Pet stations?
 

Any of us who train spot will probably have a pet station. One we like and seem to have a connection with. Network or heritage, any gauge too.

Mine is Hale station in Cheshire. I can be found there most weekends (in the summer mind, but will go for a snow pic) just relaxing and taking numbers of the trains.

Here is a pic or two:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/...137bfb.jpg?v=0

In the above pic I like to stand on the right hand side by the platform fence with 360 degree views and a nice place to be.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1277/...b6a86e.jpg?v=0
This is a coulour pic.


Here is a pic from the 1900s:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1153/...49407e.jpg?v=0

Finally this was what it was like three or four weeks ago:
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...y_1553513i.jpg


Whats your pet station?

Very good SFE some nice pictures but i can see where this is going :D :D

ccmmick.

On one of those photos, was there a bus in the background ? :D

On the bus, were there any pets ? (you did say it was a pet station :D)

Were those pets cats ???????????? ;)

Well some people feed it (drop litter) but it is well maintained by mid chehsire rail. However, in the resored booking office there has been some vandalism this weekend with spray paint. Ruffians!

I didn't think it would take long :D.

ccmmick.

To (Probably in vain) try to keep this thread on track, As a schoolboy my favourite Spotting spot was the south end of platform 6 of Derby Midland Station, a good view of everything moving in and out of the station, on the goods loops and going on and off shed. Nowadays I prefer to be on the train seated about four or five coaches back from a hard working Steam Loco, can't be bothered going spotting anymore unless there's a steam loco due through.

Regards, 62440.

I was lucky SFE, I could sit at the window of my bedroom and watch the trains go by while having a tea & bun (delivered by mum) on the table next to me. There was also the Bulawayo Westgate shunt yard on the other side of the main line. So I could watch that until another mainline train came through.

I'm quite fond of stations with minimal service, such as Tees-side Airport, Denton, Pegswood and Chathill to name a few!

I also like Manors station, in Newcastle......always quite photogenic, especially in the snow! ; http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiseman2007/4327777849/

Talking about 'pet' stations I belive British Steel Redcar and Sunderland stations are up for adoptation..............................

I think my favorite station would be Laisterdyke near Bradford used to take my grub box and tizer lots going on there signalbox goods yard and if my memory is right four running lines sadly all gone years ago.
I can remember as a kid going to London with mum and dad getting out there at 11pm then walking home.
Good days :) :) :)

ccmmick.

All but a few stations have been adopted on the Mid cheshire line. One of those few is Hale and might be the only one. Mid cheshire rail users have put the odd flower box ad fake hanging basket up, but it would be nice to adopt and get the signal box as a nice station museum. We had an abortive attpemt a few years back, but I hope someone has another go, I really do.

I still miss Nottingham Victoria.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glD9t...eature=related
The only bits left are "the clock tower" & the mouth of the "Mansfield Road Tunnel" (visible from the Victoria centre car park) + the odd bit of wall.

I was never a spotter but if I had been my favorite (or pet he he) station would have been Kings Cross.

On of my pet stations got to be Chester, seen a lot more of it since I've been working there last year & also is the gateway to the North Wales line which I love to travel on if it is a good sunny day. Like the interesting platform layout of the station and the roof(s).

If it's a PET station, maybe I should go for CATford! Seriously though, although there's an awful lot of stations I'm fond of for various reasons, I'll still opt for Tilehurst, which is not only busy, it's got a great covered footbridge, is still largely original, and was the first place I ever went to see trains! :)

Hindley North was a nice little station, but it wasn't busy. I did like Wigan North Western, which certainly was.

Are these pet stations run by the RSPCA.

What about CATtal or HOUNDslow West? lol

More Pets
 

And then there's FISHguard, HENdon, COCKfosters & RAMSbottom

and PorthmaDOG, CAThy's and PETts Wood :p

Still Operational:
Bere Alston (Plymouth-Gunnislake branch in Devon)
Templecombe (Exeter-Waterloo Line, former S&DJR junction)

What about Bugle.

ccmmick.

Last time I was in Cornwall we stayed at a caravan site near Eden, and one day walked into Luxulyan and had a meal/drink in the pub on the corner by the station. The station itself looked like it had seen "better" days.:rolleyes:

My late wifes ex husband now lives at Foxhole, thats not far from you Michael ?

Foxhole just down the road Philip and yes Luxulyan is a bit of a dump.
In the summer i cycle to work to my bit for the environment it takes me about 50mins it is nearly all down hill and then catch the train back home to Roche.
But sometimes i cycle back on a saturday and have a couple of pints in the Kings Arms at Luxulyan.

ccmmick.

I have always thought Ely could be better, but being a fair sized station in quite frankly wonderful surroundings it is a nice place to spend the day.
PS: the building at Norwich is beautiful. Possibly one of the best station fronts I have seen!
Look at this: http://en.structurae.de/files/photos...in_station.JPG

Great is it not?

Have you got the right link there, SFE? All I'm getting is a "Verboten" sign.

Regards, 62440.

Ah, you must not be able to copy it then. I t worked before.
I will try to find another pic for you.
http://www.tournorfolk.co.uk/norwich/railstation.jpg

Yes I think there must be a copyright of that image. I think that one above works.

Yes, got it now SFE, thanks for that. Long time since I was there, 1987 for the depot open day. A glorious sunny summer day, brought me out in a rash!:o

Regards, 62440.:D

As for a Closed station?
Bridport closed 1975
Bought a B&W print of the station from Truro Buffet around 1979, still got it framed in the house now!
Going to attempt to walk the remains of the branch to Maiden Newton later this year:D

That is quite a compliment but it does look striking and something I might expect to see in the South of France!

I haven't been to Norwich for 20 years but went to school there a few years before that. I spent many hours on the bank above the platforms peering across to the sheds - 32A if I remember rightly.

At that time the front area was all car park and the brick work was not in the good shape it is now.

Great Picture!

Ted

I like Teignmouth. ok i don't live there anymore but the Whistlestop Cafe was great. i used to buy lots of chocolate and munch it all......

Always loved the old Birmingham New Street, now sadly long gone!

Best wishes,

John H-T.