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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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BILLINGBOROUGH & HORBLING - 1910 - Opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Bourne-Sleaford line in 1872, Billingborough was the second stop from Sleaford. The line lost its passenger services in 1930 and closed to goods in 1964, by which time the station had become the terminus of a long siding from Bourne. After closure the line to the north of the station was used to store the Royal Train for a time. The site is now derelict and has been sold for redevelopment but there are hopes of the turning the almost original station building into a restaurant. Seen here around 1910 looking south from the main platform. Note the somersault signals.
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BILLINGBOROUGH & HORBLING - 1910 - Opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Bourne-Sleaford line in 1872, Billingborough was the second stop from Sleaford. The line lost its passenger services in 1930 and closed to goods in 1964, by which time the station had become the terminus of a long siding from Bourne. After closure the line to the north of the station was used to store the Royal Train for a time. The site is now derelict and has been sold for redevelopment but there are hopes of the turning the almost original station building into a restaurant. Seen here around 1910 looking south from the main platform. Note the somersault signals.

  • BENWICK - 1950's - Terminus of a short, lightly-laid, goods only branch from Three Horseshoes on the Peterborough - March line. There were 3 or 4 sidings, including one along a wharf on the drain. Facilities were few. The line opened in 1898 for the purpose of bringing produce to the mainline and closed in 1966. Much of it still discernable today.
  • BERRY BROW - 1950's - these two carvings once graced the northern wall of the platform at Berry Brow Station near Huddersfield. The upper carving was by stone mason Thomas Stocks - whose work included the carved heads adorning the Town Hall in Huddersfield - and was reportedly completed in 1864. The larger sandstone carving (dated 1886) by was by Stocks' teenage son, John Charles Stocks. The figure in the centre is Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway engineer Thomas Swinburn, with Shakespeare and poet John Milton reportedly being the faces on the left and right. Following the closure of the station in July 1966, the larger sculpture was removed and taken to the York Railway Museum. When a new Berry Brow station was opened in 1989, plans to rehouse the carving there fell through and it was instead transferred to the Tolson Museum in Huddersfield.
  • BILLERICAY STATION - 1910 - seen here not long after opening in 1889 on the Shenfield - Southend line of the Great Eastern Railway. Around 2.5 million people use the station today. The train is headed by a Holden Class T19 2-4-0.
  • BILLINGBOROUGH & HORBLING - 1910 - Opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Bourne-Sleaford line in 1872, Billingborough was the second stop from Sleaford. The line lost its passenger services in 1930 and closed to goods in 1964, by which time the station had become the terminus of a long siding from Bourne. After closure the line to the north of the station was used to store the Royal Train for a time. The site is now derelict and has been sold for redevelopment but there are hopes of the turning the almost original station building into a restaurant. Seen here around 1910 looking south from the main platform. Note the somersault signals.
  • BILLINGBOROUGH & HORBLING - 1950's - Opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Bourne-Sleaford line in 1872, Billingborough was the second stop from Sleaford. The line lost its passenger services in 1930 and closed to goods in 1964, by which time the station had become the terminus of a long siding from Bourne. After closure the line to the north of the station was used to store the Royal Train for a time. The site is now derelict and has been sold for redevelopment but there are hopes of the turning the almost original station building into a restaurant. Seen here from well to the south of the station looking north after closure.
  • BILLINGBOROUGH & HORBLING STATION - 2017 - Opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Bourne-Sleaford line in 1872, Billingborough was the second stop from Sleaford. The line lost its passenger services in 1930 and closed to goods in 1964, by which time the station had become the terminus of a long siding from Bourne. After closure the line to the north of the station was used to store the Royal Train for a time. The site is now derelict and has been sold for redevelopment but there are hopes of the turning the almost original station building into a restaurant. Both platforms still exist although the one on the right is almost totally engulfed in vegetation. Seen here 05/07/17.
  • BILLINGBOROUGH & HORBLING STATION - 2017 - Opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Bourne-Sleaford line in 1872, Billingborough was the second stop from Sleaford. The line lost its passenger services in 1930 and closed to goods in 1964, by which time the station had become the terminus of a long siding from Bourne. After closure the line to the north of the station was used to store the Royal Train for a time. The site is now derelict and has been sold for redevelopment but there are hopes of the turning the almost original station building into a restaurant. Seen here 05/07/17.
  • BILLINGBOROUGH & HORBLING STATION - 2017 - Opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Bourne-Sleaford line in 1872, Billingborough was the second stop from Sleaford. The line lost its passenger services in 1930 and closed to goods in 1964, by which time the station had become the terminus of a long siding from Bourne. After closure the line to the north of the station was used to store the Royal Train for a time. The site is now derelict and has been sold for redevelopment but there are hopes of the turning the almost original station building into a restaurant. Seen here 05/07/17.
  • BILLINGBOROUGH & HORBLING STATION - 2017 - Opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Bourne-Sleaford line in 1872, Billingborough was the second stop from Sleaford. The line lost its passenger services in 1930 and closed to goods in 1964, by which time the station had become the terminus of a long siding from Bourne. After closure the line to the north of the station was used to store the Royal Train for a time. The site is now derelict and has been sold for redevelopment but there are hopes of the turning the almost original station building into a restaurant. This is the old weighbridge hut, which looks as though it still performed that function until relatively recently. Seen here 05/07/17.
  • BINGHAM - 1910 - Opened in July 1850 by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, the line soon passed into Great Northern hands. In 1879, the GNR/LNWR opened an adjacent station at Bingham Road on its line from Market Harbrough to Nottingham as it was unable to use the GNR station due to the layout of the extensive junction here. Bingham Road closed in 1951, just this station remaining open today, handling about 75000 passengers per year. Seen here looking east in about 1910.
