Station location from the 80s

[parcel]

Shalford has a direct train service from Reading (but not from London), so it is unlikely you would have gone into London and out again if going there from the west.

It wasnt that far out of London. That station is not high up off the rd. Seems no one seem to know. So Im cutting the thread. Thanks for the help an suggestions. Its just not happening...

 

[Pigeon]

Try and think of your journey the other way, ie. back from the factory to Paddington, and take yourself through that step by step. You got up from the road to the correct platform at the local station - how? What sort of train did you get? How did the doors open? Did it go underground on the way back to Paddington? Did you have to lug it up steps at Paddington, or were you able to let an escalator do the work? Whereabouts on Paddington station did you arrive on the main line platforms? Etc.

 

[Bevan Price]

One suggestion. I think you said there were no road bridges under (or over) the railway close to the station. Ther must be only a small number of stations where that applies. Look at maps including outer London station where applies, e.g. on here:

Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland

 

[parcel]

Try and think of your journey the other way, ie. back from the factory to Paddington, and take yourself through that step by step. You got up from the road to the correct platform at the local station - how? What sort of train did you get? How did the doors open? Did it go underground on the way back to Paddington? Did you have to lug it up steps at Paddington, or were you able to let an escalator do the work? Whereabouts on Paddington station did you arrive on the main line platforms? Etc.

What sort of train did you get? (Tube)
How did the doors open? (sliding doors to get the large case in)
Did it go underground on the way back to Paddington? (I think so)
Did you have to lug it up steps at Paddington, or were you able to let an escalator do the work, (escalator from the tube)
Whereabouts on Paddington station did you arrive on the main line platforms? (I had to lug it up/down some steps to get to my platform). To get back home.

Hope it helps.

 

[Fawkes Cat]

Did you have to lug it up steps at Paddington, or were you able to let an escalator do the work, (escalator from the tube)

This suggests use of the Bakerloo line.

 

[parcel]

I "think" it was on the escalator, then carrying it up steps to Paddington. Don't really remember struggling with tho. It was fairly light.

 

[Pigeon]

What sort of train did you get? (Tube)
How did the doors open? (sliding doors to get the large case in)
Did it go underground on the way back to Paddington? (I think so)
Did you have to lug it up steps at Paddington, or were you able to let an escalator do the work, (escalator from the tube)
Whereabouts on Paddington station did you arrive on the main line platforms? (I had to lug it up/down some steps to get to my platform). To get back home.

Yes, that sounds like you were on the Bakerloo line, up the escalator and then up the steps from the subway to the back of the Lawn.

You "think" it went underground on the way back; that suggests you were coming from somewhere beyond Queen's Park, on a Bakerloo train running over the Watford DC lines, which doesn't take very long between going under at Queen's Park and arriving at Paddington. In the other direction the Bakerloo never comes up at all and you'd be spending a much longer time underground, with at least one change, which you would probably remember something about if you'd done it.

So it could be a station on the Watford DC lines with a Bakerloo service; they did run Bakerloos beyond Wembley at least some of the time in the mid-80s (although not on a Sunday night when I would have found it really useful). Not many of those stations are elevated. Others have suggested Stonebridge Park, but I don't think it can possibly be that; there is no noticeable road running parallel to the line, and it's right on top of lots of bridges and viaducts where the North Circular goes under the WCML, which you couldn't fail to have noticed.

I am wondering if it's South Kenton. It's elevated, even if not very much; it doesn't have a road bridge under the line (although there is a pedestrian passage); and there are roads running parallel to the line on both sides. There is also an industrial area on the east side of the line between North Wembley and South Kenton, between the line and what was the GEC Hirst Research Centre at the time, for the north end of which South Kenton is the more convenient station; no idea what places were on it, so maybe one of them was a flight case maker.

 

[Tester]

I am wondering if it's South Kenton. It's elevated, even if not very much; it doesn't have a road bridge under the line (although there is a pedestrian passage); and there are roads running parallel to the line on both sides. There is also an industrial area on the east side of the line between North Wembley and South Kenton, between the line and what was the GEC Hirst Research Centre at the time, for the north end of which South Kenton is the more convenient station; no idea what places were on it, so maybe one of them was a flight case maker.

