Closed Stations Journey quiz

[DerekC]

Harton Road

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rushbury

 

[A Challenge]

Longville

 

[Whistler40145]

Easthope Halt

 

[Ash Bridge]

Presthope

 

[Calthrop]

Westwood Halt

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Much Wenlock

 

[Calthrop]

Farley Halt

 

[A Challenge]

Buildwas

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coalbrookdale

Don't forget which station follows this.....only came to "information light" a short time ago.

 

[Calthrop]

Coalbrookdale

Don't forget which station follows this.....only came to "information light" a short time ago.

I'm not completely sure that this is the one concerned. but -- Telford Coalbrookdale ?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct....

Green Bank Halt

 

[Calthrop]

Phew ! I find this corner of the West Midlands, scary.

So -- Lightmoor ? -- journey's final station

 

[A Challenge]

Lightmoor Platform

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Those last two postings should be in reverse order.

I will shortly launch the next journey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next move to England for the next journey.....

This is number 842 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Upwey Wishing Well Halt
It follows the line of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
It then follows the line of the LSWR South Western Main Line
It then follows the line of the South Eastern Railway
It then follows the line of the London and Greenwich Railway
It then follows the line of the London and Brighton Railway
It then follows the line of the LB&SCR Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line...note 1st and 2nd stations
It then follows the line of the LB&SCR Tunbridge Wells Central to Eridge Line
It then follows the line of the LB&SCR Eridge to Polegate Line
It then follows the line of the East Coastway Line
It then follows the line of the Hastings to Tonbridge Line
The journey ends at the closed station of Mountfield Halt

The first closed station on this journey is Upwey Wishing Well Halt

 

[Whistler40145]

Moncton and Came Halt

 

[Calthrop]

Woodsford Halt

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Meyrick Park Halt

 

[hst43102]

Bournemouth East

 

[Calthrop]

Boscombe

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southampton West End

 

[hst43102]

Northam (old location)

 

[Ash Bridge]

Portswood

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bramshot Halt

 

[Ash Bridge]

Kingston

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wandsworth

 

[hst43102]

Not completely certain due to the rather complicated track layouts in South London, but would London Spa Road be the next station?

 

[DerekC]

I think that before Spa Road we would have passed the station of Blackfriars Road. The stairway entrance is still visible under the bridge, labelled "Charing Cross Railway - Blackfriars Station"

Commercial Dock

I admit to being slightly dubious about this one because it was almost on top of the junction between the London & Greenwich and London & Croydon/London & Brighton Railway. I will do an OS map check.

Update - unfortunately I can't find a map of the right date. By the time of the construction of the later station of Southwark Park on more or less the same site in 1902, the Greenwich line had separate tracks but I don't know whether this was the case in 1856 when Commercial Dock station was built.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Still on the London and Greenwich Railway.....Southwark Park as was said above was on the same site as Commercial Dock, but was built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway much later on 1st October 1902

Now we can access the line of the London and Brighton Railway main line and the first closed station that I have found was that of.....

Coulsdon North