Stations which have been relocated

[krus_aragon]

I think that I am right in saying that the original Cathays station in Cardiff was on a different line (Rhymney Valley) to the one that the current station is (Rhondda Valley).

From memory, these remains were visible from the Crwys Road bridge, but it's a while since I last looked so, as I say above, I don't know whether they are still there.

Is that so? I was under the impression that Cathays station had it's origin under the TVR (as a halt with services in one direction only, or was that Maindy?). While I haven't read as much about the Rhymney Railway's history, I feel a bit surprised that there was once a station near Crwys Road, given that I lived in the area for four years.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Is that so? I was under the impression that Cathays station had it's origin under the TVR (as a halt with services in one direction only, or was that Maindy?). While I haven't read as much about the Rhymney Railway's history, I feel a bit surprised that there was once a station near Crwys Road, given that I lived in the area for four years.

I do confess that I'm not sure whether what I said originally is correct.

I'm sure that's what I was once told, but I can't now find any proof of it, so maybe I am wrong!

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

New Holland station moved a bit after Town and Pier stations were merged.
Fleetwood's station moved alot, but it closed down and hasn't reopened yet.
Meadowhall in Sheffield moved due to the shopping centre openning.
Liverpool Central moved underground.
I recall hearing that a Metrolink city centre stop moved a bit.
Colne Station is further back than it was when it wasn't end of the line.
Great Yarmouth looks like it moved, but I'm not sure.

 

[Traveller54]

Finally can we consider Tenterden on the KESR.
The first station named Tenterden opened in 1900
In 1903 it was renamed Rolvenden when the present Tenterden Town was opened one and half miles away. Do we count this as a resiting.!

Similar situation with Lochwinnoch. The original Lochwinnoch station was about half a mile outside the village on what is now the Ayrshire coast line. When the Kilbarchan loop was built a station was constructed within the village and the original renamed Lochside. The loop line and village station eventually closed and the original station renamed Lochwinnoch again.

 

[ag51ruk]

Epsom Downs station was relocated in the late 80s when the line it's on was shortened to make room for housing - I imagine there are a few other examples like this.

 

[RPM]

Princes Risborough station was moved slightly further to the south when the GW/GC Joint Line was built. I think Monks Risborough was moved slightly further towards Aylesbury at some point after the 1960s, to bring it nearer the road.

 

[Bevan Price]

New Holland station moved a bit after Town and Pier stations were merged.
Fleetwood's station moved alot, but it closed down and hasn't reopened yet.
Meadowhall in Sheffield moved due to the shopping centre openning.
Liverpool Central moved underground.
I recall hearing that a Metrolink city centre stop moved a bit.
Colne Station is further back than it was when it wasn't end of the line.
Great Yarmouth looks like it moved, but I'm not sure.

Wyre Dock was renamed Fleetwood when the previous Fleetwood station (near the ferry terminal) was closed, and became the 4th station to carry the name "Fleetwood".

Poulton Le Fylde moved in 1896, when the line from Kirkham to Fleetwood & Blackpool North was relocated to eliminate a very sharp curve.

Blackpool North has also moved a bit. The original platforms were located closer to the sea, where the supermarket is now sited. The current station was formerly the "excursion platforms", added some years after the original station was built.

In addition, in the early days of railways, there were numerous "temporary stations", open only for a year or to, and relocated after completion of infrastructure work - e.g. Manchester London Road (now Piccadilly) replaced a temporary station at Travis Street.

(See, for example, Michael Quick's book on Railway Passenger Stations for more details.)

 

[iain-j]

The First Joppa Station was located where Brunstane is now but was closed and moved to the site on the ECML where the old station building still exists today.
It seems the original Joppa was part of the route of the Musselburgh and Fisherrow branch that followed the original alignment from Niddrie South before the Newhailes curve was opened on the ECML.
At this point Joppa was relocated. Seems the two now closed Niddrie Stations followed the same timeline as well.
Inveresk station was opened in 1846 as Musselburgh but when the station in the town of Musselburgh opened in 1847 it was renamed.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Vale of Rheidol station at Aberystwyth has moved as well.

Here's what Wiki says: "The platform that was originally used by trains via Lampeter to Carmarthen is now used by the narrow gauge steam-operated Vale of Rheidol Railway. Opened in 1902, this railway originally had its own terminus at Aberystwyth Smithfield (named after Smithfield Road, now Park Avenue). This closed in 1925 and was replaced by a station a short distance from the main railway station; the station site is now a supermarket car park. In 1968 it moved again, this time to use the now-free platform at the main Aberystwyth station where there is a runaround loop and access to the former mainline railway shed. Nowadays, this is used as the storage and works area by the Vale of Rheidol Railway."

I remember visiting Aber in the early 1960s and using the old station and later in the early 1970s (and since) using the new one.

 

[AndrewE]

Blackpool North has also moved a bit. The original platforms were located closer to the sea, where the supermarket is now sited. The current station was formerly the "excursion platforms", added some years after the original station was built.

