Location Identity Sought

[Deepgreen]

A friend of mine has found this old shot of his and wonders where he may have taken it! If anyone is able to identify it I'd be grateful.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Presumably somewhere (once?) on the LNER network, given the signboard, although that hardly narrows things down all that much.

 

[edwin_m]

The white gable towards the left is quite distinctive. The building beyond appears to have roof timbers but no slates, as the chimney is visble through the roof, so that one could be in the course of demolition. 0000 headcode suggests mid-1970s.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Yes, that zero’d headcode panel does suggest January 1976 onwards, does it not have a Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint Line look to it perhaps?

 

[pdeaves]

Yes, that zero’d headcode panel does suggest January 1976 onwards, does it not have a Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint Line look to it perhaps?

I immediately thought somewhere vaguely in the Spalding or Lincoln area.

 

[D6130]

The large white-gabled building identifies the location as Woodbridge, Suffolk. I would guess that the train is the evening peak Liverpool Street-Lowestoft service.

 

[Ash Bridge]

The large white-gabled building identifies the location as Woodbridge, Suffolk. I would guess that the train is the evening peak Liverpool Street-Lowestoft service.

Great work @D6130 !

 

[Gloster]

Yes, as said in #6 it appears to be Ferry Quay Level Crossing just north of Woodbridge station.

 

[MotCO]

Yes, as said in #6 it appears to be Ferry Quay Level Crossing just north of Woodbridge station.

Is that on LNER tracks?

 

[pdeaves]

Is that on LNER tracks?

It would have been the historical LNER.

 

[Gloster]

And before that the Great Eastern Railway.

 

[edwin_m]

Looks a bit different today, but the house beyond the white gable appears to have survived.

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[D6130]

Looks a bit different today, but the house beyond the white gable appears to have survived.

Yes....the footbridge has been renewed and I believe that the house beyond the white gable is the station building. The white gabled building is the Riverside Cinema, Bar and Restaurant....formerly known as the Woodbridge Electric Theatre and opened in 1915. That would be a good one for the "Settlement Association" thread!

 

[John Webb]

Fairly similar views to the OP's picture (click on photos below to go to the larger originals on the Geograph website).
From 1983:
The Broadsman Railtour

© Copyright roger geach and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

and more recently in 2013:
Approaching Woodbridge Station

© Copyright Stuart Logan and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

 

[D6130]

Fairly similar views to the OP's picture

From those excellent photos, it would seem that the footbridge has not been renewed....just repainted.