• Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

Guess the Station...

OxtedL

OxtedL

Established Member
Associate Staff
Quizmaster
Joined
23 Mar 2011
Messages
2,570
Pontypridd?
 
Last edited:
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R

RailUK Forums

S

steamybrian

Established Member
Joined
26 Nov 2010
Messages
1,747
Location
Kent
The architecture looks like Midland Railway.
1, First guess -Could it be a station on the Settle & Carlisle line?
2. Second Guess- East Midlands.

Reason- I estimate the photo taken late 1960s.
The bus timetable on the wall has a short name heading at the top of board-
Could this be "Ribble" or "Trent" buses?

These are only my thoughts but I could be totally wrong. Am I on the "right track"?
 
Last edited:
Matt Taylor

Matt Taylor

Established Member
Joined
31 Aug 2008
Messages
2,339
Location
Portsmouth
It seems Mr Sleeper has forgotten about this picture. In the meantime I'll post something to pass the time.....
 
The Sleeper

The Sleeper

Member
Joined
18 May 2011
Messages
48
Location
South West and sometimes in the East
Matt Taylor said:
It seems Mr Sleeper has forgotten about this picture. In the meantime I'll post something to pass the time.....
Click to expand...

The sleepers not forgotten, I'm waiting for a correct answer as they are all wrong so far!
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
steamybrian said:
The architecture looks like Midland Railway.
1, First guess -Could it be a station on the Settle & Carlisle line?
2. Second Guess- East Midlands.

Reason- I estimate the photo taken late 1960s.
The bus timetable on the wall has a short name heading at the top of board-
Could this be "Ribble" or "Trent" buses?

These are only my thoughts but I could be totally wrong. Am I on the "right track"?
Click to expand...

Nope all wrong. The picture was taken in 1979
The building hasn't changed but the station has. It must one one of the few with an open fire in the waiting room which is still used!
 
C

clagmonster

Established Member
Joined
8 Jun 2005
Messages
2,442
Was I wrong with my initial guess at Didcot? You've not responded to it, but on reflection I don't think it is.

Not that it helps much these days, but the cab roof looks a bit low. I think it may be one of the ex-Landore ones.
 
C

clagmonster

Established Member
Joined
8 Jun 2005
Messages
2,442
Must be a trick of the angle making the roof look lower. Or madness on my part.

It is clearly somewhere with a decent congregation of spotters. I can't rule out electrification of the overhead variety. There are at least two platform islands, as you are taking the phot from the one which isn't visible. I'm going to kick myself when you reveal the answer (or when I hit submit and see Brian's response).
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
A long shot. Newport, from the relief line platform, looking towards Godfrey Rd at a time of building works?
 
C

clagmonster

Established Member
Joined
8 Jun 2005
Messages
2,442
This is a former BR station, I hope I haven't bent the rules too far. I also hope I have managed to blur everyhting I need to.
 

Attachments

  • 001.jpg
    001.jpg
    135.8 KB · Views: 28
You must log in or register to reply here.

Top