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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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SWAINSTHORPE - 1970's - opened in March 1850 on the Great Eastern Mainline from Norwich to Liverpool Street - closed to passenger traffic in July 1954 and to all traffic in July 1964 - seen here in the early 1970's. Why is the train running on the wrong line?
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SWAINSTHORPE - 1970's - opened in March 1850 on the Great Eastern Mainline from Norwich to Liverpool Street - closed to passenger traffic in July 1954 and to all traffic in July 1964 - seen here in the early 1970's. Why is the train running on the wrong line?

  • 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 south in April 1970. The house by the level crossing is the Station Masters house which survives.
  • SWAINSTHORPE - 1970's - opened in March 1850 on the Great Eastern Mainline from Norwich to Liverpool Street - closed to passenger traffic in July 1954 and to all traffic in July 1964 - seen here in the early 1970's. Why is the train running on the wrong line?
  • SWAVESEY - 1950's - Opened in August 1847 by the Wisbech, St. Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway, Swavesey was the first station east of St. Ives towards Cambridge. This was an extremely busy line for goods traffic until the mid-1960's and then traffic deteriorated very rapidly until it closed in October 1970, although sand traffic to St. Ives continued until August 2003. in 2007/8, the station was completely obliterated when the guided busway was built along its track.
  • SWINDERBY - 1955 - on the Lincoln - Nottingham line, opened in 1846 and still open today, including the pretty little building on the near platform, seen here in 1955. It boasts a roughly 2 hourly service.
  • SWINESHEAD - 2015 - situated between Heckington and Hubberts Bridge on the Sleaford - Boston section of the Nottingham - Skegness line. Facilities are fairly basic, as can be seen, although the station building, now a private house, is still standing out of shot on the left. The station is several miles from Swineshead and the 4 stopping trains per day generate about 2500 passenger journeys a year. Seen here on a rainy 22/07/15.
  • SYMONDS YAT - 1910's - Opened in August 1873 on the line from Ross-On-Wye to Monmouth, Symonds Yat is now in the centre of the Wye Valley Nature Reserve. The station, perched above the River Wye, had two platforms and a passing loop but little else. As can be seen, it was not a thriving population centre! The station, and the whole line, closed in January 1959 and is now a car park.
  • TALLINGTON - 1950's - Opened in October 1853 by the Great Northern Railway, Tallington, like all of the other intermediate stations between Grantham and Peterborough, served only a small village and never generated much passenger traffic. It appears that this picture was taken before 1902 as the GNR mainline was quadrupled after this date. The station closed to all traffic in June 1959 although the concrete works here is still served by rail.
  • TATTERSHALL - 1900's - Opened in October 1848 by the Great Northern Railway, Tattershall Station lay on the Lincoln to Boston line. For such a minor station, it was rather grand, the Stationmaster's house being incorporated in the 3-storey Italianate tower. There were wooden waiting shelters on both platforms and a spacious goods yard. Traffic, however, was not heavy, the service comprising just 6 trains each way in 1922. The station closed completely in June 1953, although it is still in use as a private residence and art gallery. Here we see GNR Stirling No.6 Class 2-2-2 No.4 passing the signalbox. This engine was withdrawn in June 1906 from Boston, thus dating the picture.
  • TATTERSHALL - 1920's - Opened in October 1848 by the Great Northern Railway, Tattershall Station lay on the Lincoln to Boston line. For such a minor station, it was rather grand, the Stationmaster's house being incorporated in the 3-storey Italianate tower. There were wooden waiting shelters on both platforms and a spacious goods yard. Traffic, however, was not heavy, the service comprising just 6 trains each way in 1922. The station closed completely in June 1953, although it is still in use as a private residence and art gallery.
  • TATTERSHALL - 1950's - Opened in October 1848 by the Great Northern Railway, Tattershall Station lay on the Lincoln to Boston line. For such a minor station, it was rather grand, the Stationmaster's house being incorporated in the 3-storey Italianate tower. There were wooden waiting shelters on both platforms and a spacious goods yard. Traffic, however, was not heavy, the service comprising just 6 trains each way in 1922. The station closed completely in June 1953, although it is still in use as a private residence and art gallery.
  • TAY BRIDGE - 1910's - The Tay Bridge carries the main-line railway across the Firth of Tay in Scotland, between the city of Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife. Its span is 2.75 miles. From about 1854, there had been plans for a Tay crossing, to replace an early train-ferry. The first bridge, opened in 1878, was a single-track lattice design, notable for lightness and low cost. Its sudden collapse in a high wind on 28 December 1879 was one of the great engineering disasters of history. The second bridge was a double-track construction of iron and steel, opened in 1887 and still in service. This is the second bridge ( note the stumps if the piers of the original bridge visible in the water). I wouldn't know what the cost of £650,000 would translate to today but it would be something huge.
  • THAXTED - Thaxted was the terminus of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway, opened in April 1913 and closed in June 1953. It was a small single-platform station with a run-round loop and a engine shed. Passengers alighting at Thaxted then walked across the Chelmer Valley to town, a distance of about a mile; this saved the railway the cost of bridging the Chelmer but crippled its defensive ability when buses lifted passengers from the centre of the town more swiftly and conveniently to nearby shopping centres. The station building, engine shed and water tower all survive in a builder's yard.
  • THEDDLETHORPE - 1910's - Opened in October 1877 on the Mablethorpe Loop by the GNR, Theddlethorpe was the first station north of Mablethorpe. In May 1960 the northern arm of the Loop was closed entirely but the station and platforms survive in private use. Seen here in about 1914 with a GNR stopping train arriving.
  • THEDDLETHORPE - 1950's - Opened in October 1877 on the Mablethorpe Loop by the GNR, Theddlethorpe was the first station north of Mablethorpe. In May 1960 the northern arm of the Loop was closed entirely but the station and platforms survive in private use.
  • THETFORD - 1910's - Opened in July 1845, Thetford Station is an important intermediate station on the old GER mainline from Norwich to London via Cambridge. It is seen here in about 1910 with a Norwich-bound express about to depart. The goods yard looks very busy. The station is still open, served by local Cambridge - Norwich and long distance EMT services from Norwich to the Midlands and Northwest and handles over 250,000 passengers per year.
  • THETFORD BRIDGE - 1930's - This was the first stop out of Thetford on the line to Bury St Edmunds, opened in 1876. As can be seen from the picture, traffic was never heavy and the station closed to passenger traffic in June 1953 and freight in June 1960. Thereafter, the buildings became a youth hostel.
  • THETFORD BRIDGE - 1987 - This was the first stop out of Thetford on the line to Bury St Edmunds, opened in 1876. Traffic was never heavy and the station closed to passenger traffic in June 1953 and freight in June 1960. Thereafter, the buildings became a youth hostel.
  • THORNABY STATION - 1954 - situated just to the west of Thornaby Locomotive Depot, the station lies on the main east-west routes south of the Tees - seen here in April 1954.
  • THORNTON FOR CLEVELEYS - 1910's - This small station was opened in April 1865 on the now disused line of the Preston & Wyre Railway from Poulton-le-Fylde to Fleetwood as Cleveleys, despite being located in the centre of Thornton. In April 1905, the name was changed to Thornton for Cleveleys and I suspect that this view dates from around that time. The line closed to passenger traffic in June 1970 although the line remained open for freight as far as Burn Naze until 1999.
  • THORPE CULVERT - 1950's - Lying on the line from Firsby Junction to Skegness, it is remarkable that Thorpe Culvert Station survives. As can be seen here, facilities were always pretty basic, as was the train service. Today, there are two trains each way per day and only about 200 passengers a year use the station.
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