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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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SEVEN HILLS HALT - 1950's - Seven Hills Halt station was on the branch line between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. It was closed in June 1953, along with the rest of the branch, which had opened in March 1876. The line was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway in 1878. As can be seen from this picture, facilities were almost non-existant, with only a small waiting shed by the level crossing. There appears to be a goods siding beyond the five-bar gate. I know the platform is low but that is a mighty big step ladder by the station name board.
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SEVEN HILLS HALT - 1950's - Seven Hills Halt station was on the branch line between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. It was closed in June 1953, along with the rest of the branch, which had opened in March 1876. The line was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway in 1878. As can be seen from this picture, facilities were almost non-existant, with only a small waiting shed by the level crossing. There appears to be a goods siding beyond the five-bar gate. I know the platform is low but that is a mighty big step ladder by the station name board.

  • SCOPWICK & TIMBERLAND - 1960's - Opened in August 1882 on the GN/GE line between Metheringham and Digby, both Scopwick and Timberland were very small villages. The station closed in November 1955 to passengers but remained open for goods traffic until June 1964. Seen here in about 1965 after closure but before Class 9F 92149 was withdrawn.
  • SCOPWICK & TIMBERLAND - 1970's - Opened in August 1882 on the GN/GE line between Metheringham and Digby, both Scopwick and Timberland were very small villages. The station closed in November 1955 to passengers but remained open for goods traffic until June 1964. Notice that the station buildings have been demolished by this time and that the signal has been moved back from the crossing.
  • SEATON - 1950's - a small rural junction in Rutland on the Peterborough (East) - Rugby line, meeting place for the Stamford via Luffenham and Uppingham branch lines - seen here looking west is the Seaton - Stamford Autotrain, headed by an Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-2T. The bay for the Uppingham Branch is on the right.
  • SEATON - 1950's - a small rural junction in Rutland on the Peterborough (East) - Rugby line, meeting place for the Stamford via Luffenham and Uppingham branch lines. Even though it was the junction of three different lines, the station was very small and in a very rural location. This view shows the main station building on the westbound platform.
  • SEATON - 1950's - a small rural junction in Rutland on the Peterborough (East) - Rugby line, meeting place for the Stamford via Luffenham and Uppingham branch lines. This view, from the footbridge steps, shows the bay platform and ground frame for the Uppingham Branch.
  • SEATON - 1950's -a small rural junction in Rutland on the Peterborough (East) - Rugby line, meeting place for the Stamford via Luffenham and Uppingham branch lines. This view, looking west, shows Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T 47300 on the Uppingham Branch autotrain. The branchline to Uppingham closed in 1960.
  • SEATON - 1960's - a small rural junction in Rutland on the Peterborough (East) - Rugby line, meeting place for the Stamford via Luffenham and Uppingham branch lines. Here we see a Class 24 arriving on a westbound passenger service.
  • SEATON - 1960's - a small rural junction in Rutland on the Peterborough (East) - Rugby line, meeting place for the Stamford via Luffenham and Uppingham branch lines. Seen here after closure of the station and the line in June 1966, this is the waiting shelter on the eastbound platform, with the remains of the Uppingham Branch ground frame on the left and the bay platform for Uppingham behind it.
  • SEATON - 1965 - a small rural junction in Rutland on the Peterborough (East) - Rugby line, meeting place for the Stamford via Luffenham and Uppingham branch lines - seen here in 1965 after the Uppingham branch had closed (note signals removed) - closed June 1966 - seen here from the west in 1965, the northern end of Harringworth Viaduct just visible between the platforms.
  • SEATON - 1986 - Seaton Junction Station, lying in the shadow of Harringworth Viaduct, it was on the Peterborough - Rugby line and junction for both the Stamford line and the Uppingham Branch, 07/10/86.
  • SEATON JUNCTION - 1950's - Opened in 1851 as a through station on the Rugby to Peterborough via Stamford line, it became a junction in 1873 when the LNWR built its own line direct to Peterborough. In 1894 a short branch to Uppingham was opened, closing in 1960. The station closed completely in 1966. Seen here in the mid-1950's, looking east, as a 2-6-4T pulls in on a Rugby train while the Stamford push/pull train sits in the bay.
