[TRIVIA] Stations closed Post Beeching!

[Jorge Da Silva]

What stations have closed after the Beeching cuts? After the last Beeching closures!

 

[imagination]

When do you say the Beeching Cuts ended? For instance, Groombridge station was listed for closure in Beeching and then closed in 1985. This was long after the period associated with the Beeching closures, but the line had been run down ever since its proposal for closure and never really given a reprieve or any sort of renewal before its eventual closure.

 

[Jorge Da Silva]

When do you say the Beeching Cuts ended? For instance, Groombridge station was listed for closure in Beeching and then closed in 1985. This was long after the period associated with the Beeching closures, but the line had been run down ever since its proposal for closure and never really given a reprieve or any sort of renewal before its eventual closure.

Probably 1975 onwards!

 

[MadMac]

Well, leaving out subsequent reopenings.....

Houston & Crosslee
Bridge of Weir
Kilmacolm
Balloch Pier
Errol
Fort William*
Bridgeton Central*
Partickhill*
Rutherglen*
Balloch Central*
Forres*
IBM**

* - replaced by nearby station
** - "Mothballed"

 

[swt_passenger]

There was a thread a few years ago that (inter alia) attempted to list closures since privatisation, there aren’t actually that many:
https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...amed-since-privatisation.139443/#post-2821123

 

[imagination]

Ignoring stations since reopened as part of the national rail network, replaced by trams, metros or new nearby stations or simply moved to a different site (including multiple stations replaced by single ones):
Alston (1976)
Liverpool Exchange (1977)
Houston (1983)
Bridge of Weir (1983)
Kilmacolm (1983)
Abertafol (1984, officially 1985)
Gogarth (1984, officially 1985)
Tunbridge Wells West (1985)
Groombridge (1985)
Errol (1985)
Lincoln St Marks (1985)
Balloch Pier (1986)
London Broad Street (1986)
Cefn Onn (1986)
Tiverton Junction (1986, functionally replaced by Tiverton Parkway but that is a couple of miles away so I've included it in the list)
Tilbury Riverside (1992)
Miles Platting (1995)
Watford West (1996, officially 2002)
Watford Stadium Halt (1996, officially 2003)
Croxley Green (1996, officially 2003)
Meadowbank Stadium (1998)
Leeds Whitehall (2002 - temp station)
Norton Bridge (2004, officially 2017)
Etruria (2005)
Newhaven Marine (effectively closed 2006)
Silvertown (2006)
Abercynon North (2008)
Workington North (2010 - temp station)
IBM (effectively closed 2018)

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West went in 1983. Altofts in 1990. Park (Manchester) was closed around the same time as Miles Platting.

Also, does Barbican (NR) count? Still open but LU only now.

 

[NoMorePacers]

Ditton and Folkestone Harbour spring to mind as well.

 

[Ianno87]

Ignoring stations since reopened as part of the national rail network, replaced by trams, metros or new nearby stations or simply moved to a different site (including multiple stations replaced by single ones):
Alston (1976)
Liverpool Exchange (1977)
Houston (1983)
Bridge of Weir (1983)
Kilmacolm (1983)
Abertafol (1984, officially 1985)
Gogarth (1984, officially 1985)
Tunbridge Wells West (1985)
Groombridge (1985)
Errol (1985)
Lincoln St Marks (1985)
Balloch Pier (1986)
London Broad Street (1986)
Cefn Onn (1986)
Tiverton Junction (1986, functionally replaced by Tiverton Parkway but that is a couple of miles away so I've included it in the list)
Tilbury Riverside (1992)
Miles Platting (1995)
Watford West (1996, officially 2002)
Watford Stadium Halt (1996, officially 2003)
Croxley Green (1996, officially 2003)
Meadowbank Stadium (1998)
Leeds Whitehall (2002 - temp station)
Norton Bridge (2004, officially 2017)
Etruria (2005)
Newhaven Marine (effectively closed 2006)
Silvertown (2006)
Abercynon North (2008)
Workington North (2010 - temp station)
IBM (effectively closed 2018)

North Woolwich to go with Silvertown (assuming King George V DLR doesn't count as a direct replacement).

 

[Jorge Da Silva]

Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West went in 1983. Altofts in 1990. Park (Manchester) was closed around the same time as Miles Platting.

Also, does Barbican (NR) count? Still open but LU only now.

I would count Barbican, it is an ex-NR station closed after 1975.

 

[Jorge Da Silva]

North Woolwich to go with Silvertown (assuming King George V DLR doesn't count as a direct replacement).

It is not really a replacement as North Wollwich station continued a year after the DLR station opened.

 

[KevinTurvey]

Park also closed around the same time as Miles Platting.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Primrose Hill?

 

[Ianno87]

It is not really a replacement as North Wollwich station continued a year after the DLR station opened.

Trying to remember - was there a particular reason for the 1 year overlap when both operated? North Woolwich could've closed the second the DLR opened.

Or just a case of only trigger North Woolwich formal closure once you know the DLR is up and running?

 

[Ken H]

Smethwick West? or was it just moved to Smethwick Galton Bridge?

 

[swt_passenger]

I would count Barbican, it is an ex-NR station closed after 1975.

I suggest Barbican was an LU station just like Farringdon and Moorgate, with mainline trains calling at dedicated platforms. The 3 letter station code was ZBB, indicating LU ownership.

 

[higthomas]

Sinfin?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Park also closed around the same time as Miles Platting.

As I said in post #7.

 

[mmh]

All the ones replaced by Manchester Metrolink and Croydon Tramlink

 

[Ianno87]

All the ones replaced by Manchester Metrolink and Croydon Tramlink

I think Oldham Werneth and Addiscombe are the only former stations not to be replaced by a tram stop on the same site.

Woodlands Road was converted to a tram stop, but has subsequently closed.

Now there's a train-themed pub quiz question!

 

[Jorge Da Silva]

Smethwick West? or was it just moved to Smethwick Galton Bridge?

The station was suppose to close in 1995 but due to an error it was delayed until 1996. But it was effectively replaced by Galton Bridge

 

[Ken H]

The station was suppose to close in 1995 but due to an error it was delayed until 1996. But it was effectively replaced by Galton Bridge

Ah. I seem to remember a New St - Stourbridge train in the timetable. Must have been a parliamentary after they diverted the Stourbridge line trains to Snow Hill. They must have 'closed' the chord to passenger traffic too.

 

[Jorge Da Silva]

Ah. I seem to remember a New St - Stourbridge train in the timetable. Must have been a parliamentary after they diverted the Stourbridge line trains to Snow Hill. They must have 'closed' the chord to passenger traffic too.

Smethwick West was served by one train per week between 1995 until closure in 1996 but New Street to Langley Green and Stourbridge continued until May 2004.

 

[R G NOW.]

Gloucester Eastgate.

 

[johnnychips]

Attercliffe Rd and Brightside, though Meadowhall is about half a mile from the latter.

 

[big all]

east brixton on the south london line closed around 1976
and nearly forgot my old depot
coulsdon north 1983

 

[Richard Scott]

Holborn Viaduct? Seem to remember doing it early 1989 as was scheduled for closure that year. Victim of Thameslink I think?

 

[Helvellyn]

You could include Blencow, Penruddock, Troutbeck, Threlkeld and Keswick on the Penrith-Keswick route and Goodrington Sands, Churston, Kingswear and Dartmouth on the Paignton-Kingswear route because neither route was listed for closure by Beeching.

 

[big all]

kingscross thameslink 2007

 

[Ianigsy]

I haven't seen any reference to New Holland Pier or Dover Western Docks (the one large closed station I can definitely say I visited) yet.