I believe that the current Blackpool station building was originally a maintenance shed of some kind - wagons or DMUs?
Morecambe has also suffered from the sale of the sea-front location and retreated to a newer cheaper facility further back. I expect there are quite a few more places where the same thing has happened, probably for the same or similar reasons. Blackpool S?
North Berwick seems to have migrated to make space for the car-park - not an attractive pedestrian approach to the platform.

 

[tsr]

Redhill had its site combined and moved (a couple of times, if you count various buildings moving/being replaced).

I believe Ashurst, on the Uckfield Line, was moved at some point.

New Wandsworth was demolished, resited by quite a few hundred yards (ish) and renamed to become the present Wandsworth Common station. If you know where to look you can just about make out New Wandsworth in broad daylight. It's not exactly where it's shown on the Carto Metro site. New Wandsworth was briefly used as the terminus of the line from Crystal Palace via Streatham Hill, but the sketchy historical records seem to show that it was utterly inadequate.

Shepherd's Bush platforms have wandered around a bit over time.

Does Hurst Green count? It didn't exactly move, but it's about 6x the size it once was!

 

[steamybrian]

Redhill had its site combined and moved (a couple of times, if you count various buildings moving/being replaced).

I believe Ashurst, on the Uckfield Line, was moved at some point.

New Wandsworth was demolished, resited by quite a few hundred yards (ish) and renamed to become the present Wandsworth Common station. If you know where to look you can just about make out New Wandsworth in broad daylight. It's not exactly where it's shown on the Carto Metro site. New Wandsworth was briefly used as the terminus of the line from Crystal Palace via Streatham Hill, but the sketchy historical records seem to show that it was utterly inadequate.

Shepherd's Bush platforms have wandered around a bit over time.

Does Hurst Green count? It didn't exactly move, but it's about 6x the size it once was!

My comments to the above.....
Redhill was resited several times in the 19th century but unable to ascertain exact site of the old stations.
No information on resiting Ashurst.
New Wandsworth was closed to passengers in 1869 when the present Wandsworth Common was opened. New Wandsworth Goods remained in operation until the late 1960s.
Shepherds Bush stations have closed/ reopened in the 19th century. The present Shepherds Bush station is on the site of the old Uxbridge Road station.
Hurst Green opened in 1961 when the original halt on the other side of the overbridge closed.

 

[tsr]

My comments to the above.....
Redhill was resited several times in the 19th century but unable to ascertain exact site of the old stations.

I have a book somewhere which details the whole lot. IIRC the main changes revolved around two stations being merged into one, but that one was on a different site; I think perhaps one or two of the original sites were in the Hooley Lane area, very close to Earlswood (and naturally Earlswood was once more impressive too). Unfortunately I'm not sure precisely how accurate it is... and more importantly, where it is on the bookshelves anyway!

No information on resiting Ashurst.

All I know is that apparently it happened. Whether the previous incarnation was just a temporary halt for track workers or something, I don't know.

Ashurst is pretty much beyond recognition from its initial state on its current site now, though in a strange way it's now easier to see where the old track/platform layout was.

New Wandsworth was closed to passengers in 1869 when the present Wandsworth Common was opened. New Wandsworth Goods remained in operation until the late 1960s.

Indeed, I suspect the passengers were rather happy about that one!

I would very cynically suggest that very little has changed about Wandsworth Common since then, probably including the dodgy gaps between trains and the Down Slow & Fast platforms.

Wandsworth Common was a bit of a faff when I route-learnt it; I remember being shown the best dispatch positions on the Down Fast and the platform staff giving the air of being unimpressed with the state of the platform and the frankly unpleasant design of the footbridge landing meaning that it's almost "Limited Clearance" when working alongside passing trains.

Shepherds Bush stations have closed/ reopened in the 19th century. The present Shepherds Bush station is on the site of the old Uxbridge Road station.

I was hoping the presence of the old Uxbridge Road station wouldn't complicate matters too much... OK, I did simplify things a bit.

Hurst Green opened in 1961 when the original halt on the other side of the overbridge closed.

I couldn't remember the exact location of those platforms. So it actually has completely moved, then. Thanks for the correction!

 

[46223]

Wilpshire station is now about 450yards nearer to Blackburn, and renamed Ramsgreave and Wilpshire.

 

[Bevan Price]

I believe that the current Blackpool station building was originally a maintenance shed of some kind - wagons or DMUs?
Morecambe has also suffered from the sale of the sea-front location and retreated to a newer cheaper facility further back. I expect there are quite a few more places where the same thing has happened, probably for the same or similar reasons. Blackpool S?
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(Info from Michael Quick's book)
Blackpool South has a bit of a complicated history. It was opened as a station on the "direct" line between Kirkham & Blackpool Central, and originally known as South Shore Waterloo Road. Several years later, nearby South Shore Lytham Road, on the coastal line via Lytham, was closed in 1916 and new platforms built at Waterloo Road. Later renamed Blackpool South, it has shrunk and all that remains is a shortened section of one of the later (1916) platforms.


Balloch (Central) & Sheringham have both been relocated to the opposite sides of level crossings, although at Sheringham, the old station still exists as part of the heritage North Norfolk Railway.

