Carlisle Station Roof?

[Morpethcurve]

Did there used to be a full span roof between the stone walls to the east and west of the station, extending north and south of the current roof?

Could anyone be so good as to direct me to images?

There is a similar stone wall west of Perth Station. Was this the western extent of the covered area? Likewise, I'd be delighted to see pictures, having drawn a blank searching the web.

Are the full roofs no longer extant because of maintenance costs?

Many thanks - Morpethcurve

 

[flymo]

There was an overall roof to the stone wall, at least until 1955 as can be seen in this photo

Hope the link works.. if not do a search on the homepage of the link provided.

EDIT: This refers to Carlisle, not Perth by the way....

 

[Morpethcurve]

Exactly what I wanted to see. Many thanks!

Regards - Morpethcurve

 

[flymo]

See http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw025043 for a more complete picture of Carlisle Station, this time from 1928. Some others in the nearby images in the link.

A photo of some of Perth Station is shown in this link http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/spw020119, this one is from 1927.

 

[John Webb]

Did there used to be a full span roof between the stone walls to the east and west of the station, extending north and south of the current roof?

Could anyone be so good as to direct me to images?

There is a similar stone wall west of Perth Station. Was this the western extent of the covered area? Likewise, I'd be delighted to see pictures, having drawn a blank searching the web.

Are the full roofs no longer extant because of maintenance costs?

Many thanks - Morpethcurve

Try and find a copy of "Rail Centres - Carlisle" by Peter W. Robinson, published 1986 by Ian Allan (ISBN 0 7110 1 429 9). This has numerous pictures of the roof, both external and internal. It says that BR in 1956/7 removed badly rotted parts of the roof, including the end screens, cut the roof back and built new end screens.

 

[caliwag]

It's interesting that Perth had no photos published in the middle of the North-bound platforms (7n+s) even though they were busy with loco changes and stock splitting and additions...even by WJV.
The overall roof (same designer as Carlisle) was wide at North and South end but narrower in the middle with just canopies. It has been cut back now due to rust. Interesting that sub. eds. often were confused as both North and South were very similar...the clue was the North end featured a clock, being the original main entrance.
If you're interested in operationss and photos, Trains Illustrated Feb 1957 published a good history and overview of the station as does Smith and Anderson's 'An Illustrated History of Tayside's railways...Dundee and Perth'.
I spotted there with a few lads 1960 to end of steam and it was busy and interesting with lots of 'foreigners'...a cop a day if you were lucky.

 

[Helvellyn]

It's a shame the roof was cut back, as I think the end screens must have been some of the most impressive in the country. They were of a mock Tudor inspired design, based on the fact that Citadel station is located next to the Citadel, which were originally Tudor built towers to strengthen the city defences and rebuilt in the early 19th century as Courts.

Photos here and here.