RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2011 i was working a night shift tonight, spare turn so i had an evening in the mess room as all jobs were covered, having watched the same episode of Mock the week on dave 3 times i decided to go for a walk round the station and take a few snaps with my mobile, thought they might be of some interest, a few detail shots maybe quite eerie to see the place practically empty, thinking that by the time i write this (on my way back to crewe on a pendolino, just left milton keynes) the place will be starting to come alive the station has recently had the roof refurbished and the scaffold and cladding is slowly being removed, the result is a very light and airy station, noticed the workmen were changing the old NSE style passinger screens for new dot matrix type last night another thread mentions remnants of old BR still on the newtowk, in particular NSE, heres some still knocking around Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Looks like a hard day's night for you....................... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted January 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2011 Nice snaps Jim. As you say, looks almost eerie when you think what it would look like a few hours later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I do like marylebone - nice ambience.My sister also used to live in the flats on the left as you leave.Looks alot better than it did in NSE days - shame you aren't likely to see any 47s there anymore though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2011 Nice atmospheric shots there Jim. As you says it's weird to see a normally very busy place, empty of people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thought the picture of the concourse with departure screen was aptly timed at 2:22am given the adjacent former BR headquarters at 222 Marylebone Road (now the Landmark Hotel). I have always enjoyed nightshifts for the sureal nature compared to the busy daytime - I am a civil engineer so get to explore motorways, stations, airports, ports etc when everyone else is in bed. Thanks for posting the pics. Graham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 As everything seems to be locked down/up why are there so many lights on? ask's my mother-in -law looking over my shoulder..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 14, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2011 its surprising how many people come and go at night doing deliveries to the retail units, then there are the cleaners and p way men knocking about i suppose thats why the lights are on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 On the same theme - Earl's Court (District Line Underground) during the night. The train on the right was the first ECS move through the station, on its way to form the start-up of the new days service not long after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNCF stephen Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 These shots kind of remind me of the film 28 days later. I find it quite interesting being in a place where there are usually hundreds, if not thousands, of people. I tend to notice things that I never normally see. Thanks for sharing these Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Does the 1.45 am Newspaper train not run anymore ?, LNER A3 up front (60104 Solario), 10 bogies, 350 tons., first stop Rugby Central, then Leicester Central & Nottingham Victoria. Must say Marylebone looks cared for these days. Long, long time since I was there. Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 On a similar subject, you might like these shots I took one Christmas Day at St Pancras: http://dereksphotos.digimig.co.uk/c1629953.html A selection below: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Simon Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hi, It's scary to see Marylebone so empty, it's not been like that whenever I've bee through it! I'm still amazed that Chiltern haven't got rid of the NSE signage there yet. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted January 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2011 We once had to carry out some maintenance at Kings Cross East Side Substation which meant switching the station off. It was really odd to stand on the footbridge with the station in darkness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger440 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hi, It's scary to see Marylebone so empty, it's not been like that whenever I've bee through it! I'm still amazed that Chiltern haven't got rid of the NSE signage there yet. Simon Why change it? It matches the company colours! As a well known MD/Chairman of said company pointed out to me soon after privitisation, let everyone else change their colour scheme, then we dont need to! And so it pretty much remains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger440 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I do like marylebone - nice ambience.My sister also used to live in the flats on the left as you leave.Looks alot better than it did in NSE days - shame you aren't likely to see any 47s there anymore though. When you saw 47's it usually meant we were in the mire and had run out of trains! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I grew up in High Wycombe in the 70s and I can assure you that Marylebone was just about as empty as that pretty much every time I passed through, no matter what time of day! I caught a train there for the first time since about 1985 a couple of years ago (it was when the WCML was closed at Rugby and I was on my way back to Liverpool, so I went Marylebone-Birmingham then walked over to New Street for a Liverpool train) and the transformation was unbelievable. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Belgian Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Wow! There's an AMT Express there - I thought they'd been chucked out of all the London terminals by the big boys like Starbucks etc. I've always loved their milkshakes and nutbars and used to seek them out when in London, but haven't found them for many a long year . . . I feel a visit to Marylebone coming on. JE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 There's AMT at St Pancras (upstairs by the EMT platforms) and at Liverpool Street Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 15, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2011 there is also an amt in euston. We get a discount with the one go marylebone, a large majority of my wages goes on their latte's or milk steamers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 When you consider that Marylebone was one of the targets for closure & demolition years ago, we're very fortunate to have it still in place. It's a pity that steam operation on a regular basis from there is unlikely to resume though... I had relatives who lived near Chorleywood when I was 'nubbut a lad' : when we went to visit them, & had the 'day trip to London', I much preferred the DMUs to/from Marylebone over the Tube stock to/from Baker Street - probably because I could stand behind the driver & watch the 'road ahead' Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 19, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2011 a major bump for this thread, compare the night time picture taken from the mess room to this one taken a few weeks back when the engineering works on the line over ran and there was a reduced timetable so a lot of people were waiting for not many trains.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Jim, There's never many trains when they are running fine! Try Liverpool Street........................................on the other hand DON"T I fled to the USA just to avoid it....... Best, Pete. PS Just kidding I love both places - I have very fond memories of visiting Chorleywood where my second favourite woman of all time lived (actually, she still does).... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 19, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2011 Jim, There's never many trains when they are running fine! you'd be surprised just how busy it is in the rush, 6 platforms and a train leaving or arriving every 3 mins (if not less) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 20, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2011 Major termini haven't been the same in the night since the paper trains were withdrawn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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