I don't think Cressington has had a lick of paint for some while! Though more recently than CLC I suppose.Add in Aigburth with that, apart from a lick of paint it feels unchanged from CLC era
I don't think Cressington has had a lick of paint for some while! Though more recently than CLC I suppose.Add in Aigburth with that, apart from a lick of paint it feels unchanged from CLC era
Charlbury is indeed a Brunel design - the first station at Evesham was also a similar timber 'chalet' structure. There are brick and stone variations of this design in various places, including Mortimer and Pantyffynon.Charlbury, Cotswold Line, is a lovely example of a GWR wooden station building. I believe it may be have been designed by Brunel? No idea if that's right or not. Moreton-in-Marsh, on the same line, is also a brilliant GWR station building, but a Cotswold stone one. Worcester Shrub Hill, Foregate Street, Great Malvern, and Hereford are all brilliant stations as well (and all on the Cotswold Line too).
-Peter
Ah lovely - thanks for confirming and the extra info. Very interestingCharlbury is indeed a Brunel design - the first station at Evesham was also a similar timber 'chalet' structure. There are brick and stone variations of this design in various places, including Mortimer and Pantyffynon.
I never knew all of that - thanks very much! I'm going to have to do a lot more reading on the Cotswold Line as there's quite a bit I didn't know.However, Moreton-in-Marsh is built in standard GWR brick, not Cotswold stone, and was put up as part of a 19th century GWR modernisation programme on the line, with new station buildings at Shipton, Kingham (then known as Chipping Norton Junction), Moreton, Honeybourne, Evesham and Pershore, plus lots of new signalboxes. Of these, Evesham is the last survivor in near-original condition - Moreton was shorn of its chimneys a long time ago and the roof is covered with tar sheet, while the other stations' buildings were demolished in the 1960s and 1970s.
I visited twice in December 2019 (the second time as the last port of call on the Class 314 farewell tour) and it remains largely unspoiled. A overlooked gem of a station if ever there was one.I've not been for a few years but Helensburgh Central managed to retain it's traditional look, does it still, or has it been 'modernised'?
Yeah, inside the station has quite a nice vintage look and feel on both sides of the line.Matlock (and most of the stations on the Derwent Valley Line) would probably fit the bill. Still in MR colours. Technically an interchange between a preserved line and the mainline, the mainline station still has a very vintage feel!
Undoubtedly Hebden Bridge is the most characterful station I've worked at, although Glossop had some similarities. Both used original ticket windows which were not fully glazed, which I rather preferred as my hearing isn't always the best at picking out conversation against background noise. Internally there were some rather handsome sets of wooden drawers at Hebden Bridge, I assume for card ticket stock but perfectly serviceable for most modern needs. I'm thinking there were some similar at Glossop but it's nearly 14 years since I last worked there, since when of course a new ticket office has been provided.Yes, my current home station at Hebden Bridge has been mentioned, but I for one have no objection to it being mentioned again. It is an absolute gem, with its original Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway carved wooden signboards, ornamental lamps and platform benches. When the new passenger lifts were installed a couple of years ago, in the shafts of the original goods lifts, they had to been very carefully designed to blend in with the Grade 2-listed buildings and canopies. The signalbox, also Grade 2-listed has been carefully restored following closure in October 2018 and is to become a small museum of local railway history. Mention should also be made of the excellent privately-run cafe in the former parcels office on the Down platform (2), which is sadly closed during the current lockdown, but will hopefully reopen in the not-too-distant future.
Depends on your definition of "old-fashioned" I suppose, but Apsley is a quintessential example of a 30s station and the only one of its kind on the WCML out of Euston. If you disregard the newish footbridge and all the knitting above the lines, then it looks virtually the same as when it was opened (for John Dickinson & Co employees mainly) in 1938.
Likewise Skipton.....apart from the reduction in the length of the platform canopies, the replacement in the 1950s of the original footbridge by a mail trolley-friendly ramped underpass; plus the erection of the knitting and associated resignalling.Using that definition, Lancaster has barely changed at all - it looks near enough identical to the old photos.
There never was a footbridge was there? I can remember Skipton at least from the mid-fifties. It would have to have been a big one to link to the Ilkley platforms.Likewise Skipton.....apart from the reduction in the length of the platform canopies, the replacement in the 1950s of the original footbridge by a mail trolley-friendly ramped underpass; plus the erection of the knitting and associated resignalling.
I would agree with both. Dewsbury was my local station for quite a while and although the area may not be much to write home about, the station itself is pleasant enoughIn West Yorks, both Huddersfield and Dewsbury are worth a mention if you turn a blind eye to the new lifts at the former.