plate from the footbridge at Coatdyke installed as a replacement during the Blue Train Electrification

 

 

Jim

[TheSignalEngineer]

I'm well into BOGOF mode today. 

 

This was taken during the replacement of the footbridge at Marple shown in #2702

 

[phil_sutters]

Less of a footbridge - more of an upper concourse - with retail units and coffee bar.

 

Edited September 14, 2017 by phil_sutters

[NorthBrit]

Footbridge over The Weardale Railway Line at Stanhope Station.   Prior to boarding The Polar Express  Christmas 2016

Edited September 14, 2017 by NorthBrit

[Metr0Land]

Settle March 2012

 

[Liam]

In this photo of Sir Keith Park is the footbridge at Bewdley station, photo taken December 2016.

 

*EDIT* I've had to crop most of the rest out to get the footbridge in!

Edited September 14, 2017 by SVRlad

[phil_sutters]

A rather more modest offering this time

 

Edited September 14, 2017 by phil_sutters

[melmerby]

This could have gone in the tunnel section as well.

 

Footbridge from Colmore Row to Snow Hill Station above the North end of Snow Hill tunnel

LM 172 339 heading south

 

 

Taken at 14:28 today.

 

Keith

[melmerby]

Footbridge over The Weardale Railway Line at Stanhope Station.   Prior to boarding The Polar Express  Christmas 2016

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That's sparkly!

 

Keith

[Metr0Land]

Jacob's Ladder West Ealing in the background



For those that don't know the background -

Back in the day, the DafT were shamed into having to provide a ‘parliamentary bus’ from Ealing to Wandsworth Road after Virgin withdrew their passenger service over part of the route in 2007 and created a possible closure by stealth. This ultimately attracted film crews from around the globe, not to mention plenty of gricers.

Some bright spark then realised that with the upcoming Southern franchise renewal they could tack the requirement to reinstate the actual rail service into the franchise requirement – presumably civil servants thinking ‘we’re sure the railway train companies can do something’

In the event Southern were going to use a spare 171 unit that was at Selhurst during the daytime. Driver training started between Selhurst and West Ealing but then the TOCs and FOCs who used the West London Line and GWML complained to ORR that if a 171 failed there was nothing that could rescue it for hours on end, so the driver training was abruptly halted. (I assume for some reason they couldn’t roster a pair of 171’s in multiple).

Southern then intended to use 377’s to Acton or Ealing (not sure if this ever happened) but in the event ran services Wandsworth Road-Olympia (see attached). The DafT then went through the proper consultation process and the service was formally withdrawn 2012/2013.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/withdrawal-of-scheduled-passenger-services-between-wandsworth-road-kensington-olympia-and-ealing-broadway
 

[BG John]

Mortimer on the Berks & Hants Basingstoke Branch, before the station was restored

 

The footbridge at Williton on the West Somerset, where it was before where it is now!

[Rivercider]

Taking the lead from Mike's old and new photos here are some views from Exeter Central,

first the old concrete footbridge at the New North Road end of the station which was manufactured at Exmouth Junction.

50006 Neptune restarts the 12.25 Exeter St Davids to Waterloo away from Exeter Central beneath the footbridge, 24/7/80

 

And how the bridge looks after replacement

159007 departs Exeter Central for Waterloo 14/12/2016

 

At the other end of the station the concrete footbridge still remains

Exeter Central footbridge seen from Queen St Bridge, 28/12/2014

 

And the view inside the footbridge which has seen a huge increase in passengers in the last 20 years, 

Looking towards the ticket hall, 12/7/2016

 

cheers 

[Rivercider]

A selection of bridges from around the BR network

 

Set 253020 departs Bridgend at 12.18 for Paddington, 6/11/81

 

 

37271 heading south through Taffs Well with loaded 16t minerals of coal including one with a hot-box, 26/6/81

 

26035 working the 07.10 Kyle of Localsh to Inverness is about to depart Dingwall, 18/6/83

 

There is not much of it to see here but many railway photos have been taken from the footbridge at Holgate Junction York,

37079 is recessed in the sidings with a short train of HTVs, 10/6/83

 

Class 114 set 50011 56041 departs Worksop on a Retford to Sheffield working, 16/9/81

 

cheers

[96701]

Well, there is a bit of a footbridge in this picture. Mainly, though at least it is a Deltic at Kings Cross, and it won't be possible to get a snap like that again.

[newbryford]

Three footbridges from me.

 

Helsby August 2017

 

 

Peterborough June 2014

 

 

And from today. The public footpath across the sidings at Tunstead works.

 

Cheers,

Mick

Edited September 15, 2017 by newbryford

[TheSignalEngineer]

This could have gone in the tunnel section as well.

 

Footbridge from Colmore Row to Snow Hill Station above the North end of Snow Hill tunnel

LM 172 339 heading south

 

snow hill footbridge.jpg

 

Taken at 14:28 today.

 

Keith

Somewhere I have a picture of that bridge in 1987 taken from inside the tunnel.

[phil_sutters]

Another before and after to start with - Forest Hill - a local station when we lived in London.

 

Lewes' bridge is at road level and has four sets of steps and a long ramp - as well as the more recently installed lifts, which seem to be out of order quite often.

 

 

Now for some of Dad's mono photos

 

and finally a sad one!

[melmerby]

Somewhere I have a picture of that bridge in 1987 taken from inside the tunnel.

I suppose in my picture strictly speaking that isn't the tunnel mouth itself but the raft over the tracks to support the building above!

 

I assume the original tunnel mouth is still there?

 

Cheers

 

Keith

[melmerby]

Barnt Green looking towards Birmingham with XC Voyager disappearing into the distance

 

 

Keith

[Tim R-T-C]

I do enjoy this daily challenge, you have to try and guess what the challenge is as you scroll back to the first post.

 

My I submit, the least used station footbridge in the UK?

 

185139 passing through Teesside Aiport by Timothy Young, on Flickr

[melmerby]

A couple of shots of the two sides of Kings Cross showing the footbridge and the splendidly refurbished ironwork in the roof.

And a variety of rolling stock to boot!

 

 

Keith