Trivia: Most Isolated / Exposed Station

[Whistler40145]

Another station exposed in a different way would be Carstairs, the surroundings aren't altogether picturesque.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

Dduallt on the Ffestiniog Railway..

\Where a 19thC Station Master asked to be moved elsewhere due to isolation and extreme isolation. Cannot imagine what anyone would do there in the depths of winter apart from write poetry (and drink) - or both..:roll:

 

[John Luxton]

Torpantau - Brecon Mountain Rly quite isolated and exposed.

 

[rogger13]

Cornbrook (Manchester Metrolink) has very similar attributes, and is legendary for its windiness. It is also the main interchange between most of the network's southern branches.

Cornbrook,always windy.......

 

[swt class 450]

Doleham? (On the Marshlink)

Oh yes, I second London Bridge in the freezing winter....

I wouldnt say Doleham is very remote or isolated. Its only a 10 - 15 minute walk to a bus stop with an hourly bus service and only a 20 - 25 minute walk to the village of Westfield which has a few shops.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Again, I was going to say Dovey Junction, but I won't now.

Instead, I'll nominate Treforest Estate. A few years ago, I was faced with the prospect of my then job moving from Cardiff to the Treforest Industrial Estate, which is served by the station. I wasn't too keen on the move, so I went to have a look. The isolation of the station and it's very basic construction and it's pretty poor service frequency turned me off the move completely - so I got another job instead!

I've often wondered what conditions were like on the West Coast Main Line prior to the opening of the M6. I don't know how many stations there were in past times - not very many, I'd guess - but they would surely have been very isolated, wouldn't they?

 

[RichmondCommu]

I've often wondered what conditions were like on the West Coast Main Line prior to the opening of the M6. I don't know how many stations there were in past times - not very many, I'd guess - but they would surely have been very isolated, wouldn't they?

Well there's not a lot at Shap and it's a pretty wild place in winter. Tebay isn't much bigger but of course up until the late 1960's it did at least have the steam shed which housed the Shap bankers. Tebay was also a junction station with quite a few railway cottages.

 

[SouthDevonian]

Ingra Tor, on Dartmoor, on the Princetown branch was bleak when the mists came down. No human habitation around and sign warning to beware of adders.

Cairnie Junction between Aberdeen & Elgin had only an island platform with no way on or off. It was only used as an interchange station.

 

[Bungle965]

Another station exposed in a different way would be Carstairs, the surroundings aren't altogether picturesque.

Correct me if I am wrong, but it there not a prison which you can see from the station?
Sam

 

[lyndhurst25]

Correct me if I am wrong, but it there not a prison which you can see from the station?
Sam

A high security mental hospital - the Scottish equivalent of Broadmoor or Rampton.

 

[Bungle965]

A high security mental hospital - the Scottish equivalent of Broadmoor or Rampton.

Ah okay thanks.
Sam

 

[Whistler40145]

Yes, It's Scotland's High Security Hospital for Psychiatric patients.

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[backontrack]

Ashford International is always freezing.

Also, Middlewood has no road access. - though it's not exposed to the elements, being, y'know, in the middle of a wood...
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Well there's not a lot at Shap and it's a pretty wild place in winter. Tebay isn't much bigger but of course up until the late 1960's it did at least have the steam shed which housed the Shap bankers. Tebay was also a junction station with quite a few railway cottages.

Actually, Shap isn't too small at all! It's quite a bit bigger than Tebay (pop. 1,264 and 776 respectively) and has, according to Wikipedia:

...three pubs, a small supermarket, a fish and chip shop, an antique book shop, a butcher's shop, a primary school, a newsagent's, a coffee shop, a ceramic art studio called Edge Ceramics, a fire station, a shoe shop (New Balance factory shop) an Anglican church and 3 B&B/ Hostels. There is also a small library, this is in the process of being relinquished from local council control and being adopted by the community as part of a budget cutting measure.

It's also, legally, a market town.

If you want somewhere isolated, then Low Gill is pretty barren. Or perhaps Grayrigg, Smardale or Gaisgill would beat it. Of course, loads of people have mentioned Barras too.

 

[fowler9]

What about the station they visited in Trainspotting? Ranoch Moor was it?

That would be Corrour. What a film by the way.

 

[Whistler40145]

There's not much at Forsinard on the Far North Line.

 

[341o2]

Boscarne exchange platform near Bodmin which existed from 1964 when the former SR lines were rationalised following transfer to the WR. Bodmin north was served by a railbus between it and Boscarne until closed in 1966. Boscarne had no facilities and no other access than by rail (rather like Smallbrook today)

 

[Bungle965]

Boscarne exchange platform near Bodmin which existed from 1964 when the former SR lines were rationalised following transfer to the WR. Bodmin north was served by a railbus between it and Boscarne until closed in 1966. Boscarne had no facilities and no other access than by rail (rather like Smallbrook today)

I believe there is still a station like that in Ireland but I can not remember what it is called!
Sam

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I believe there is still a station like that in Ireland but I can not remember what it is called!
Sam

Manulla Junction in Co. Mayo; sits on the junction of the Dublin to Westport line and the Ballina branch.

 

[Bungle965]

Manulla Junction in Co. Mayo; sits on the junction of the Dublin to Westport line and the Ballina branch.

That`s it!
Thanks
Sam

 

[Whistler40145]

Dent is pretty exposed.

 

[341o2]

hlwill Junction on the former SR system west of Exeter - just a few farms, ironically the population has dramatically increased recently due to the station site becoming a housing estate.

Any station on the Snowden Mountain Railway bar Llanberis

Nant Grwenol on the Tallyllyn

 

[Calthrop]

Boscarne exchange platform near Bodmin which existed from 1964 when the former SR lines were rationalised following transfer to the WR. Bodmin north was served by a railbus between it and Boscarne until closed in 1966. Boscarne had no facilities and no other access than by rail (rather like Smallbrook today)

I covered this set-up in the course of West Country railrover doings in 1965. The experience was fascinating; but "rationalise" is a word which I would hesitate to apply to this couple of years' particular arrangement which obtained at Bodmin !

 

[swt class 450]

Manulla Junction in Co. Mayo; sits on the junction of the Dublin to Westport line and the Ballina branch.

Manulla Junction does have road access. Ive been there six times and entered and exited the station. You just have to walk to the end of the platform and walk over the track and then walk up the stairs to the road bridge. Its not official but i have done it many times and know some people who live nearby who regularly do it.

 

[Taunton]

There's not much at Forsinard on the Far North Line.

Ah, "Frozen'Hard". Doubtless it got that nickname for a reason!

 

[Requeststop]

Karskaya station, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Sorry mate, have to disagree with you there. Khanovey, in the Komi Republits, in Russia, can only be described as the Dovey Junction of Polar Russia.

When I worked in Kazakhstan in 1991/2 we drove past a group of people standing by a rail line in the middle of nowhere with a fire at the side of the line. When I asked my interpreter what they were doing there, I was told they were waiting for the train, but nobody ever knew just how late the train could be. This was in January and the outside temperature was about -35C not including the wind chill. Surprisingly little or no snow.
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Another station exposed in a different way would be Carstairs, the surroundings aren't altogether picturesque.

Yes back in early Feburary, I spent a bleak 45 minutes one evening waiting for a connection at Carstairs. The booking office with seats and a heater were locked closed.

And yes I have a deep hatred for the concrete monstrosity that is Lelant Saltings but there is little or no shelter there especially when you get a North Northeasterly blowing over the Hayle Estuary.