great central Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I'm not sure which is more worrying, Clarkson on a train or somebody watching his twittering.......................................................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted January 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2015 Apologies if this has been mentioned but I remember reversing twice en route from Plymouth to Penrith (nice long journey) when I was a kid, that'll probably be around 1990. Gloucester and Birmingham New Street IIRC. It always took me quite a while before I accepted we weren't just going back the way we'd come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2015 It wasn't a station reversal but the boat trains to Folkestone harbour reversed in the sidings east of Folkestone town before going down the very steep harbour branch. While I think it closed back in SR days, there did actually used to be a proper station at Folkestone East - well it's shown on plenty of SECR era maps at any rate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted January 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2015 Probably not usual, but round about Easter 1991 my train from Manchester to Shrewsbury (part of a journey from Newcastle to Aberystwyth) was diverted via Stoke, where it reversed (the line via Wilmslow was closed for engineering work—it was a Sunday). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 While I think it closed back in SR days, there did actually used to be a proper station at Folkestone East - well it's shown on plenty of SECR era maps at any rate. Closed in 1965 - so well into BR days... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Was talking to a friend about Heysham today. Looking at Google Earth it appears that you have to go into Morecambe and reverse to get there. Is this correct please? Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 Was talking to a friend about Heysham today. Looking at Google Earth it appears that you have to go into Morecambe and reverse to get there. Is this correct please? Ed That's quite right, Ed. Hence the Leeds-Heysham reverses at Lancaster and then again at Morecambe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Closed in 1965 - so well into BR days... The platforms are still there; I believe it served as a staff halt until stock ceased to be stabled at the sidings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
11B Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 There is a Barrow in Furness to Blackpool North service that changes direction at Preston # post edited to remove information that was already on here Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
11B Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Ulverston was a place where down trains reversed to gain access to the Lake Side branch. This was the case with seasonally dated workings from Morecambe and Blackpool. Likewise trains reversed at Plumton Junction to and from the Conisthead Priory (or Bardsea) line to Ulverston Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisH-UK Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Wasn't the short platform at Milton Keynes (south end of platforms 1 & 2) created to allow extension of the Bedford - Bletchley trains into MK, resulting in a reversal at Bletchley. Did anyone mention Shrewsbury for the Cambrian services (I bet I missed that early on) Ironically the configuration at Newcastle also allows them to avoid reversing in the station for a range of services, similarly the suburban line at Edinburgh gives that option but the last time I travelled over that we'd already had a reversal at Carstairs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading General Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I don't think anyone has said Bourne End on the Maidenhead to Marlow journey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading General Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 As regards Limerick Junction, there was a time when every train had to reverse to gain a platform....it's much rationalised now but still distinctly odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted February 4, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2015 The Ascot to Guildford service reverses at Aldershot. Sorry if this has already been mentioned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Some Glasgow to Morcambe trains reversed at Lancaster, think that was more common after electrification, similarly Glasgow to Scarborough trains reversed at York. The comment above regarding Glasgow to Blackpool reversing at Preston was only valid after the rationalisation of the 1970s, it was possible prior to that to run via the East Lancs side of the Station, and the curves at Lostock Hall and Faringdon and therefore gain the Fylde lines without reversal!! Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted February 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2015 Wasn't the short platform at Milton Keynes (south end of platforms 1 & 2) created to allow extension of the Bedford - Bletchley trains into MK, resulting in a reversal at Bletchley. Did anyone mention Shrewsbury for the Cambrian services (I bet I missed that early on) Ironically the configuration at Newcastle also allows them to avoid reversing in the station for a range of services, similarly the suburban line at Edinburgh gives that option but the last time I travelled over that we'd already had a reversal at Carstairs. Except that the Edinburgh suburban line is not wired - and with Transport Scotland perusing electrification of ALL Edinburgh - Glasgow routes over the next 5 years or so, its value as a diversionary / avoiding reversal route will fall as electric traction increases. In Newcastle the network of lines that allow reversal all have wires so ECML IC225 sets can take advantage of this change of direction without reversing method. