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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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KENNETT - 2021 - Looking east from the end of Platform 2 as 755 333 draws in on an Ipswich - Cambridge train. In 2011, the station was 'modernised' (vandalised) and the absolutely enormous footbridge was installed in place of the board crossing - progress! GA also have the cheek to make you 'pay & display' to park on a bit of rough, unsurfaced cap park. Progress, eh! See here on September 2nd, 2021.
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KENNETT - 2021 - Looking east from the end of Platform 2 as 755 333 draws in on an Ipswich - Cambridge train. In 2011, the station was 'modernised' (vandalised) and the absolutely enormous footbridge was installed in place of the board crossing - progress! GA also have the cheek to make you 'pay & display' to park on a bit of rough, unsurfaced cap park. Progress, eh! See here on September 2nd, 2021.

  • HUNMANBY - 1985 - Hunmanby railway station serves the village of Hunmanby in North Yorkshire. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services. The station opened for traffic in October 1847 and is the point at which the single track section from Bridlington ends, the line being double north of here towards Filey. As originally built, the line was double throughout but the section to Bridlington was singled as an economy measure in 1973. Further modernisation work saw the signal box here abolished and removed in 2000, with the level crossing automated and remaining semaphore signals replaced by colour lights operated remotely from Seamer. The station is unstaffed and passengers must purchase their ticket on the train. The station buildings remain and are now privately occupied - the main waiting room and the separate ladies' waiting room having been converted to holiday accommodation. In normal years, the station handles about 30,000 passengers per year but less than half of this in 2020/1. Seen here in August 1985 with a Class 108 leaving the station.
  • HUNSTANTON - 1900's - Terminus of the Lynn & Hunstanton Railway, the station opened in October 1862 and was immediately the focus of seasonal passenger traffic. Built hard against the seafront, the station had full need of it's 4 platforms on Summer Sundays, when excursion arrived at 10 minute intervals. With the advent of the private car, passenger numbers declined, the station lost it goods facilities in October 1962, was reduced to unstaffed status in June 1966 and was closed completely in May 1969, a decision much regretted to this day. The train appears to be headed by Holden GER Class T26 2-4-0 No.478, built between 1891 and 1902, thus dating the picture.
  • HUNSTANTON - 1920's - Terminus of the Lynn & Hunstanton Railway, the station opened in October 1862 and was immediately the focus of seasonal passenger traffic. Built hard against the seafront, the station had full need of it's 4 platforms on Summer Sundays, when excursion arrived at 10 minute intervals. With the advent of the private car, passenger numbers declined, the station lost it goods facilities in October 1962, was reduced to unstaffed status in June 1966 and was closed completely in May 1969, a decision much regretted to this day. Seen here in the 1920's with all platforms occupied, with a train of Pullman cars second from the left.
  • HUNSTANTON - 1950's - Opened in October 1862 by the Lynn & Hunstanton Railway on what was essentially a greenfield site, it was located some distance from the settlement of Old Hunstanton. The landowner, Henry Styleman le Strange, also principal shareholder in the railway, had gifted the land, built the Sandringham Hotel and owned most of the town quickly grew up around it. The station had two island platforms plus a number of carriage sidings but in the height of the summer season this accomodation was barely sufficient for purpose. Through services from Liverpool Street were withdrawn in 1959 and passenger numbers declined sharply in the 1960's. By 1967 the line had been singled and most stations were unstaffed, trains consisting of a DMU service to Kings Lynn. The line closed in May 1969, lifted and has been a source of regret ever since, road access to the town being diabolical. Here we see what I think is D5551 backing onto a train in the late 1950's.
  • HUNSTANTON - 1961 - Terminus of the Lynn & Hunstanton Railway, the station opened in October 1862 and was immediately the focus of seasonal passenger traffic. Built hard against the seafront, the station had full need of it's 4 platforms on Summer Sundays, when excursion arrived at 10 minute intervals. With the advent of the private car, passenger numbers declined, the station lost it goods facilities in October 1962, was reduced to unstaffed status in June 1966 and was closed completely in May 1969, a decision much regretted to this day. Seen here in September 1961 with Class B1 No.61378 awaiting departure with a returning excursion.
