| Re: Stations closed a very long time ago Posted by PrestburyRoad at 09:26, 16th September 2026 |     |
While we're on off-topic, another Port that is a long way from the town after which it was named is Ellesmere Port, some 30 miles from Ellesmere. Though to be fair they did have a direct link, namely the Ellesmere Canal.
| Re: Stations closed a very long time ago Posted by grahame at 09:13, 16th September 2026 | |
Ah... off-topic... a puzzling one from last week: the terminus station called "Port Douglas" - not particularly near the village of Douglas in Lanarkshire, and in no way a port (or particularly near what was for a short term, a canal) but very much a railhead for extractive industries that have now moved on.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port has no fewer that 10 definitions of "port". Does this place produce a fortified wine? Is there a business there that translates software between languages and operating systems? Is there a place called Starboard Douglas on the other side of the village?
| Re: Stations closed a very long time ago Posted by Mark A at 08:35, 16th September 2026 | |
Ah... off-topic... a puzzling one from last week: the terminus station called "Port Douglas" - not particularly near the village of Douglas in Lanarkshire, and in no way a port (or particularly near what was for a short term, a canal) but very much a railhead for extractive industries that have now moved on.
| Re: Stations closed a very long time ago Posted by Electric train at 07:02, 16th September 2026 | |
Maidenhead Boyne Hill station opened 1 Aug 1854 closed 1 Nov1871
Maidenhead Riverside station opened June 4, 1838, renamed Maidenhead and Taplow in 1854 closed 1 Nov 1871
| Re: Stations closed a very long time ago Posted by grahame at 05:07, 16th September 2026 | |
Quite a walk from Bradford's city centre ...
Has me straying off topic
Llanbister ROAD ... about 10kms from Llanbister
London ROAD ... but how far from London?
| Re: Stations closed a very long time ago Posted by stuving at 17:01, 17th September 2023 | |
Closer to GWR-land, 'Sutton Harbour Railway Station' on a 1:500 map listed as surveyed in 1893.
Presumably this was never for passengers, as, outside the station throat, the trackwork has a surprise.
Mark
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.6&lat=50.36776&lon=-4.12797&layers=117746211&b=1
Presumably this was never for passengers, as, outside the station throat, the trackwork has a surprise.
Mark
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.6&lat=50.36776&lon=-4.12797&layers=117746211&b=1
That map's the 1853 one, which perhaps explains some "primitive" features of the track. The 1894 town plan, and most other maps, do mark that station as "(goods)".
| Re: Stations closed a very long time ago Posted by Mark A at 15:38, 17th September 2023 | |
Closer to GWR-land, 'Sutton Harbour Railway Station' on a 1:500 map listed as surveyed in 1893.
Presumably this was never for passengers, as, outside the station throat, the trackwork has a surprise.
Mark
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.6&lat=50.36776&lon=-4.12797&layers=117746211&b=1
| Re: Stations closed a very long time ago Posted by Mark A at 18:59, 16th September 2023 | |
Quite a walk from Bradford's city centre, but still only closed as a passenger station in the 1860s - after which it had a long life handling goods traffic. The gradient into the terminus caused the occasional entertainment. At least, I hope no one was hurt.
Mark
| Stations closed a very long time ago Posted by grahame at 17:03, 16th September 2023 | |
http://www.rinbad.free-online.co.uk/bypass.pdf mirrored (here)
Where was Adolphus Street Station and when did it close?
16th September 1863 - 160 years ago today - Truro (Newham) station was bypassed ...