  • SEDGEBROOK - 1910's - Sedgebrook railway station was on the Nottingham to Grantham line in the East Midlands. The station lay between Bottesford and Grantham. It served a population of about 900 in the villages of Sedgebrook and Allington and the hamlet of Casthorpe, all in Lincolnshire. It opened in July 1850 and was closed in July 1956. The architecture of the station is fairly typical of the intermediate stations between Sleaford and Nottngham. The station building still survives as a residence. Seen here looking east with the entire station staff assembled I think.
  • SEDGEFORD - 1910's - Sedgeford station was on the West Norfolk Junction Railway line from Heacham to Wells-next-the-Sea and was opened in August 1866. Sedgeford station was the first station after Heacham, a small station located in a rural area, equipped with a single platform on the down side and without a stationmaster's residence. Very basic goods facilities were provided in the shape of a single carriage siding on the down side. The station's staff amounted to two persons, reduced to one in the final years. Traffic on the line was largely agricultural, consisting of corn, sugar beet, cattle and agricultural machinery. Passenger services were withdrawn in June 1952 but goods trains continued to operate between here and Heacham until 1964. The line had been severed east of Burnham Market by the North Sea floods of 1953. The station buildings all survive in private hands. Seen here looking west when the station had a staff of five.
  • SEDGEFORD - 1952 - Sedgeford station was on the West Norfolk Junction Railway line from Heacham to Wells-next-the-Sea and was opened in August 1866. Sedgeford station was the first station after Heacham, a small station located in a rural area, equipped with a single platform on the down side and without a stationmaster's residence. Very basic goods facilities were provided in the shape of a single carriage siding on the down side. The station's staff amounted to two persons, reduced to one in the final years. Traffic on the line was largely agricultural, consisting of corn, sugar beet, cattle and agricultural machinery. Passenger services were withdrawn in June 1952 but goods trains continued to operate between here and Heacham until 1964. The line had been severed east of Burnham Market by the North Sea floods of 1953. The station buildings all survive in private hands. Here we see Class D16 No.62577 on the 1335 Heacham - Wells-next-the-Sea just 10 days before trains ceased.
  • SEVEN HILLS HALT - 1950's - Seven Hills Halt station was on the branch line between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. It was closed in June 1953, along with the rest of the branch, which had opened in March 1876. The line was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway in 1878. As can be seen from this picture, facilities were almost non-existant, with only a small waiting shed by the level crossing. There appears to be a goods siding beyond the five-bar gate. I know the platform is low but that is a mighty big step ladder by the station name board.
  • SHERINGHAM - 1980's - When the M&GN Fakenham - Cromer line closed in 1964, the line was truncated at Sheringham, the old station abandoned and this short, bare platform erected on the Cromer side of the station level crossing, trains running to and from Norwich via Cromer Beach. Here Norwich Class 101 Set No.93 sits in the station in the early 1980's.
  • SHERINGHAM - 1986 - This is it! Behind the camera is the North Norfolk Railway with a road and no rails between them. Subsequently, this crossing was relaid and the NNR now has a permanent link with the national system. Here we see Crown Point Class 101 No.71 set about to depart for Norwich, 08/86.
  • SHIDE RAILWAY STATION - 1950's - built by the Isle of Wight & Newport Junction Railway in 1875 on the line from Newport to Sandown. It consisted of a single platform with a single goods siding and was closed in 1956. Nothing now remains.
  • SHIPPEA HILL - 1980 - On the line from Ely to Thetford, it is one of the least used stations in Britain. Opened in 1845 as Mildenhall Road (a railway euphemism for miles from anywhere), Mildenhall is about 4 miles away. In 1885 it was renamed Burnt Fen and Shippea Hill in 1904. There is no village of Shippea Hill, just a pub in the middle of nowhere and nothing. The station sees 8 stopping trains a week, with only one eastbound service on weekdays and one in each direction on a Saturday. The level crossing is still manually operated. Seen here in April 1980.
  • SHIPPEA HILL - 2016 - If you were lost in vast wastes of the fen, I'm sure you'd find this map extremely helpful, 03/11/16. This area is truly one of the most desolate places I have ever been - I should think that the population density is probably slightly less than the Moon!
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