  • HUNTINGDON NORTH STATION - 1910 - Opened in August 1850 by the GNR as plain Huntingdon, it received it's 'North' suffix when East Station was built on the GER/MR line to Kettering. Up until the 1980's, services to and from the station were very poor, few mainline trains stopping and most journeys entailing one or more changes. Since then, however, the service is half-hourly in both directions and 1/8 million passengers per year use the station, probably many more than when this picture was taken in about 1910.
  • HYKEHAM - 1950's - Opened in August 1846, Hykeham is the first stop out of Lincoln on the line to Nottingham. The station, which features only the most basic of facilities today, does not look a lot more plush in this 1950's picture. Nevertheless, the station generated nearly 50,000 passengers in the year 2014/15.
  • ISHAM AND BURTON LATIMER STATION - 1910's - Situated on the Midland Mainline between Kettering and Wellingborough, the station opened in May 1857 as Isham, renamed Isham & Burton Latimer just 18 months later. Another change came in October 1923 when it was renamed Isham for Burton Latimer. The station closed to all traffic in November 1950.
  • ISLEHAM - 1950's - Opened in April 1885 by the Great Eastern Railway, Isleham was a passing place of the Cambridge to Mildenhall branch line. It was the station after Fordham Junction and was about 3 miles from the terminus. It closed to passengers in June 1962 and to goods two years later. The buildings still exist, in use as a tyre centre. Seen here looking east.
  • ISLEHAM - 1950's - Opened in April 1885 by the Great Eastern Railway, Isleham was a passing place of the Cambridge to Mildenhall branch line. It was the station after Fordham Junction and was about 3 miles from the terminus. It closed to passengers in June 1962 and to goods two years later. The buildings still exist, in use as a tyre centre. Seen here looking west from the road bridge.
  • JOHN O'GAUNT - 1950's - Opened in 1879 on the Great Northern and L&NWR Joint Line as Burrow & Twyford, it became John O'Gaunt in 1883. It was the first station south of Melton Mowbray and just north of Marefield Junction, where the line swung west to terminate at Leicester Belgrave Road. Although freight traffic was heavy, passenger traffic never really amounted to much, partly due to the sparseness of the population in this part of Leicestershire. The station closed for all traffic in 1953 although the line itself struggled on into the next decade. Here was see a typically poorly patronised local in early BR days.
  • KEADBY & ALTHORPE - 1910's - Opened in October 1866 by the Great Central Railway, this was the first station west of Scunthorpe on the line to Sheffield. It sits right on the west bank of the River Trent, adjacent to the King George V Bridge, a combined road/rail bridge, which was lifting bridge until the late 1950's. It remains open, if much rationalised, and handles about 10,000 passengers per year.
  • KENNETT - 1950's - opened in 1854 and lying between Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk - the station closed for good traffic in 1965 but remains open for passengers.
  • KENNETT - 2011 - looking west from Kennett Station, the two semaphore signals, now gone, 23/11/06. A careful examination will reveal that the top right corner of the signal on the right is bent over - so how did that happen?
  • KENNETT - 2011 - on the Cambridge - Ipswich line between Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds. The signalbox is due to close tomorrow and the distant semaphore signals are to go with it, 10/11/11.
  • KENNETT - 2011 - this must be one of the least informative maps I've ever seen! 'You are here' - but where, for God's sake?
  • KENNETT - 2021 - Looking east from the end of Platform 2 as 755 333 draws in on an Ipswich - Cambridge train. In 2011, the station was 'modernised' (vandalised) and the absolutely enormous footbridge was installed in place of the board crossing - progress! GA also have the cheek to make you 'pay & display' to park on a bit of rough, unsurfaced cap park. Progress, eh! See here on September 2nd, 2021.
