Photographic Survey

[The Stationmaster]

Someone needs to do Tilehurst very, very, soon as it'll shortly be vandalised by the addition of 25kV clear, all access, footbridge and the removal of the original GW one................

I have already taken - over a span of 20 odd years - somewhere in the region of 100 several hundred photos of Tilehurst from most angles in several different colour schemes including a lot of detail shots of all sorts of parts such as the footbridge and the recessed square section cast iron drainpipes, the canopies from above, the chimney stacks/pots and so on plus the former lock-up which became a bike shed and has already gone, oh and the station nameboard and signalbox from back in the 1960s.

 

There are one or two things I missed including the original waiting shelter on the Up Relief platform - it was there one day and gone the next before the present brick built one was started.  So worry not - it's covered.  In fact I've probably got more phots of Tilehurst than I have of any every other station in the country put together.

[Rivercider]

The last time I had been at Feniton was 6th March 1967, when it was known as Sidmouth Junction,

I had travelled up from Exmouth on the last day of service with my dad.

Originally opened as Feniton by the LSWR it had a couple of name changes before becoming Sidmouth Junction.

 

The current station reopened on 3rd May 1971 as Feniton, these pictures were taken on 13th August 2013.

I had an friendly and informative chat with the man on duty, he is now part time only,

as he had been responsible for controlling the crossing gates, which are now controlled from Basingstoke. 

My train, the 10.26 Exeter St Davids - Waterloo, departs formed by 159010.

 

The view looking up (east) towards Salisbury, the former down platform remains in use.

 

Looking back down towards Exeter, the former up platform has been disused since the line was singled in June 1967.

 

The road crossing at the Exeter end

 

The station buildings on the former down platform

 

The station buildings seen from the car park

 

cheers

 

[black and decker boy]

Stoke Mandeville on the Aylesbury - Amersham - Neasden line:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cary hill]

South Wigston Station, situated approximately 4 miles to the South of Leicester, on the Leicester to Birmingham Line. Opened May 1986 approximately 300 yards to the East of the site of the former Wigston Glen Parva Station, which closed in 1968. Strange to think this small satellite town once had three stations when it had a much smaller population.

 

 

View West from Saffron Road bridge of the site of the former Wigston Glen Parva Station. The ramp down to the loading dock survives on the left as a track access point, but is well concealed between the rows of trees. To the left of the crossover there used to be a rail-served brickworks and subsequent concrete works. On the right was the main barracks of the Leicestershire Regiment (still part used as a TA base). Wigston Glen Parva Station was originally opened to serve the barracks in 1882 but public use rapidly followed in 1884.

 

 

View East from Saffron Road bridge. The staggered platforms of the "new" South Wigston Station can just be discerned either side of the bridge in the middle distance and snaking to the right are the lines to Wigston South Junction and the South.

 

 

Closer view of the staggered platforms Leicester bound on the left and Birmingham bound on the right. Also contrasting "new" (presumably raised for continental traffic) and "old" bridges.

 

 

The humble station access - "Birmingham" platform access half way across the bridge and to the left and "Leicester" platform access to the right.

 

 

Ramp down to the "Leicester" platform.

 

 

View West from the end of the "Leicester" platform.

 

 

Ramp, bridge and minimalist "Birmingham" platform seen beyond the bridge.

 

 

Looking from the "Birmingham" platform towards the equally minimalist "Leicester" platform.

 

 

View from station access bridge of the west end of the "Birmingham"platform and ramp descending to the rear.

 

 

"Birmingham" bus shelter which is exactly the same as the "Leicester" bus shelter.

 

 

"Leicester" platform looking rather sylvan from the station access bridge.

 

 

View from the "Birmingham" access ramp of the quietly deteriorating bridge over the tracks leading to South Wigston Junction.

 

 

View East from the end of the "Birmingham" platform showing the tracks curving away to Wigston North Junction, Leicester and the North.

[cary hill]

Syston Railway Station situated 4 miles North of Leicester on the Midland Main Line. The new station opened in 1994 as part of the "Ivanhoe Line" scheme. The original Syston Station opened in 1840. and became a junction station in 1846 when the Syston to Peterborough line opened. The track was quadrupled in 1874 and the station was rebuilt at this time. The original two platform station was closed in 1968. The original Syston station buildings were carefully dismantled in 2006 (?) for re-erection at the Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction.

 

 

A view of the rather rundown "Midland Railway" pub which seems to be decorated in "Ansells Crimson Lake", rather than the orange colour that I normally associate with Ansells.One of the few remaining clues relating to the old Midland Railway, but perhaps not for too much longer. This pub is situated across the road from the new station access.