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 5, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2015 Some Glasgow to Morcambe trains reversed at Lancaster, think that was more common after electrification, similarly Glasgow to Scarborough trains reversed at York. The comment above regarding Glasgow to Blackpool reversing at Preston was only valid after the rationalisation of the 1970s, it was possible prior to that to run via the East Lancs side of the Station, and the curves at Lostock Hall and Faringdon and therefore gain the Fylde lines without reversal!! Jim Presumably the Glasgow-Scarborough trains needed a loco change at York anyway. Otherwise, a reversal would not have been necessary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 When I was a spotter in the 1980's there used to be a boat train to Felixstowe (or that area) from Manchester into Sheffield where the loco would change ends. We used to time being there to see it. On one of the evening trips from Manchester airport just like above the train ran to Salford Crescent reversed and ditto at Huddersfields but direct via Morley tunnel. Whilst in Scotland in the 80's there was a train from the far north which bypassed the shed then reversed (propelled) into a south facing platform. The mention of Limerick Jct above reminds me of a trip the other year. There is now a bay on the Limerick/Dublin end and I caught a Waterford train that heads towards Limerick into a siding then reverses. Going slightly continental..... Having been to India a few times I could remind those that have not been of the Darjeeling line. There are a number (6) reverses built into the line to gain elevation. Plus an exciting dead end station at Kurseong where trains from Darjeeling stop in the main street amd reverese over the main road into the station. Those from Siliguri to Darjeeling reverse out of the station before heading up the main street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Whilst in Scotland in the 80's there was a train from the far north which bypassed the shed then reversed (propelled) into a south facing platform. That would be the evening train from Kyle of Lochalsh coming into Inverness, made it easy to get the loco and stock back out to the sidings and shed. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted February 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2015 Presumably the Glasgow-Scarborough trains needed a loco change at York anyway. Otherwise, a reversal would not have been necessary. No. Trains from Glasgow arrive in York from the north and leave northbound towards Scarborough; a reversal is unavoidable. Not sure about now, but there used to be only one platform 4? in which such trains could reverse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Andy W Posted February 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2015 Some Glasgow to Morcambe trains reversed at Lancaster, think that was more common after electrification, similarly Glasgow to Scarborough trains reversed at York. The comment above regarding Glasgow to Blackpool reversing at Preston was only valid after the rationalisation of the 1970s, it was possible prior to that to run via the East Lancs side of the Station, and the curves at Lostock Hall and Faringdon and therefore gain the Fylde lines without reversal!! Jim It was amusing to see the expressions on passengers' faces as they passed through Preston for the second time inside about 25 minutes but in the opposite direction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 No. Trains from Glasgow arrive in York from the north and leave northbound towards Scarborough; a reversal is unavoidable. Not sure about now, but there used to be only one platform 4? in which such trains could reverse. Possibly what Joseph_Pestell was referring to was that it was possible for a freight to access the Scarborough line from the north via the goods lines, but I stand to be corrected but I don't know if passenger services were permitted over that route Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Has anyone mentioned Tweedmouth yet? Up until 1964, St. Boswell's to Berwick trains reversed there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 It was amusing to see the expressions on passengers' faces as they passed through Preston for the second time inside about 25 minutes but in the opposite direction. was that actually done in practice? was it really easier to do that than swap the ends the loco was at in the platforms? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 was that actually done in practice? was it really easier to do that than swap the ends the loco was at in the platforms? Yes it was, saved time detaching the loco that had come down from the North, and attaching a fresh loco for the relatively short haul to Blackpool, so prevented a lot of light locomotive moves and loco turning. Preston was incredibly busy on Summer Saturdays so time spent in a platform was at a premium. Edit to add this link - very interesting http://www.gensheet.co.uk/gamefiles/Preston1964.PDF Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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