  • BINGHAM - 1910 - Opened in July 1850 by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, the line soon passed into Great Northern hands. In 1879, the GNR/LNWR opened an adjacent station at Bingham Road on its line from Market Harbrough to Nottingham as it was unable to use the GNR station due to the layout of the extensive junction here. Bingham Road closed in 1951, just this station remaining open today, handling about 75000 passengers per year. Seen here looking east in about 1910.
  • BINGHAM - 1960's - Opened in July 1850 by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, the line soon passed into Great Northern hands. In 1879, the GNR/LNWR opened an adjacent station at Bingham Road on its line from Market Harbrough to Nottingham as it was unable to use the GNR station due to the layout of the extensive junction here. Bingham Road closed in 1951, just this station remaining open today, handling about 75000 passengers per year. Seen here in the 1960's looking west, two Class 114 DMU's in the station.
  • BINGHAM - 1974 - Opened in July 1850 by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, the line soon passed into Great Northern hands. In 1879, the GNR/LNWR opened an adjacent station at Bingham Road on its line from Market Harbrough to Nottingham as it was unable to use the GNR station due to the layout of the extensive junction here. Bingham Road closed in 1951, just this station remaining open today, handling about 75000 passengers per year. Seen here in September 1974 looking east.
  • BINGHAM - 1974 - Opened in July 1850 by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, the line soon passed into Great Northern hands. In 1879, the GNR/LNWR opened an adjacent station at Bingham Road on its line from Market Harbrough to Nottingham as it was unable to use the GNR station due to the layout of the extensive junction here. Bingham Road closed in 1951, just this station remaining open today, handling about 75000 passengers per year. Seen here in September 1974 looking west.
  • BIRSTALL & BELGRAVE - 1899 - Opened in March 1899 on the GCR London Extension, this is a typical GCR station on this line - the much loved island platform with a roadbridge in place of a footbridge and the ticket office built into it - a brilliant piece of economical thinking. Built as it is in a cutting, this was the only station to have no goods facilities. The station closed in March 1963 along with most of the other local stations on the London Extension. Most of the buildings were demolished by the mid-'80's but the platform remained until demolished by the Main Line Steam Trust in 1990. A new station, Leicester North, was opened in 1991 just about where the cameraman is standing to take this picture of it under construction. Two notable people hail from Birstall: the fictitious Inspector Vignoles who lives about half a mile down the hill to the right of this picture and me, who was born here and lived about a third of a mile further along the line. We used to stand on this bridge and throw handfuls of gravel into the chimneys of the steam engines as they passed under the bridge - talk about shrapnel! - great fun!
  • BIRSTALL & BELGRAVE - 1962 - Opened in March 1899 on the GCR London Extension, this is a typical GCR station - the much loved island platform with a roadbridge in place of a footbridge and the ticket office built into it - a brilliant piece of economical thinking. Built as it is in a cutting, this was the only station to have no goods facilities. The station closed in March 1963 along with most of the other local stations of the London Extension. Most of the buildings were demolished by the mid-'80's but the platform remained until demolished by the Main Line Steam Trust in 1990. A new station, Leicester North, was opened in 1991 just beyond the old station on the right hand embankment. Seen here in 1962 just before closure. Two notable people hail from Birstall: the fictitious Inspector Vignoles who lives about half a mile down the hill to the left of this picture and me, who was born here and lived about a third of a mile further back down the line until 1961. We used to stand on this bridge and throw handfuls of gravel into the chimneys of the steam engines as they passed under the bridge - talk about shrapnel! - great fun!
  • BISHOPS STORTFORD - Opened as long ago as May 1842, the station was extensively remodelled and reduced in size when electrified. The station sits on a very tight reverse curve in a shallow cutting with no spare space. It has 3 staggered platforms although Platform 3 is mainly used a bay for terminating services to Stratford, as per this shot of 379 003, and a very intensive passenger service, with a train every few minutes all day. Over 3 million people a year use the station. These was an extensive goods yard to the left of this picture, now occupied by cap parks and office buildings. Seen here looking south from further along Platform 1 in October 2021.
  • BISHOPS STORTFORD - Opened as long ago as May 1842, the station was extensively remodelled and reduced in size when electrified. The station sits on a very tight reverse curve in a shallow cutting with no spare space. It has 3 staggered platforms although Platform 3 is mainly used a bay for terminating services to Stratford and a very intensive passenger service, with a train every few minutes all day. Over 3 million people a year use the station. These was an extensive goods yard to the left of this picture, now occupied by cap parks and office buildings. Seen here looking north from Platform 1 in October 2021.
  • BISHOPS STORTFORD - Opened as long ago as May 1842, the station was extensively remodelled and reduced in size when electrified. The station sits on a very tight reverse curve in a shallow cutting with no spare space. It has 3 staggered platforms although Platform 3 is mainly used a bay for terminating services to Stratford and a very intensive passenger service, with a train every few minutes all day. Over 3 million people a year use the station. These was an extensive goods yard to the left of this picture, now occupied by cap parks and office buildings. Seen here looking south from Platform 1 in October 2021.
  • BLACK BANK - 1910 - Opened in January 1847 as Little Downham by the Eastern Counties Railway, it was renamed Black Bank in November 1853. There is no such place and the station is not really near to anywhere. Made largely of wood, as were most of the other local stations east of March, it lost it's passenger services in June 1963 and goods services in April 1965. It had a fairly extensive goods yard, out of shot to the left, and the goods shed survives. The rest of the station was demolished shortly after closure. Looking east in about 1910. Note that there is no sign of human habitation!
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