Bletchleyite
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Went to Rugby this afternoon, and I noticed that railway "private parking" signs were displayed along what appears to be a public road (on the other side of which is the Stagecoach bus depot). Is it unadopted?
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Rugby station approach
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Looks like it may well be Network Rail property, or at least the section adjacent to the station, as it was built by a railway company.
From Rugby Local History Research Group website
http://www.rugby-local-history.org/index.php/rugby-roads/86-civic
From Rugby Local History Research Group website
Railway Terrace, off Church Street
This street was built by the Midland Counties Railway to provide access from the town to the second of the railway stations.
http://www.rugby-local-history.org/index.php/rugby-roads/86-civic
That's an intriguing one! Something that strikes me looking on google streetview is the absence of streetlighting which might also point to it being unadopted. On the other hand, I doubt the railway companies over the years have enjoyed paying for the road maintenance.
I wonder if the central part, i.e. the carriageway itself, is adopted but the railway retained the "lay-by" and pavement?
I wonder if the central part, i.e. the carriageway itself, is adopted but the railway retained the "lay-by" and pavement?
Correct.Looks like it may well be Network Rail property, or at least the section adjacent to the station, as it was built by a railway company.
The corner (or so) down to the main road is owned by the Railway - the whole road.
Bletchleyite
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Correct.
The corner (or so) down to the main road is owned by the Railway - the whole road.
Cheers - interesting and surprising. Are there many cases like this where a "station approach" is in fact railway property despite appearing for all the world like an adopted public road?
I have a feeling that Manchester Victoria station approach road was the same up until the mid-2000s when it was changed to its current configuration. We used to park on the approach road and it was well known that the traffic wardens wouldn't/couldn't ticket cars.
It is a public highway now as far as I am aware.
It is a public highway now as far as I am aware.
Part of Ridgmont Road on the west side of St Albans City station is railway property but also serves non-railway properties along it as well as one of the station carparks. Local highways light the footpath, but BR some time ago separated their part from the rest of the road as they could not agree how to share the maintenance costs with the highways authority, and thus objected to the general public using it as a short cut to and from the station.Cheers - interesting and surprising. Are there many cases like this where a "station approach" is in fact railway property despite appearing for all the world like an adopted public road?
Bletchleyite
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Part of Ridgmont Road on the west side of St Albans City station is railway property but also serves non-railway properties along it as well as one of the station carparks. Local highways light the footpath, but BR some time ago separated their part from the rest of the road as they could not agree how to share the maintenance costs with the highways authority, and thus objected to the general public using it as a short cut to and from the station.
What a bizarre setup. I bet the locals prefer it not being a rat-run, though, as they can just walk.
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