South Kenton is an island platform, which is distinctive.

 

[parcel]

Yes, that sounds like you were on the Bakerloo line, up the escalator and then up the steps from the subway to the back of the Lawn.

You "think" it went underground on the way back; that suggests you were coming from somewhere beyond Queen's Park, on a Bakerloo train running over the Watford DC lines, which doesn't take very long between going under at Queen's Park and arriving at Paddington. In the other direction the Bakerloo never comes up at all and you'd be spending a much longer time underground, with at least one change, which you would probably remember something about if you'd done it.

So it could be a station on the Watford DC lines with a Bakerloo service; they did run Bakerloos beyond Wembley at least some of the time in the mid-80s (although not on a Sunday night when I would have found it really useful). Not many of those stations are elevated. Others have suggested Stonebridge Park, but I don't think it can possibly be that; there is no noticeable road running parallel to the line, and it's right on top of lots of bridges and viaducts where the North Circular goes under the WCML, which you couldn't fail to have noticed.

I am wondering if it's South Kenton. It's elevated, even if not very much; it doesn't have a road bridge under the line (although there is a pedestrian passage); and there are roads running parallel to the line on both sides. There is also an industrial area on the east side of the line between North Wembley and South Kenton, between the line and what was the GEC Hirst Research Centre at the time, for the north end of which South Kenton is the more convenient station; no idea what places were on it, so maybe one of them was a flight case maker.

Thanks, but it's nothing like I described. Its possible that I'm on the wrong track. Just have to concede defeat. At least I tried as many did on here. Thanks a lot guys. It will have be a fleeting memory...

 

[Peter Sarf]

Yes, that sounds like you were on the Bakerloo line, up the escalator and then up the steps from the subway to the back of the Lawn.

You "think" it went underground on the way back; that suggests you were coming from somewhere beyond Queen's Park, on a Bakerloo train running over the Watford DC lines, which doesn't take very long between going under at Queen's Park and arriving at Paddington. In the other direction the Bakerloo never comes up at all and you'd be spending a much longer time underground, with at least one change, which you would probably remember something about if you'd done it.

So it could be a station on the Watford DC lines with a Bakerloo service; they did run Bakerloos beyond Wembley at least some of the time in the mid-80s (although not on a Sunday night when I would have found it really useful). Not many of those stations are elevated. Others have suggested Stonebridge Park, but I don't think it can possibly be that; there is no noticeable road running parallel to the line, and it's right on top of lots of bridges and viaducts where the North Circular goes under the WCML, which you couldn't fail to have noticed.

I am wondering if it's South Kenton. It's elevated, even if not very much; it doesn't have a road bridge under the line (although there is a pedestrian passage); and there are roads running parallel to the line on both sides. There is also an industrial area on the east side of the line between North Wembley and South Kenton, between the line and what was the GEC Hirst Research Centre at the time, for the north end of which South Kenton is the more convenient station; no idea what places were on it, so maybe one of them was a flight case maker.

Another perhaps memorable thing would be that the Bakerloo line once it reaches ground level at Queens Park is alongside the West Coast mainline for most of its route North so you would remember expresses flying past. Do you @parcel remember that ?.

Only two exceptions (to adjacent expresses) :-
Willesden Junction to Wembley but there would have been all sorts of lines and sidings on one or both sides. Stonebridge Park is in the middle of that section but Wembley intercity depot is almost invisible above a wall there.
Beyond Bushey to Watford Junction the line swings away to the West before reaching Watford Junction and I wonder if any of that is on an embankment ?
Maybe a change of train on the same platform to get that far North.

How far was the factory/supplier from the station @parcel btw ?.

Could you be a bit vague because your return journey was a different route @parcel perhaps ?.
For perhaps got off at/near Croxley Green (having changed at Watford Junction) and then after collection returned from Watford back via the Metropolitain Line ?.