  • KENSINGTON OLYMPIA - 1960's - Looking north from Platform 4 in May 1970. Class 25 D7645 is headed south on a freight from Willesden whilst London Transport 0-6-0PT No.L95 is on a trip freight from the adjacent Lillie Bridge LT Depot. This loco was ex-GWR No.5764, purchased by LT in 1960 and now preserved.
  • KENSINGTON OLYMPIA - 1969 - Kensington Station was opened by the West London Extension Railway in June 1862 providing services to Willesden and Clapham Junction. Great Western Railway trains started serving the station in 1863, with London & North Western Railway trains arriving in 1872. A link to the Hammersmith & City Railway enabled the station to join the Middle Circle service, which operated via Paddington to the north and South Kensington to the south. In 1868 the station was renamed Kensington Addison Road. By 1907 the Middle Circle had been replaced by a link to Hammersmith. The station appears on the first 'London Underground' map in 1908 with Metropolitan and District Railway services. In December 1946, the station was renamed Kensington (Olympia) and became the northern terminus of a peak-hour shuttle service to Clapham Junction, serving workers at the Post Office Savings Bank (later National Savings Bank) in nearby Blythe Road. Until 1986, apart from Motorail services, this was the only British Rail service regularly stopping at the station. It was known as the "Kenny Belle" and was unadvertised, reportedly because the Post Office Savings Bank was under the Official Secrets Act. There was also a District line shuttle to Earl's Court, as the station had been left without a dedicated Underground connection. The service originally only ran when there was an exhibition at the centre, but a permanent platform opened in March 1958. In 1966 Kensington (Olympia) became the main London terminus for British Rail Motorail trains, which carried passengers and vehicles across Britain. In the London Midland Region timetable for 1970–71, services are shown to Perth, Stirling, Carlisle, St Austell, Totnes, Newton Abbot and Fishguard (connecting with the ferry for Rosslare). This facility closed in 1981 with operations transferred to Paddington, Euston and King's Cross..<br /> From May 1986 services at the station were greatly enhanced. The London Underground shuttle service started to run to a regular daily schedule, and inter-regional services from the Midlands and northern England stopped at Kensington (Olympia). Southern Region destinations included Brighton and Dover Western Docks. These trains were operated by the InterCity division of British Rail and later, after privatisation, by Virgin CrossCountry and CrossCountry. Destinations included Birmingham New Street, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley. The services were withdrawn in October 2008, by which time only two daily Brighton–Manchester journeys were operated. In 1994 a full passenger service between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction was reinstated after a gap of 54 years.<br /> Before Eurostar transferred in November 2007 to St Pancras International, Eurostar trains passed through the station between Waterloo International station and North Pole depot, and the station was a backup terminus for the services in case Waterloo International became unusable; immigration facilities were maintained there. These facilities were never used.<br /> In June 2011, Transport for London announced that the District line shuttle between Kensington (Olympia) and Earl's Court would close on weekdays at the end of the year. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea unsuccessfully protested against the closure, and general weekday services ceased in December 2011.<br /> The station is situated on a major inter-regional and international freight route and sees many thousands of tons of freight per day. <br /> Seen here in November 1969, looking north, are Class 33 D6561 on a northbound goods, 'Western' Class D1043 on the 1230 to Penzance and Class 20 D8009 on a southbound goods.
  • KENSINGTON OLYMPIA STATION - 1960 - previously known as Kensington Addison Road, this was a very large and important station, with two very long mainline platforms and two through roads. It lay on the very important and busy inter-regional West London Extension Railway and saw many excursions from the North and Midlands to South Coast resorts in the summer. These two locos, Standard Class 5 No.73158 and Class B1 No.61376, are waiting at the northern end of the station to take over returning excursions, 73158 a Ramsgate - Derby train and 61376 a Margate - Leicester train, in August 1960.
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