TRIVIA: Statues at railway stations

[mrcheek]

I thought there might be some website listing all of these, but I cant find anything on google....

Anyway, I always enjoy seeing statues on my travels. I often travel around the country without leaving the railway or stations, so statues are always interesting to take selfies in front of!

So could we have a list of all statues either inside, or just outside stations.

Start with London Paddington, where we have the great IK Brunel, and also Paddington Bear of course

 

[snowball]

Harold Wilson at Huddersfield.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

There's a bronze statue of 'Ruswarp' (the border collie dog) on the Southbound platform at Garsdale station on the Settle and Carlisle line.

The actual dog belonged to the late Graham Nuttall, who played a prominent role in the campaign to save the Settle and Carlisle Railway in the 1980's.

 

[Basil Jet]

Not exactly a statue, and not in Britain, but I just wanted to mention that in 1972, artist Dieter Meier installed a commemorative plaque at the railway station in Kassel, Germany, which read: "On 23 March 1994, from 3 to 4 pm, Dieter Meier will stand on this plaque". He honored the promise 22 years later.

 

[AlterEgo]

“The Lovers” by Paul Day at St Pancras is wonderful.

 

[mrcheek]

Not exactly a statue, and not in Britain, but I just wanted to mention that in 1972, artist Dieter Meier installed a commemorative plaque at the railway station in Kassel, Germany, which read: "On 23 March 1994, from 3 to 4 pm, Dieter Meier will stand on this plaque". He honored the promise 22 years later.

If you tried that in this country you can guarantee your train would be late on the all important day.......

 

[Mag_seven]

Sir John Betjeman at St Pancras International.

 

[Whistler40145]

Ken Dodd and Bessie Braddock MP at Liverpool Lime Street

 

[4F89]

Jolly Fisherman @ Skegness

 

[Ashley Hill]

Brunel,Paddington Bear and Soldier at Paddington.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Believe there's now a line of (seven?) injured / blinded WW1 soldier statues, located just outside one of the main entrances at Manchester Piccadilly station.



(Photo source: Manchester Evening News group).

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sir Nigel Gresley at Kings Cross.

 

[peri]

Philip Larkin at Hull with the first lines of "The Whitsun Weddings" engraved below, the closing lines are at Kings Cross.

 

[Dr Hoo]

Harold Wilson at Huddersfield.

Yes. Perfectly posed, having turned his back on the railway. Remember the "no major closures" manifesto pledge and cancelling the Channel Tunnel after building had started?

George Stephenson and Matthew Flinders at Euston. (Both have moved about a bit. Flinders has a cat with him and appears to be studying a map of Australia so that he can get as far away from the famous 'scrum' as possible.)

Two Kindertransport memorial statues at Liverpool Street.

Sir Nicholas Winton (organiser of the Kindertransport) statue at Maidenhead.

There was a Terence Cuneo statue at Waterloo but not sure if it's still there.

There are three statues on the platforms at Brixton (one essentially inaccessible).

Another George Stephenson statue at Chesterfield.

There is a 'steel fish' statue/art installation outside Sheffield station.

 

[P Binnersley]

The "Unknown Commuter" at Birmingham Snow Hill

The unknown commuter © Stephen Craven cc-by-sa/2.0

A metal sculpture on the platform of Birmingham Snow Hill station. Either the statue has been moved or there is more than one of them on the station - see [[2467009]].

www.geograph.org.uk

 

[Basil Jet]

If you tried that in this country you can guarantee your train would be late on the all important day.......

Neither Dieter Meier nor Boris Blank are ever late anywhere!

 

[rs101]

The Kindertransport memorial at Liverpool Street

 

[306024]

The Kindertransport memorial at Liverpool Street

The large one outside McDonalds, and a smaller one on the concourse by the entrance to the tube.

There are also Kindertansport statues on platform 1 at Prague main station, outside Friedrichstraße Station in Berlin and at Vienna Westbahnhof.

Plus of course the statue of the main man Sir Nicholas Winton on platform 3 at Maidenhead mentioned above.

 

[Ken H]

Its a snip from a bigger image, but there are these toys in the niches at Settle. Used to be just 1 (1980), but I think 3 now!
I was told the original one used to sit on a signal post somewhere.
Statues? Maybe!!!

 

[D6975]

Ken Dodd and Bessie Braddock MP at Liverpool Lime Street

Where is Doddy now? The last time I went to Liverpool he wasn't where I had previously seen him. Presumably he was moved during the works.

 

[Ken H]

Where is Doddy now? The last time I went to Liverpool he wasn't where I had previously seen him. Presumably he was moved during the works.

maybe the HMRC have melted it down to pay his tax bill!!!

 

[Western Sunset]

There's an old industrial steam loco outside Stratford (London). Also the old underground tube cars perched on a disused viaduct near Shoreditch. Do these count as "statues"? Also the Harry Potter luggage trolley at KX...

 

[Whistler40145]

Where is Doddy now? The last time I went to Liverpool he wasn't where I had previously seen him. Presumably he was moved during the works.

Not sure, haven't visited Liverpool since 2019

 

[D6975]

Found a story in the Liverpool Echo, Doddy was removed during the works and reinstalled in March 2018. I must have last been there in 2017.

ps there's a statue of George Hudson just down from York station on Leeman Road.

 

[D821]

Where is Doddy now? The last time I went to Liverpool he wasn't where I had previously seen him. Presumably he was moved during the works.

Should be back there, was removed during the works and put back in 2018.

 

[THC]

There's a statue of Brother Walfrid, the founder of Celtic Football Club, in the car park at Ballymote station in county Sligo, from whence he (hail) hailed.

THC

 

[306024]

Where is Doddy now? The last time I went to Liverpool he wasn't where I had previously seen him. Presumably he was moved during the works.

He was there in March this year, on the concourse by the main exit.

 

[simonw]

Sir John Betjeman at St Pancras International.

“The Lovers” by Paul Day at St Pancras is wonderful.

The first is very good and appropriate, the second, not so much.

 

[Trackman]

Euston:
Explorer Captain Matthew Flinders and his cat 'Trim' who sailed with him.
He gave Australia its name.
His coffin and remains were found when building HS2 at Euston, they found it and identified it as his coffin lead breast plate was still intact.
--
The Robert Stephenson statue at Euston was removed a few years because of HS2, I assume he will return.

 

[AlterEgo]

The first is very good and appropriate, the second, not so much.

It’s a great statue and completely appropriate for a railway station.