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Stations that still have BR era (or older) signage

billio

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York had a Red Star poster on platform 9 when I was there a couple of months ago.
 
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Looking through my Photos from summer 2024 and found this photo of this sign at Romford (photo attached) , looks Like a BR sign to me , no idea if it is original or not though. it looked quite dirty and old when i saw it so i wouldn't be surprised if it is
 

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Looking through my Photos from summer 2024 and found this photo of this sign at Romford (photo attached) , looks Like a BR sign to me , no idea if it is original or not though. it looked quite dirty and old when i saw it so i wouldn't be surprised if it is
There are quite a few of that kind of sign on generally unused (or not all that frequently used, as at Romford) fast line platforms.
 

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Another photo from summer , Cricklewood on the MML seems to still have an unkempt sign stating it being in zone 3 painted in NSE blue

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the station seems to also have something taped over in blue tape on its sign. Any ideas what this could be , Thameslink 2000 or FCC branding perhaps ?
 

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Lowestoft still has a giant Eastern Region blue enamel "British Railways Lowestoft Central" sign.


I think that the flickr caption is incorrect, the sign is original and has never been taken down, probably because nobody can work out how to remove it safely.
 

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Another photo from summer , Cricklewood on the MML seems to still have an unkempt sign stating it being in zone 3 painted in NSE blue

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the station seems to also have something taped over in blue tape on its sign. Any ideas what this could be , Thameslink 2000 or FCC branding perhaps ?
Most MML stations south of St Alban's (minus Brent cross west because it's brand new) seem to have a decent amount of NSE blue signs left around
 

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There are quite a few of that kind of sign on generally unused (or not all that frequently used, as at Romford) fast line platforms.
I think it is a TfL standard for their stations (primarily Elizabeth line) where there are platforms only occasionally used by TfL trains, e.g. Great Western main lines, or in the photo above the Great Eastern main lines.
 

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There are quite a few of that kind of sign on generally unused (or not all that frequently used, as at Romford) fast line platforms.
Quite a lot of them signs along the Elizabeth line on the fasts , perhaps something to do with TFL rail when they took over the stations in 2015 , looks like the same font that London Underground uses
 

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Quite a lot of them signs along the Elizabeth line on the fasts , perhaps something to do with TFL rail when they took over the stations in 2015 , looks like the same font that London Underground uses
AFIK it is the same typeface that TfL use. IIRC its called Johnston. So it could be a TfL Rail era sign. I think theres some stations on the GWML that have the same style of signs. Ealing Broadway springs to mind on the Fast Line platforms.
 

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I assume the spaced out letters at Bridgeton are old enough to qualify.

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Are the ones at High Wycombe, Hanwell and Kingham the originals? Or repro's?

Don't know about the others but High Wycombe is certainly an original. The enamel sign pictured was hidden for many years behind some poster boards and only came to light a few years ago when the poster boards were removed for replacement. As soon as it was discovered what was behind them, the old sign was cleaned up and remains on display to this day.
 

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Looking through my Photos from summer 2024 and found this photo of this sign at Romford (photo attached) , looks Like a BR sign to me , no idea if it is original or not though. it looked quite dirty and old when i saw it so i wouldn't be surprised if it is
Brand new sign in Johnston 100, as per TfL standards for the ‘alternative’ platforms on stations they manage.
 

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I'm guessing this one in the centre of the Scottish town of Huntly has been in situ for well over 50 years, possibly nearer 75.

Image shows an enamel blue sign with white British Railways letters and an elongated arrow.
 

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We had a similar thread to this previously.

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Got around to photographing this pair of British Rail signs on the NR compound at Totnes.
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We had a similar thread to this previously.

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Got around to photographing this pair of British Rail signs on the NR compound at Totnes.
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Those are lovely! It's quite incredible what seems to survive these days...
 

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A large Red Star Parcels sign can still be seen on the upper deck of Euston as you approach from the north.
Guildford also has a trace of Red Star Parcels still clinging on, with the tall BR logo sign on the corner of Walnut Tree Close and the Guildford one way system still having the red and yellow logo below it.

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(Image shows Google Street View of the Guildford station double arrows logo sign with Red Star Parcels logo below)
 

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The London end of Farnham platform 2 has a cast plate on the brickwork at wheel level facing platform 1 with wording along the lines of ‘Passengers must not cross the line’ (or similar). Sadly I don’t have a photo to hand, but the obvious age and style makes me believe it’s probably original London & South Western Railway (LSWR). I want to say I think I’ve seen one at Aldershot too.
 

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At Congleton just off platform 1 there is a station name sign in lovely original rail alphabet, black on white. It's strange at Congleton as there are quite a few new signs in rail alphabet 2 but look carefully and there's 1 or 2 original rail alphabet ones still there.

My own photo below shows the Congleton station name sign in original rail alphabet, black on white, as described above. Looks a bit worn condition but still good to see.
Is that First North Western banding on the bottom of the sign?
 

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A bizarre one but Network SouthEast put up a branded sign on the bridge where the South Eastern lines cross over Battersea Park Road, pointing down to "The Dogs' Home Battersea" alongside. It's been badly ruined by graffiti, but still there. Wouldn't it be nice if NR cleaned it up. Maybe Chris Green was a dog lover. It's here:

 

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The London end of Farnham platform 2 has a cast plate on the brickwork at wheel level facing platform 1 with wording along the lines of ‘Passengers must not cross the line’ (or similar). Sadly I don’t have a photo to hand, but the obvious age and style makes me believe it’s probably original London & South Western Railway (LSWR). I want to say I think I’ve seen one at Aldershot too.
I'm sure there's a few of those around the network; I've seen one at least at Clapham Junction but I haven't looked for a while to see if it's still there.

From memory it's on the platform 10 wall as viewed from platform 11.
 

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One that I drive past often that somehow escaped the change all these years.
Because it's the side entrance that not a lot of people use, basically they didn't know it was there so it's escaped all these years, but it is visible from the main (and busy) road.
 

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Are the ones at High Wycombe, Hanwell and Kingham the originals? Or repro's?
The running in boards at Kingham used to be wooden, but I believe they've fairly recently (within the past few years) been replaced by fibreglass (?) ones. I assumed the wooden ones were the originals - the one on the up platform can be seen in this photograph from the www.hondawanderer.com website:

Interestingly, there it's white with brown text, but at some point it was changed to white text on a black background for the main board piece. Here's a picture showing the wooden board on the up platform in 2014 - it wasn't in the best shape: http://www.hondawanderer.com/Kingham_Name_Board_2014.htm

The new boards have the same black background with white text as the wooden ones before them, and they look quite nice I think. I thought I had some photos but can't find them at the moment!

-Peter :)
 

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A bizarre one but Network SouthEast put up a branded sign on the bridge where the South Eastern lines cross over Battersea Park Road, pointing down to "The Dogs' Home Battersea" alongside. It's been badly ruined by graffiti, but still there. Wouldn't it be nice if NR cleaned it up. Maybe Chris Green was a dog lover. It's here:


There is a sign on both sides of the bridge, one of which has a sponsored by message from a sign making company.
 

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