Brightening up disused stations

[PeterY]

I do a lot of cycling and love riding along disused railway lines.

Over the last couple of weeks I've noticed that someone has been busy along the old St Albans to Hatfield line at Nash Hyde Halt. The platform has been cleared of ivy and a copy of a distance signal put up with 2015 on it.

Have other disused railway stations the country been brightened up?
Wheathamsted and Swanbourne spring to mind in my little area.

 

[causton]

Looks a lot nicer than last time I was there

 

[yorksrob]

It's always nice to see a disused station well kept. Generally, the best thing is to have it used and cared for by someone.

The most extreme example I've seen of this is probably Brookland on the New Romney branch (building disposed of in the 30's, station closed in 1967) but the building appears to have been doubled in size in the last ten years.

 

[dave12435]

I love it when they do things like this
The former Yarmouth Beach comes to mind
It is now a coach station and coach/car park but they really acknowledge the history of the site well
http://myrailwaystation.com/FORMER ...ACH STATION site, now a car park 2009_jpg.htm

They have track some of the old columns that supported the platform canopies as well as a local council blue plaque detailing the history

 

[John Webb]

The tidying-up at Nast Hyde station is part of the forthcoming celebrations in October this year of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Hatfield-St Albans branch. I haven't yet seen the full programme, but there will be events at each station site along the line. I and colleagues from St Albans South signal box will be doing something at London Road station; Smallford will also be busy as the group hoping to restore the station building, hidden in the adjacent works yard, will be in attendance there. Date to be confirmed but I think it's Saturday Oct 24th.