Shack Attack 2025

[The Mercian]

Today 29/07/25

Mossley (Gtr Manchester)
Smithy Bridge
Littleborough
Rochdale
Castleton
Mills Hill
Moston

 

[DaventryRabbit]

Saturday 26th July

Metrolink
New Islington
Holt Town
Ashton West
Sale
Dane Road
Timperley
Crumpsall (departure from the bay platform, due to disruption caused by a fault on a Tram (My Tram!) at Dane Road!

Northern
Handforth
Styal
Gatley
East Didsbury
Burnage
Mauldeth Road

Sunday 27th July
Dinting
Godley
Newton for Hyde

 

[cjw714]

Mostly ended up going to places I'd visited before so slim pickings this year on my annual trip back to the UK.

14th July - Evesham
19th July - Weston-Super-Mare
26th July - Cranbrook (now visited all the new stations in and around Exeter)
27th July - Southall

 

[Andy Pacer]

02/08/25

Althorne
Battlesbridge
Burnham on Crouch
North Fambridge
Rayleigh
South Woodham Ferrers
Southminster
Wickford

 

[gabrielhj07]

02 August

Honiton

 

[The exile]

19 July 2025

Not sure why these got overlooked!

Llandrindod Wells
Pen-y-Bont

UK Total: 2684

 

[The exile]

2 August 2025

Roche
Hayle Cornwall complete
Marsh Barton
Lympstone Commando Devon Complete

I think I can now get all the way from Penzance to Paddington (and indeed beyond) and Penzance to Edinburgh (via Carstairs) without passing through an unvisited station.


UK Total: 2688

 

[Gathursty]

3 August - Brent Cross West

Drove past Winslow too but will count it another time when I use it. Looks impressive though.

 

[bigmanaiq]

4th August

Deighton - 364
Greenfield - 365
Mossley (Manchester) - 366
Stalybridge - 367

 

[DaventryRabbit]

Somehow omitted to add these for 26/7
Ardwick
Ashburys

 

[childwallblues]

05/08/2025

Blake Street
Wylde Green
Erdington

 

[sh24]

Tuesday 5 August

Whatstandwell
Matlock Bath
Cromford

 

[childwallblues]

Somehow omitted to add these for 26/7
Ardwick
Ashburys

How did you do Ardwick? By car?

 

[mm333]

5 August 2025

Managed to tick off 12 new stations. The two things I absolutely wanted to do with my day was to tick off Salwick (6 trains a day), and do pretty much the full tram run from Fleetwood to Blackpool South.

Mill Hill (Lancashire)
Cherry Tree
Pleasington
Bamber Bridge
Lostock Hall, so I've now done all the stations between Preston and Leeds

I got to Preston in time to catch a delayed hourly Layton train (I can do Poulton-le-Fylde easily next time I'm passing through Preston), then got a bus to Fleetwood for lunch and the tram.

I got to Blackpool South to discover the next train was cancelled due to an obstruction on the line but the train was being started at St Anne's, so got a taxi there to catch it with 3 minutes to spare.

St.Annes-On-The-Sea
Ansdell & Fairhaven, then walk to
Lytham
Moss Side
Kirkham & Wesham, then a taxi to
Salwick - one of two people waiting for the 1802 to Preston.

Current total of NR stations: 582

 

[childwallblues]

5 August 2025.

Managed to tick of 12 new stations. The two things I wanted to do with my day was to tick off Salwick (6 trains a day), and do pretty much the full tram run from Fleetwood to Blackpool South.

Mill Hill (Lancashire)
Cherry Tree
Pleasington
Bamber Bridge
Lostock Hall, so I've now done all the stations between Preston and Leeds

I got to Preston in time to catch a delayed hourly Layton train (I can do Poulton-le-Fylde easily next time I'm passing through Preston), then got a bus to Fleetwood for lunch and the tram.

I got to Blackpool South to discover the next train was cancelled due to an obstruction on the line but the train was being started at St Anne's, so got a taxi there to catch it with 3 minutes to spare.

