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BRITISH RAILWAY STATIONS

Photographs in this gallery are of various items of railway trappings such as stations, signalboxes, signals and whatever else is not a locomotive. I took some of these, but obviously all of the older ones have been bought or passed to me and are part of my collection. Hopefully, none of them originate on the GWR! These pictures are published for pleasure/information/research purposes only and are not for sale or copy under any circumstances. Information in captions has been researched as thoroughly as possible but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
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STOKE FERRY - 1930's - Opened in 1882, Stoke Ferry was the mainline terminus of a 7.5 mile branch from the Kings Lynn - Ely line just south of Downham Market. Population in the area was very sparse. From the start, there were only 4 passenger trains per day and the services were withdrawn in 1930. The main focus of the line was on freight, mainly agricultural produce, the soil here being very black here and very fertile. Adjacent to the station was the Wissington Light Railway, latterly operated by the British Sugar Corporation who had a sugar beet factory at nearby Wissington. It was very lightly laid and only small engines could use it, much of the track just being laid straight onto the ground with little or no ballast. Up to 300 wagonloads per day were moved out of Stoke Ferry in the 1920's and the line stayed open as far as Abbey until 1981.
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STOKE FERRY - 1930's - Opened in 1882, Stoke Ferry was the mainline terminus of a 7.5 mile branch from the Kings Lynn - Ely line just south of Downham Market. Population in the area was very sparse. From the start, there were only 4 passenger trains per day and the services were withdrawn in 1930. The main focus of the line was on freight, mainly agricultural produce, the soil here being very black here and very fertile. Adjacent to the station was the Wissington Light Railway, latterly operated by the British Sugar Corporation who had a sugar beet factory at nearby Wissington. It was very lightly laid and only small engines could use it, much of the track just being laid straight onto the ground with little or no ballast. Up to 300 wagonloads per day were moved out of Stoke Ferry in the 1920's and the line stayed open as far as Abbey until 1981.

  • ST IVES - 1960's - Opened in August 1847, St Ives was an important but minor railway junction. The line from March to Cambridge formed it's mainline, carrying a great deal of heavy freight, (now a (mis)guided busway from St Ives!). The line from Cambridge then meandered west eventually to Kettering via Huntingdon East. There was also a branchline to Ely. The station closed in October 1970 but the line remained open for sand traffic for some years after, only being lifted to make way for the busway. Here we see a Cravens Class 105DMU sitting on the stub of the line to Huntingdon East with a train for Cambridge a few months before the service ceased. The lines on the right go to March and that side of the station is completely disused.
  • STIXWOULD - 1950's - This station was opened in October 1848 by the Great Northern Railway on the Lincolnshire Loop Line between Woodhall Junction and Southrey. The booking office was at the north end of the up platform opening onto a waiting shelter on the platform. There were no buildings on the down platform. There was a signalbox on the other side of the crossing on the up side, which controlled the crossing and access to the small goods yard which comprised a single siding into a loading dock on the up side of the line behind the platform. The crossing only led to the pedestrian and single vehicle chain ferry across the river Witham linking to the Fens, which ceased operation in 1970. The goods service was withdrawn in June 1963 and passenger services ceased in October 1970 when the rest of the ELR closed.
  • ST JAMES DEEPING - 1955 - Lying on the GNR 'Lincolnshire Loop Line', St James Deeping was opened in August 1849 to serve the various villages with Deeping in their name. It is near none of them, Deeping St. James being the nearest at about a miles away: as ever, the railway knew no wrong when it cam to naming things! As can be seen, the layout is rather odd, with booking office and waiting room at ground level and the stationmaster's house on the platform! Being so remote it was never busy and closed to passengers in September 1961 and to goods in June 1964. The stationmaster's house remains as does the signalbox but most of the rest has disappeared. Seen here looking north in June 1955.
  • ST JAMES DEEPING - 1959 - seen here in 1959 with 92201 on a freight train passing through, 2 years before closure. Why it's called this and not Deeping St James is a question only the Railway Gods can answer. The station buildings appear to have all slipped off the platform. I am surprised that this station has not been reopened, lying as it does on the Spalding - Peterborough line.
  • ST LAWRENCE - Opened in July 1897 by the Newport, Godshill & Ventnor Railway, this was the first stop out of Ventnor Town. The station was built wedged into the cliff side with a small goods yard beyond the bridge. In 1927 it was reduced to an unstaffed halt and closed in September 1952.
  • STOKE FERRY - 1930's - Opened in 1882, Stoke Ferry was the mainline terminus of a 7.5 mile branch from the Kings Lynn - Ely line just south of Downham Market. Population in the area was very sparse. From the start, there were only 4 passenger trains per day and the services were withdrawn in 1930. The main focus of the line was on freight, mainly agricultural produce, the soil here being very black here and very fertile. Adjacent to the station was the Wissington Light Railway, latterly operated by the British Sugar Corporation who had a sugar beet factory at nearby Wissington. It was very lightly laid and only small engines could use it, much of the track just being laid straight onto the ground with little or no ballast. Up to 300 wagonloads per day were moved out of Stoke Ferry in the 1920's and the line stayed open as far as Abbey until 1981.
  • STONEA - 1950's - Between March and Manea, it served just a cluster of farms, a few cottages and a pub. Opened in 1847, it closed in 1966 and is seen here in about 1960 with a Derby Lightweight DMU approaching from March. Note the gas lamp. Interestingly, Stonea boasts one of the few sets of manually operated level crossing gates still in action.
  • STONEA - 1970's - Looking west from the site of Stonea Station sometime between closure in 1966 and the early 1980's. The signalbox, lokking slightly off kilter, was demolished and replaced with a portakabin this side of the white hut for the gateman. The gates are still hand worked today. The siding has long since disappeared. The house on the left is about 25% of the total in Stonea!
