Preserved stations - which ones feel most "real"?

[andyram]

But there again, as a seaside holiday line, it shouldn't be quiet. What made it for me on the first day of running from Corfe Castle were the number of kiddies bucket 'n' spades on the coach window tables, - back to a 1950's holiday line.

 

  

Exactly. It feels "real" for what it is.

For the same reason you could put such a label on Whitby Station when the NYMR trains arrive.

I once saw a very attractive looking business lady arrive at Bewdley Station to take the SVR train to Kidderminster. It was nice to see someone using the railway as a mode of transport rather than a pleasure ride.