Stations of wooden construction

[Dr Hoo]

Wooden stations seem to have fallen out of favour by the early 1990s for whatever reason. Obviously 'major' stations like Manchester Aiport and Stansted Airport were exceptions during his period.

Euxton Balshaw Lane (1997) and Horwich Parkway (1999) seemed to mark the start of the trend of the more 'solid' variety of local station.

Most of the 'new'/re-opened stations in Scotland seemed to be done with traditional materials (blocks, fill, concrete copes, tarmac surface, etc.) rather than wood even in the 1980s. (I know that there were some exceptions like Livingston South - perched on an embankment - and some earlier ones like Golf Street.)

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Here's a photo I took a while back of the fairly recent extensions to the wooden-framed platforms at Slaithwaite when they were under construction (had to screen capture it as the original file was too large):

Note the timber frame still being used, unlike the extensions at Deighton and Mirfield which appear to have steel frames underneath.