 

 

On the right possibly the former Goods Weighbridge Office (now a taxi "hut"). This the access road to the former Goods Yard, which now leads to the single platform station. There were some other possible surviving railway buildings to the left, but these have recently been "replaced" by a 2012 housing development.

 

 

A view from Melton Road bridge looking North which shows the whole station site. The former Goods Yard forms the carpark as usual. The original Syston station had two platforms on the fast lines to the left, whereas the new single platform station is only served by the bi-directional Syston to Leicester line on the right.

 

 

A service from the Peterborough line negotiating the ladder crossovers to access the fast lines. No Leicester to Peterborough or vice-versa  services presently call at Syston. Beyond the train at Syston South Junction the Peterborough line curves away to the right and the Midland Mainline curves to the left and resumes its "proper" four-track formation.

 

 

Passenger platform bus shelter and beyond new housing in part of the former Goods Yard where the developer has evidently saved some Window Tax by "bricking up" the windows in the building ends during construction.

 

 

View from the platform looking South under Melton Road bridge towards Leicester, which also shows the start/end of the ladder crossovers from the Peterborough line.

 

 

View North from the end of the platform giving a closer view of Syston South Junction with the single line Peterborough line curving quite sharply away to the right.

 

 

Final view towards Leicester from the Melton Road bridge.

Edited September 30, 2013 by cary hill

[Ceptic]

Yeovil Junction :- Ex-L&SWR, West of England Main Line. Opened 1860.

The main purpose of this survey was to photograph and measure details of the Yeovil Railway Centre's 70' turntable. These will be included.

As far as the station, itself, goes, it still comes across as a somewhat forlorn site, barely bathing, in half the glory it once shared.

Upon arriving, I felt reluctant to add pics of the station to the gloom of the overcast, storm threatening skies, as there are more colourful shots, aplenty, available via Google / Flickr.
Some may be of interest, tho'.

Parts of it have been brightened up with a new lick of paint. The truncated footbridge has gained a new roof and side cladding.

 

As in earlier days, the main entrance is via the up-side station approach and footbridge. The Ticket Office and Waiting Room being on the island, now, up and down, platforms Nos.1 & 2.

This type of platform canopy is typical of many on the "Southern". It would be a shame to see it fall into disrepair. Seen at the top, far left, is the ex-Cattle Dock.

 

 

 

Shock !....Hunger !......Horror !, even.....'Peppers' Buffet'.....is No more....(Excuse shaky image)

Once a sanctuary, supplying the weary pilgrim with a pint of hand pulled Bitter and a very handsome Bacon Buttie,..coupled with ambient atmosphere, has, apparently, shuffled off.    Good grief...Is nothing sacred ?

..

 

...To be continued.

Continued...

 

The station, originally, consisted of four platforms on the two islands. with Up / Down Fast through centre roads The Down platform's only access was via the footbridge.

Each side had it's own Goods Shed (still extant). The main Goods Yard being on the Up side, on the site of the Car Park 

The brightest things to be seen (apart from the arrival / departure displays) are the three, recently installed, LED Starter signals.

Up, with 'Feathers' for the Pen Mill spur.

& Down.

 

Looking across to the Yeovil Railway Centre's new Engine Shed and the island's, now canopy less, building.

 

   http://www.d400fund.org.uk/news.html

This picture and link speak for themselves.

 

The YRC HQ (The next, but one, stop) http://www.yeovilrailway.freeservers.com/index1.html

 

 

Ye olde Station Master's house. Now with plastic windows and porch, plus double garages, alongside.

 

Turntable details to follow.

 

Cheers.

Edited October 29, 2013 by Ceptic

[Ceptic]

Yeovil Junction's turntable.

 

First of all. Apologies for the delay in posting.

The reason behind this was, I wasn't  too sure of it's origins, as I couldn't see any builder's plate attached.

It turns out that it was built by Cowans Sheldon, in 1947.

Discovered and listed by the Cumbria County Council's Archive Dept....Well done to those involved.

The present archive list is downloadable, in PDF form, via this site http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_topic.php?id=1562&forum_id=5 Thanks must also go to Brian Nicholls for bringing it to my attention.

 

Right, on to the photos,....

 

The well's wall is 3' - 3" deep, with the base sloping down to a circular, 1' wide gulley of approx 20' Dia. The base, from there, slopes up to the central hub.

 

Facing the station, there is a radial inspection pit. The gulley drains into this and, in turn, this drains into a separate cess.

 

Also to be seen, is the refuge, built into the wall.

 

Track and pedestal detail.

 

Wheel and bogie detail. The wheels are 4' Dia. with a 3 1/2" wide tread. The 6 lightening holes are 5" Dia. on a 2' - 3" P.C.D. The hub is approx. 1' Dia. x 9" wide.

