Michael Hodgson Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: Ah, thread drift! Don't you just love it? I thought the ferry was adrift 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Michael Hodgson said: I thought the ferry was adrift Which one? Dartmouth or Gravesend? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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billbedford Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 12 hours ago, kevinlms said: Yes I know, that's why I said there are exceptions. This one must have been one of the busier stations, yet never had a train call at it. Is that wacky enough? https://www.francisfrith.com/gravesend/gravesend-lms-ferry-station-c1950_g47002 That's not the one I was thinking of. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2022 Here is a list of railway stations never served by rail, all eight of them. Alloa North Dartmouth Gravesend Hull Corporation Pier Liverpool Landing Stage Rosherville Sheerness Woolwich Roffs Ferry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2022 3 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Here is a list of railway stations never served by rail, all eight of them. Alloa North Dartmouth Gravesend Hull Corporation Pier Liverpool Landing Stage Rosherville Sheerness Woolwich Roffs Ferry Then you could call them "Trainless Stations"😄 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, CameronL said: I couldn't help but see the irony... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted October 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2022 TBH, given the very limited facilities nowadays evident at many smaller "stations" maybe the term "Train Stop" might be more appropriate. John 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said: TBH, given the very limited facilities nowadays evident at many smaller "stations" maybe the term "Train Stop" might be more appropriate. John Or 'Halt'... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardbealach Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Liverpool Landing Stage was rail connected for the dedicated Atlantic liner traffic originating from Euston. The branch ran mostly in a tunnel from Edge Hill. (Alisdair) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 28 minutes ago, ardbealach said: Liverpool Landing Stage was rail connected for the dedicated Atlantic liner traffic originating from Euston. The branch ran mostly in a tunnel from Edge Hill. (Alisdair) It had a name and connected to the landing stage. Liverpool Riverside Station , it was owned by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board from 1895 to when it closed in 1971. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2022 38 minutes ago, ardbealach said: Liverpool Landing Stage was rail connected for the dedicated Atlantic liner traffic originating from Euston. The branch ran mostly in a tunnel from Edge Hill. (Alisdair) In LNWR days, you could book a through ticket from Euston and other main stations on the network to Hong Kong, as the Premier Line was connected to Canadian Pacific Railway and Steamships. Euston-Liverpool, CPS liner to Montreal, CPR Montreal-Vancouver, CPS Hong Kong via Tokyo and Shanghai. And if you think that's mad, at least it could be accomplished in tolerable comfort. You could, if you were a serious masochist, book through from Cardiff GW to Paris, but the route was 'fastest depending on tides'. This could result in a journey from Cardiff (Riverside) on the Barry Railway to Barry Pier, Barry Railway paddle steamer to Burnham-on-Sea, S&DJR Bournemouth (change at Shepton Mallet), LSWR to Poole, Ouest steamer to St Malo, and Ouest to Montparnasse. I seriously doubt if anyone ever succumbed to this endurance test, certainly not if they had any idea what they were letting themselves in for, but it was the standard routing at certain times and states of tide; out and out insanity! Imagine presenting your ticket at the gate and being told to go to the Riverside platforms and leave Cardiff in a Barry non-gangwayed coach heading southwest; I'd have been off at Grangetown for another shot! Other routes were via Southampton for Cherbourg or via Portsmouth for Newhaven-Dieppe, in addition to the obvious short crossings through London. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, The Johnster said: You could, if you were a serious masochist, book through from Cardiff GW to Paris, Didn't the GWR have facilities in New York? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2022 6 hours ago, melmerby said: Then you could call them "Trainless Stations"😄 But according to others, should they not be "railwayless stations"? 1 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Here is a list of railway stations never served by rail, all eight of them. Alloa North Dartmouth Gravesend Hull Corporation Pier Liverpool Landing Stage Rosherville Sheerness Woolwich Roffs Ferry Any still serving their original purpose? Edited October 25, 2022 by kevinlms Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted October 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2022 16 hours ago, 2750Papyrus said: If you are gonna make threats, you gotta see them through. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2022 23 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Here is a list of railway stations never served by rail, all eight of them. Alloa North Dartmouth Gravesend Hull Corporation Pier Liverpool Landing Stage Rosherville Sheerness Woolwich Roffs Ferry 3 hours ago, kevinlms said: Any still serving their original purpose? Not as far as I know, Woolwich went years ago when the Woolwich ferry started up though the jetty was still in existence until a few years ago almost alongside the current ferry. Gravesend was the last to be used until British Rail ferries were hived off in the 1980's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2022 23 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Here is a list of railway stations never served by rail, all eight of them. Alloa North Alloa North is an oddball as there was a railway there but no passenger station. Both the North British and the Caley had goods stations close by. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 23 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Here is a list of railway stations never served by rail, all eight of them. Alloa North Dartmouth Gravesend Hull Corporation Pier Liverpool Landing Stage Rosherville Sheerness Woolwich Roffs Ferry 4 hours ago, kevinlms said: Any still serving their original purpose? Yes, Dartmouth Station. Quote The Dartmouth Steam Railway, a heritage line, still run trains from Paignton to Kingswear and operates a ferry across the River Dart, the combined Dart Valley Railway businesses trading as the Dartmouth Steam Railway and Riverboat Company. The ferry service uses the pontoon alongside the company's other boat services and those of the rival Greenway Ferry company. The station building is a restaurant, but railway and riverboat tickets are available from adjacent kiosks. The station environs also remain Dartmouth's bus terminus and taxi rank. https://www.dartmouthrailriver.co.uk/timetables While you are waiting for the train ferry, you can also eat in the nicely refurbished station restaurant. https://platform1dartmouth.co.uk/ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 And, appropriately for this topic, Dartmouth station restaurant has a sign which says "BEWARE OF TRAINS". But that might mean trains of grockels, not railway trains. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 The GWR had a Goods Station between the Albert Dock and the Pierhead in Liverpool It did have a rail connection, though it was through the MD&HB dock system and was miles away from any vaguely GWR metals. A bit of imaginative thinking could have made it a rival to Dartmouth, in some small way... Liverpool has let the Pierhead/Royal Albert Dock area go to pieces since it was first developed as a tourist attraction, as can be seen in my photo, taken in September. They're going to have to do a hell of a lot of work to pretty it up for the Eurovision extravaganza! 2 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nigb55009 Posted October 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2022 You`d have thought they would have found somewhere a bit bigger to hold Eurovision. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, nigb55009 said: You`d have thought they would have found somewhere a bit bigger to hold Eurovision. Nah, not with so many countries pulling out. They could use the Cavern Club. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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