  • STONEA - 1990 - In the coming campaign to rid the country of all manual level crossings, Network Rail are going to have problems here! A Class 101 DMU crosses the bridge on a Peterborough - Cambridge local service in 1990. The crossing gates stand right on the Drain bank and have thus far defied a number of attempts to automate them. They are still hand-operated from the little portakabin on the right. The station previously stood out of shot on the right. Note the lack of headroom under the bridge! The motorbike is mine.
  • STOW BARDOLPH - 1950's - First station north of Downham Market on the line to Kings Lynn, opened in 1846 and closed in 1963. Note signals for both directions on the one post. Also station house built at road level, not platform level.
  • STOW BEDON - 1920's - Opened in October 1869 by the Thetford & Watton Railway, Stow Bedon was roughly midway between Thetford and Swaffham. It boasted only a single platform and only very rudimentary facilties. To the south of the station there was goods loop and several sidings. The short bay behind the platform was just a headshunt for the yard. The booking office closed in 1923, tickets being issued on the train form this date. It closed in June 1964. Nothing remains today. Seen here looking north.
  • STOW BEDON - 1950's - Opened in October 1869 by the Thetford & Watton Railway, Stow Bedon was roughly midway between Thetford and Swaffham. It boasted only a single platform and only very rudimentary facilties. To the south of the station there was goods loop and several sidings. The short bay behind the platform was just a headshunt for the yard. The booking office closed in 1923, tickets being issued on the train form this date. It closed in June 1964. Nothing remains today. A 1950's view looking towards Swaffham.
  • STOW BEDON - 1950's - Opened in October 1869 by the Thetford & Watton Railway, Stow Bedon was roughly midway between Thetford and Swaffham. It boasted only a single platform and only very rudimentary facilties. To the south of the station there was goods loop and several sidings. The short bay behind the platform was just a headshunt for the yard. The booking office closed in 1923, tickets being issued on the train form this date. It closed in June 1964. Nothing remains today. Looking north towards Swaffham.
  • STOW BEDON - 1950's - Opened in October 1869 by the Thetford & Watton Railway, Stow Bedon was roughly midway between Thetford and Swaffham. It boasted only a single platform and only very rudimentary facilties. To the south of the station there was goods loop and several sidings. The short bay behind the platform was just a headshunt for the yard. The booking office closed in 1923, tickets being issued on the train form this date. It closed in June 1964. Nothing remains today. Looking south, goods yard on the left.
  • STRATFORD LOW LEVEL - 1970's - Opened in October 1854 by the Eastern Counties Railway on the branch line from North Woolwich, Stratford Low Level has always been very much the poor relation of it's mainlne sister situated above it. While the remainder of the North London line to Richmond was electrified, the North Woolwich branch was not and traffic dwindled to almost nothing in the 1970's. In May 1985, the line to North Woolwich was electrified and a through service to Richmond commenced but this also ceased in 2006, Low Level now becoming a terminus. When North London line trains were relocated to new platforms at the mainline station, in 2011 Low Level became part of the DLR line to Woolwich Arsenal and the whole station was incorporated into Stratford International. Seen here in March 1985 with a Class 105 DMU on a Gospel Oak - North Woolwich train.
  • STURTON - 1910's - This station lay on the Great Central Railway line from Retford to Gainsborough Central, about a mile west of where West Burton Power Station now stands. This picture from 1909 shows a goods train on the wrong line, perhaps about to shunt, but with the points set against it!
  • SURFLEET - 1950's - First station north of Spalding on the GNR line to Boston, opened in 1849, closed to passengers in 09/61 and to freight in 12/63. On closure, the site was in use as a transport yard until 1994, at which time the station building still stood, but the whole site was then bulldozed to make way for the new A16 road. A typically sparse GNR rural station.
  • SUTTON - 1950's - Opened in May 1878 by the Ely & St. Ives Railway, replacing the original station which ad been a terminus for the line from Ely and was retained as the goods station. Sutton was the only station on the line to have two platforms and a passing loop. The station was not well used and passenger services were withdrawn in February 1931, although it remained open for goods until July 1964. Seen here looking south-west.
  • SUTTON ON SEA - Opened in September 1886 , Sutton On Sea was the last stop south of Mablethorpe on the Mablethorpe Loop line. The station had two platforms and a passing loop with the signalbox sited on the Down platform. The goods yard consisted of 4 sidings and a goods shed, goods services ceasing to operate in March 1964. The station was built to serve a new harbour and docks which were never built. In December 1960, the northern arm of the loop was closed, most traffric coming to Mablethorpe via the southern arm through Willoughby Junction and Sutton On Sea. Along with almost all of the other lines in East Lincolnshire, the line to Mablethorpe closed in October 1970 and Sutton On Sea with it. Seen here in 1970 looking towards Mablethorpe.
  • SUTTON ON SEA - Opened in September 1886 , Sutton On Sea was the last stop south of Mablethorpe on the Mablethorpe Loop line. The station had two platforms and a passing loop with the signalbox sited on the Down platform. The goods yard consisted of 4 sidings and a goods shed, goods services ceasing to operate in March 1964. The station was built to serve a new harbour and docks which were never built. In December 1960, the northern arm of the loop was closed, most traffric coming to Mablethorpe via the southern arm through Willoughby Junction and Sutton On Sea. Along with almost all of the other lines in East Lincolnshire, the line to Mablethorpe closed in October 1970 and Sutton On Sea with it. Seen here looking north in 1970 as a DMU leaves for Malbethorpe.
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