 

Underframe detail.

 

Deck / bridge details :- Wheel guard, approx 1' high x 5 1/2" wide, giving a 1" clearance all round. Note the anti-slip metal mesh (a later addition)

 

The wooden decking is 4' - 6" wide, each side, from the inside edge of the rail.

 

Stanchion and handrail detail. Stanchions are 3' -  4 3/4" from the outrigger pad x 2 1/2" equal angle. Handrails are 1 1/4" Dia.

Extendible push-bars & brackets. (A later addition ?) 

 

The winding gear. The canopy is another later addition.

 

That's all Folks

 

Regards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cary hill]

Polesworth Station, Warwickshire, situated some three and a half miles South of Tamworth on the Trent Valley section of the WCML. Opened in 1847 and still open (just).

 

The first problem is to actually find the station, as there is no (very little?) signage to direct you to it in Polesworth.

 

 

This is the view from Station Road bridge looking South towards Nuneaton and Euston.

 

 

This is the view looking North towards Tamworth and there is the station, partly disguised as a nature reserve. If you had peered over the parapet on 19 November 1951 you would have seen that LMR Pacific 46244 had come to grief with the sleeper express from Glasgow and that it was lying on its side just beyond the end of the up(right hand)platform. 46244 had failed to negotiate the crossover from fast to slow lines at 55 mph. Fortunately the coaches remained upright and only two passengers were injured.

 

 

The entrance road to the station approach, which has no signage whatsover to indicate the existence of the station.

 

 

The Timetable information boards are situated roughly where Livock's ornate 1847 Jacobean style Station Building would have once stood. The timetables are not of much use, unless you intend to travel on the solitary northbound daily parliamentary train a.k.a. the  6.38 a.m. Northampton to Crewe service, which calls at 7.23 a.m. each day (Sundays excepted).

 

 

The forlorn concrete stumps of the former footbridge which was dismantled circa 2005 during the WCML improvements. The up platform has been disused since then as there is no alternative means of access to it.

 

 

Looking towards North towards Tamworth from the end of the down platform. The girders between the tracks in the middle distance mark where the River Anker passes beneath the railway. In former times, just beyond the bridge and to the left of the mainlines, there was a fan of sidings serving Pooley Hall Colliery.

 

 

Looking South from the northern end of  down platform. The disused up platform can be seen returning nature and the station's only covered passenger accommodation stands uselessly on the disused platform.

 

 

Closer view of the unreachable bus shelter on Platform 2 and nature rapidly taking over.

 

 

Looking North up Platform 1. Polesworth Signal Box would have stood between the two pairs of running tracks roughly where the "concrete" area is on the right of the photograph.

 

 

Final view looking South.

 

So that's a station served by one parliamentary train a day. Depressing really just like weather on the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Stuart Birks]

I was thinking of doing a model of Bradford On Avon so I have taken a load of photos. This is a selection. I have many more in higher resolution if anyone is interested.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stuart

[cary hill]

Atherstone Station, Warwickshire, situated 102 miles North of London and about 5 miles North of Nuneaton on the WCML. The station opened in 1847. It has recently seen a large increase in annual passenger usage, with numbers up from barely 3,000 in 2007 to over 77,000 in 2012 following  timetable and service revisions.

 

 

 

A brief walk from the carpark on the site of the  former Cattle Market reveals Livock's fine Jacobian style 1847 station building tucked away next to Atherstone's Co-op superstore. The station building was Grade II listed in 1980 and substantially renovated in 1985. The station building is currently occupied by the Riversmeet Veterinary Centre.

 

 

The "new" station approach and small carpark.

 

 

View from southern end of Platform 2 looking North.

 

 

View from northern end of Platform 2 looking South.

 

 

Signage cluster at the station entrance - note the sign for Platform 1 pointing away from the station - a new development since the recent abolition of the station footbridge on safety grounds. The road is the access road to the A5 Atherstone by-pass.

 

 

Following the sign we find ourselves on the course of a well known Roman road looking towards a very low bridge (it must be one of the lowest intended for vehicles on the WCML?). There was apparently a level crossing and a cattle creep at the northern end of Atherstone Station until the tracks were quadrupled in the very early 1900s, and I assume the bridge is a widened version of the cattle creep.

 

 

Closer view of the low bridge.

 

 

The approach to the station from the West of the tracks looking down the road from the approach to the bridge over the Coventry Canal.

 

 

The new DDA friendly steps up to Platform 1, although there is also a  level access to the platform by walking a further 200 yards to up the carpark entrance access road and then back again.

 

 

View looking North from the northern end of Platform 1.

 

 

View looking South from the northern end of Platform 1.