St.Annes-On-The-Sea
Ansdell & Fairhaven, then walk to
Lytham
Moss Side
Kirkham & Wesham, then a taxi to
Salwick - one of two people waiting for the 1802 to Preston.

Well done clearing Salwick, a very restricted service station.

 

[The Mercian]

How did you do Ardwick? By car?

One train in the morning inbound to Picc and one in the evening outbound. Short walk, about 20 odd minutes back to Piccadilly if you don’t want to spend 8 hours hanging about

 

[The exile]

One train in the morning inbound to Picc and one in the evening outbound. Short walk, about 20 odd minutes back to Piccadilly if you don’t want to spend 8 hours hanging about

Or about 4 minutes to a busy bus route!

 

[sh24]

Or about 4 minutes to a busy bus route!

Or if exceptionally lazy in the early morning a short cab ride.

 

[The exile]

Or if exceptionally lazy in the early morning a short cab ride.

From what I remember of the surroundings, I’d have expected a similar reaction to asking to go “Sarf of the river”.

 

[DaventryRabbit]

How did you do Ardwick? By car?

No. 0703 Manchester - Glossop as far as Ashburys and its a 7 min wait for the ex Glossop train which calls at Ardwick. Alight and Walk to Piccadilly.
Its a faff to get off the platform (2 Steep flights of Stairs) and the entrance has Rubbish strewn everywhere ,a bit like Birmingham at the moment!

 

[mm333]

No. 0703 Manchester - Glossop as far as Ashburys and its a 7 min wait for the ex Glossop train which calls at Ardwick. Alight and Walk to Piccadilly.
Its a faff to get off the platform (2 Steep flights of Stairs) and the entrance has Rubbish strewn everywhere ,a bit like Birmingham at the moment!

That's how I did it too. Then breakfasted at the local McDonalds before getting the 201/2 bus down Hyde Road to deposit me at Denton station for the parliamentary train one Saturday.

 

[sh24]

From what I remember of the surroundings, I’d have expected a similar reaction to asking to go “Sarf of the river”.

The driver was certainly bewildered at dropping someone there!

Wed 6 August

Dore & Totley
Hathersage
Grindleford

 

[Babybirdrobin]

06/08/2025
New visits
Weymouth
Brockenhurst
Lymington Pier
Yeovil Pen Mill
Eastleigh
Basingstoke

New calls:
Frome
Castle Cary
Bruton
Thornford
Yetminster
Chetnole
Maiden Newton
Dorchester West
Upwey
Dorchester south
Moreton
Wool
Wareham
Holton Heath
Hamworthy
Poole
Bournemoith
Pokesdown
christchurch
New Milton
Lymington Town
Southampton Airport Pway
Swaythling
St Denys
Micheldever
Winchester
Bramley
Mortimer
Reading GP
Reading West

 

[Kite159]

5/8:
Newsham

6/8:
Goathland
NYM platforms at Grosmont

 

[sh24]

Thu 7 August

Kidsgrove
Longport

 

[Andy Pacer]

07/08/25

Kensal Green
Malden Manor
Mortlake
South Acton
South Hampstead
Tolworth

 

[ccityplanner12]

Cleethorpes Kingsway – Lakeside
Skegness – Grantham – London King's Cross

 

[childwallblues]

One train in the morning inbound to Picc and one in the evening outbound. Short walk, about 20 odd minutes back to Piccadilly if you don’t want to spend 8 hours hanging about

I knew that there was an evening train stopping there as my mate who was a driver off Piccadilly had told me. You answered my question thank you.

 

[The exile]

9 August 2025

Knottingley
Glasshoughton
Featherstone
Batley
Morley



UK Total: 2693

 

[DaventryRabbit]

Saturday 9th August
The start of an 8 in 15 Freedom of Severn and Solent Rover
Stonehouse
Stroud
Kemble
Pewsey
Trowbridge

Before anyone points it out, I know Pewsey is outside of the Rover Area. After doing the Swindon and Cricklade Railway (Class 119 DMU), I caught a Bus to Pewsey, and bought a Single to Westbury.