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    Guess the Station...

    Yes-well done. The whole photo is shown below.
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    Guess the Station...

    My next one....
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    Guess the Station...

    I submitted a similar photo of the same building on this quiz a few months ago.... I will submit the next photograph tomorrow morning. .......
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    Guess the Station...

    St Erth
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Roman Road
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Folkestone first station which opened for three months in 1843
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Lyminge (Station building is now the village library)
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Barham
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    To keep the game going I will state the next station after Grove Ferry & Upstreet of.. Chislet Colliery Halt (the platforms are still in situ nearly 50 years after closure)
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    Trains making unadvertised/off-station stops

    Do you also include stops at stations and platforms for railway staff only. Here in the South East there have been several- Hoo Junction, Shakespeare Cliff, as well as former stations at St Leonards West Marina, Folkestone East and Hothfield for which (parts of) the platforms remained for many...
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Grove Ferry & Upstreet was on the Ashford to Ramsgate line and Richborough Castle was on the Dover to Ramsgate line. ? different routes?
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    Disused railway tunnels

    Here in the South East I have walked through the following disused tunnels- Mayfield and Argos Hill Tunnels on the Polegate- Eridge Line The former has since been infilled but the latter is still accessible Crescent Wood Tunnel on the Crystal Palace High Level line in South London (440 yards)...
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    Hi, Paul has asked me to write to you. You mentioned Peterborough Crescent as a closed station...

    Hi, Paul has asked me to write to you. You mentioned Peterborough Crescent as a closed station from the GN main line to the Northampton line but that station was a "Midland Railway" station and not on the line of route. I suggest that the next station instead of Castor should be Orton...
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    Disused railways and what remains

    I have walked many miles of abandoned disused lines and it is interesting to spot any hidden remains such as mileposts, gradient posts, signals as well as odd sections of track. Living in the South East I have walked Cuckoo Trail, Three Bridges- Groombridge, Christs Hospital - Guildford...
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    Rail replacement buses

    As someone who used to work for BR (Southern Region) planning engineering works and substitute buses I had several years experience. I agree that many stations were inaccessible for substitute buses (there are a few that have no road access!) accordingly the nearest convenient stop was...
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    New Station calendar

    Funding for a feasibility study.
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    Government funding boost for reopening Haxby station confirmed

    It is finance for a feasibility study not a definite commitment. Do not get too excited as there have been many, many schemes which have had feasibility studies but have never progressed. Being discussed on the section "New station calendar".
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    (Trivia) Stations in a different county to the settlement they are named after

    If you are considering closed stations then Coldstream station (closed in 1964) was located in the village of Cornhill in England but Coldstream town was in Scotland.
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    (Trivia) Stations in a different county to the settlement they are named after

    Knockholt station is situated (just) inside the London Borough of Bromley but the village is nearly 3 miles away in Kent Hampton Court station is in Surrey but Hampton Court (Palace) is the other side of the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond
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    Trivia: Abandoned railway lines that have been turned into cycle/footpaths

    Added both Aberaeron Cycle Path and Elan Valley Trail to Wikipedia list of former railway routes converted to cycle paths. Thanks to Meole for information.

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