 

 

 

 

A trio of views of the platform frontage of Livock's station building. I assume the unattractive metal sheeting to the windows is a necessary anti-vandalism measure and a deterrent to would-be Ketamine thieves.

 

 

View looking South from the southern end of Platform 1.

 

 

View looking North from the southern end of Platform 1.

Edited November 4, 2013 by cary hill

[Ceptic]

Great pics, cary hill.

 

6' - 6"  clearance on that bridge over Old Watling Street.   I hope those truckers have got this route crossed off their Sat-Navs.

 

Cheers.

Edited November 4, 2013 by Ceptic

[Rivercider]

Here is another unmanned former London & South Western Railway station, Yeoford opened in 1854, it was formerly known as Yeoford Junction until 1948.

The two tracks through the station are now worked as independant single lines.

The former up platform remains in use on the now single line route from Crediton - Barnstaple, most trains are booked to call by request stop.

the former down line is now the single track branch from Crediton - Meldon Quarry.

 

Class 143 units 143618 and 143620 call on the 11.53 Exmouth - Barnstaple working, 14/6/2014 

 

The train departs north to Barnstaple. The iron girder bridge on the left formerly spanned the down loop platform line and yard headshunt, 14/6/2014 

 

A view along the up platform looking towards Exeter, 14/6/2014

 

The up platform looking towards Barnstaple, the nearest room of the wooden building contains a library for passengers, 14/6/2014

 

A view from the bridge at the north end looking south towards Exeter, the site of the down yard is now obscured by trees, 14/6/2014 

 

A general view of the platform from the bridge 14/6/2014

 

 

cheers

Edited June 15, 2014 by Rivercider

[Shadow]

Dalwhinnie Station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rivercider]

Bringing an old thread back to life.

We recently enjoyed a short break in Cornwall staying right next to Bugle station, and used the train for a couple of day trips. I took a few photos of the single platform station at Bugle.

The station was originally opened in 1876 by the Cornwall Minerals Railway, the single platform became an island platform when the line to Goonbarrow Junction was doubled by the GWR in 1930. The line was singled in 1964, the former down line became an extended siding to Carbis Wharf, and that too was closed and lifted in the late 1980s.  

Bugle station looking south east towards Par. 1/11/2021

 

Bugle station looking south east, the footbridge access down from the A392 road bridge, 1/11/2021

Bugle station looking west towards the level pedestrian access. 

 

Bugle station looking north west towards Newquay. 2/11/2021

 

Bugle station, pedestrian access from the west side. 3/11/2021

 

Bugle station looking north west towards Newquay. 2/11/2021

The former down platform line passed through the left hand arch of the two, from 1964 until 1989 it became an extended siding to the Carbis Wharf branch which ran parallel to the Newquay branch, departed from the main line some distance away.

 

There is another bridge arch out of sight to the left, the short Wheal Rose branch left from here, this closed in the 1960s,

Edit - This is the third, westernmost arch at Bugle looking north west. The tarmac road follows the start of the Wheal Rose branch which served clay dries including Wheal Virgin clay dries. 3/11/2021

 

 

cheers.

 

 

 

Edited November 6, 2021 by Rivercider
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[Poor Old Bruce]

Hardly a survey, just a single photo of the closed station at Bo'ness on 13 April 1963 when we went looking for dumped steam engines.

[Poor Old Bruce]

Coalville East, LNWR, 1962

[lmsforever]

On 23/09/2013 at 13:50, black and decker boy said:

Stoke Mandeville on the Aylesbury - Amersham - Neasden line:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good to see pics of a station near me its well restored building and in normal times very busy ,the statue is of a former station man and the garden is always well tended.

[Vanfit]

Hinton Admiral 23.09.2014 Part 1

 

 

 

 

[Vanfit]

Hinton Admiral 23.09.2014 Part 2

[Poor Old Bruce]

Whitwick, LNWR, 1962

[Vanfit]

Hinton Admiral 23.09.2014 Part 3

 

[Poor Old Bruce]

Shepshed, LNWR, 1962

 

[Vanfit]

Hinton Admiral 23.09.2014 Part 4

 

[Vanfit]

Hinton Admiral 23.09.2014 Part 5

 

[Nearholmer]

This is an interesting thread, at least it is to people who find railway infrastructure interesting.

 

Is there an equivalent of the marvellous ‘disused stations’ website covering ‘used stations’ (a few of which have snuck into ‘disused stations’ by virtue of being junctions for disused lines)?

 

If anyone ever needs Eridge when still a proper station c1980, I made a photo survey of that, because I could hear the death knell tolling. All pre-digital, but PM me if you need it.

Edited November 12, 2021 by Nearholmer