Castleton (Lancs) station replaced Blue Pits on the opposite side of the road bridge.

Burnley Manchester Road replaced Burnley Thorneybank, also on the opposite side of a road bridge.

 

[30907]

Wilpshire station is now about 450yards nearer to Blackburn, and renamed Ramsgreave and Wilpshire.

From a pedantic viewpoint, there was a significant gap between the closure of the one and the opening of the other.

 

[krus_aragon]

I do confess that I'm not sure whether what I said originally is correct.

I'm sure that's what I was once told, but I can't now find any proof of it, so maybe I am wrong!

Might it be that you were thinking of the Rhymney Railway's Cardiff Parade station? When closed in 1928, passenger trains were redirected over a remodelled Crockherbtown Junction to Queen Street station.

 

[Darren R]

...Colne Station is further back than it was when it wasn't end of the line...

No it isn't! The station may not be what it once was (although as a station it never really amounted to much even in its heyday), but it's still in exactly the same place it always was, facing up Albert Road.

 

[47271]

Bathgate is a funny one over the past 60 years. Shut surprisingly early in 1956 for such a large town, reopened in 1986 on a different site, moved back close to its original location in 2010.

 

[Bevan Price]

Bathgate is a funny one over the past 60 years. Shut surprisingly early in 1956 for such a large town, reopened in 1986 on a different site, moved back close to its original location in 2010.

Bathgate's population has almost doubled since 1956.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Some stations were relocated to a site extremely near to the original site. Two examples being Church Stretton and Castleton (the one near to Rochdale), where the new site was just on the other side of the road. (The original Castleton station was called Blue Pits)

 

[455driver]

Some stations were relocated to a site extremely near to the original site. Two examples being Church Stretton and Castleton (the one near to Rochdale), where the new site was just on the other side of the road. (The original Castleton station was called Blue Pits)

On a similar note, Gunnislake is now located the other side of the road bridge which was demolished to remove the height restriction.

 

[Karl]

On a similar note, Gunnislake is now located the other side of the road bridge which was demolished to remove the height restriction.

Another one which moved to the other side of a road bridge is Lostock Hall which closed in the seventies before being reopened in the mid eighties.

 

[47271]

Bathgate's population has almost doubled since 1956.

I'm sure it has, if for no other reason than the site of the old Leyland truck plant (1961-1986) is now covered in houses! Until this thread motivated me to look into it, I hadn't realised that the final closure of the Leyland factory and the initial reopening of the passenger railway happened in the same year. Now the station handles over 1m passengers per year.

 

[theblackwatch]

Epsom Downs station was relocated in the late 80s when the line it's on was shortened to make room for housing - I imagine there are a few other examples like this.

Yes, quite a few stations have moved when lines have been shortened to cater for local developments. The two at Bradford (Exchange and Forster Square) spring to mind - it's now a longer walk between the two.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Might it be that you were thinking of the Rhymney Railway's Cardiff Parade station? When closed in 1928, passenger trains were redirected over a remodelled Crockherbtown Junction to Queen Street station.

I may have been, although I didn't find out that it existed until I Googled "Cathays Station" to find out whether I was right.

In addition, 1928 is a long time before I was born ..... !

 

[Mag_seven]

Two from Scotland:

Partickhill closed in 1979 and moved from the north side to the south side of Dumbarton Road(and re-named Partick).

Balloch Central closed in 1988 and moved from north side of Balloch Road to the south side of Balloch road (and re-named Balloch).This was in connection with the closure of Balloch pier station and eliminated a level crossing.

 

[Bookd]

The present Twickenham station was built in 1954; before that the station was to the west of London Road (near the Albany pub). The thoroughfare there is still known as Station Road, and Station Yard (which for many years has been used as a TfL bus stand) although there is no longer any sign of the station.

 

[Bill EWS]

Cholsey's first station was Mulsford Road set back behind the road over bridge to the south of the present station. The new station Cholsey & Mulsford (For Wallingford) was built as the junction where the branch to Wallingford turned off. The Hotel at Mulsford Road Station remained in use for many years then lay deserted for some more years before being re-furbished as flats.
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The first station at Inverurie was at the south end of the town. The level crossing remained for many years but the road is now blanked off. The present station was built when the GNSR replaced Kittybrewster as their Loco Works with their new loco works at Inverurie. The new station included a bay platform for the branch line trains too and from Oldmeldrum.

Station Road became Old Station Road while a new station Road served the newer station.

 

[Taunton]

Billingham, Teesside, was moved the best part of a mile eastwards in the mid 1960s, the Station Road elsewhere in the town shows where it used to be. A bit surprising, it doesn't seem much more convenient a location than the old one, and still has notably thin usage, maybe a couple of hundred passengers a day. The new station was built with full booking office, parcels office, etc, but just a couple of years later the route was converted to unstaffed stations, and when I first used it in the 1970s the new buildings were a vandalised wreck. It seems to have recovered, though not a lot, nowadays. Steps from the island platform up to the main road which crosses the platform would have been useful, but not provided.