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I make it 65 closures to passenger services on that date(England and Wales):- Ardsley Ashington Aynho for Deddington Ballingham Bebside Bedlington Berkeley Bickershaw and Abram Blackpool Central Blaisdon Halt Bletchington Blyth Bowbridge Crossing Halt Brimscombe Brimscombe Bridge Halt Briton...

I think Middlesborough - Whitby was proposed for closure by Beeching, but the closure wasn't approved.

I don't know if this has been mentioned before , but the latest (5th) edition of this is available on the Railway & Canal Historical Society’s website. From what I can see it's free to download or view on line. Link here For anyone who hasn't seen a previous edition, the author (Michael Quick)...

Not a building, but John O'Gaunt - which was on the GNR/LNWR joint south of Melton Mowbray - was named after a fox covert. You can see it on this map.

Burdett Road (near Bow, east London) closed by bomb damage 29 December 1940. Re-opened 5 January 1941, but bombed again 10 April 1941 and never re-opened.

Between 1947 and the first of the Beeching closures, 2091 stations in England and Wales closed. Since then, 1430 have closed - not all of them Beeching cuts. Of course, Beeching wanted to close more, but announcing such a large number in one go caused such bad publicity that many were kept...

Almost all the intermediate stations between York and Scarborough closed in 1930 - partly because the stopping trains were holding up the increasing number of excursions. The same thing happened in 1954 on the Selby-Driffield line to free up capacity for Leeds - Bridlington traffic.

A year or two ago I was told I was arriving at North Howden.

December 1910 - 4 trains a day (weekdays only) each way Doncaster - Shireoaks October 1911 - 3 trains a day (weekdays only) each way Doncaster - Shireoaks 1912 - closure during coal strike 1917 - Saturdays only until 1919 1921- closure during coal strike July 1922 as above 1926 - closure during...

If I read the Bradshaw correctly, you could arrive in London earlier going via Newcastle. Assuming you start from Brampton Town at 7:50 am, changing at Brampton Junction and Newcastle gets you to Kings Cross at 4:30 pm You certainly couldn't get to London and back in a day - I wonder what the...

I've been on the platform at Goole a few times when the equivalent Leeds - Goole morning train (0704) was departing. As far as I could see, it's always been empty. I imagine most Goole to Leeds rail commuters go to Howden.

It provides wheelchair access to Platforms 2 and 3 - there's no lift. I've seen passengers with buggies or prams use it as well.

I'll try and get this thread back on track (no pun intended). The leader of the opposition travels to an arranged event accompanied by a film crew. He complains he can't get a seat and has to sit in a vestibule. Why didn't he(or his support team) book tickets in advance? Presumably the...

From the Guardian Not that many commuters on the train, I imagine. I wonder why he didn't book in advance?

This may be of interest - coming up on Talking Pictures TV:- Thu 28 April 2016 15:25 BFI: Elizabethan Express 1954. Factual. Directed by Tony Thompson. An account of the first journey by the new Elizabethan Express service from London to Edinburgh. The world’s longest non-stop daily to...