Cannon Street (ZCS)

Cannon Street is a stop on the Circle and District Lines of the London Underground in the City of London between Mansion House and Monument. It is situated beneath London Cannon Street mainline terminus.
View down the platforms



Information
Type: Transport for London (London Underground
Circle & District Lines)
Station code: ZCS
Opened: 1884
Platforms: 2

The station was opened in 1884 [1] by the Metropolitan Railway, completing the Inner Circle railway (nowadays the Circle Line). Services were operated by both the Metropolitan and District Railways. The Circle Line was formed in 1949.

There were plans to extend the Fleet/Jubilee Line through Cannon Street in the 1970s, however the Jubilee Line Extension later took a different route. The station was rebuilt in 2012 at the same time as the mainline station above.
An S Stock train prepares to depart, the train is slightly too long for the platform



[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 108

St Winefride's Halt

St Winefride's Halt was the intermediate stop on the Holywell Branch Line in Flintshire between Holywell Junction and Holywell Town

Information
Type: National Rail (Holywell Branch Line)
Opened: 1912
Closed: 1954
Platforms: 1

The station was opened by the London & North Western Railway in 1912 along with the rest of the branch. The station was situated near to a famous well and also some mills. The station consisted of a single curved wooden platform. There was also a siding for goods.

Despite being popular with passengers and busy at times during the LMS years the Holywell Branch, including St Winefride's Halt, was closed in 1954.
St Winefride's Halt at opening [1]



[1] "Opening a new branch of the L & NW Railway", Railway Times (July 6 1912) p. 13

Farnborough North (FNN)

Farnborough North is a stop on the North Downs Line in Hampshire between Blackwater and North Camp. It is close to, though unconnected to, Farnborough (Main)
The other Farnborough station is within walking distance


Information
Type: National Rail (North Downs Line)
Station code: FNN
Opened: 1849
Platforms: 2

The station was opened as Farnborough by the Reading, Guildford & Reigate Railway in 1849, the station later being part of the South Eastern Railway. Under Southern Railways ownership the name was changed to Farnborough North in 1923 [1]. The station has two platforms now though for a time had a bay platform for troop trains. The station had a goods yard which closed in 1961.

The station is managed by Great Western Railway who maintain an hourly service most days (with extra peak time services) from Reading to Redhill or Gatwick Airport.
Platform sign

Shelter



[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Reading to Guildford (Middleton Press, 1988) Fig. 68

Coventry (COV)

Coventry is a major stop on the West Coast Main Line between Rugby and Canley and also the terminus for services to Nuneaton and Leamington Spa.
XC 221 120 arrives at Coventry


Information
Type: National Rail (West Coast Main Line)
Station code: COV
Opened: 1838
Platforms: 4

The station was originally opened in 1838 by the London & Birmingham Railway though was quickly replaced by a larger station in 1840. This station later had an extensive engine shed and goods yard though these were run down and closed in the late 1950s and 1960s [1]. Some stabling for stock still remains to the West of the station.

The station was replaced in 1962 during a complete rebuild which added two more platforms and a new two-storey high passenger concourse [2][3], a bridge connecting the platforms. Coventry consists of an island platform and two side platforms.

Work began in 2019 on a major rebuild, which will include a new bay platform, a larger carpark and a second footbridge. The work is part of a regeneration of the centre of Coventry. The station could also be linked to the city's new very light rail system planned for the 2020s.
Work continues on the new station, the new carpark is on the right

View down the platform

Inside the concourse


Old and slightly less old station signage
LNWR 350 401 arrives next to the building site!


[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Rugby to Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2008) Fig. 69
[2] David Lawrence, British Rail Designed 1948-97 (Ian Allan, 2016) p. 76
[3] Mitchell & Smith Fig. 74

Poplar (ZPL)

Poplar is an interchange for three of the six Docklands Light Railway lines in Tower Hamlets, London. It is between Westferry or West India Quay and Blackwall or All Saints
Preparing to depart


Information
Type: Transport for London (Docklands Light Railway)
Station code: ZPL
Opened: 1987
Platforms: 4

Poplar was opened by the Docklands Light Railway in 1987. There have been four London stations called Poplar before though none were on the same site as the current DLR station. When opened Poplar has just two platforms as it only served the Stratford-Island Gardens branch [1]. The station was expanded as new lines reached Poplar.

The Beckton branch reached Poplar in 1994. Poplar was the Western terminus of the line before it was extended towards Tower Gateway. Bank to King George V services began stopping at Poplar in 2005. Poplar is next to Poplar Depot, the main depot on the DLR.
DLR 54 at Poplar depot

DLR 74 stands at Poplar

Another view of the depot



[1] Stephen Jolly & Bob Bayman, Docklands Light Railway (Capital Transport, 1986) p. 26

Ynyslas

Ynyslas was a stop on the Cambrian Line in Ceredigion, Wales between Glandyfi and Borth

Information
Type: National Rail (Cambrian Line)
Opened: 1867
Closed: 1965
Platforms: 2

The station was opened by the Cambrian Railway in 1867 on it's line to Aberystwyth. The station had wooden station buildings and platforms, with a signalbox behind one of the platforms. The station has a couple of sidings to serve the riverside wharves.

The station was closed in 1965.
Ynyslas in it's latter days, the signalbox is fire damaged
(Photo by HB Priestley in 1963, KD collection)


Portsmouth Harbour (PMH)

Portsmouth Harbour Station is situated on a pier in Portsmouth Harbour in between Gunwharf Quays and the Royal Navy Historic Dockyard. The station is at the end of the Portsmouth Direct Line from London Waterloo and has interchange with ferries to the Isle of Wight (and the Island Line of course) and Gosport. It is also the terminus of the West Coastway Line and services from Cardiff Central.
Southern 377 161 at Portsmouth Harbour


Information
Type: National Rail (Portsmouth Direct Line) 
Station code: PMH
Opened: 1876
Platforms: 4

The station was opened in 1876 as the terminus of the Portsmouth Direct Line from London Waterloo. Services from Waterloo still form the bulk of traffic though there are also regular services from Cardiff and along the coast. South Western Railway, Southern and Great Western Railway currently serve the station which has four active platforms (and one disused).


The station was rebuilt in 1936-7 [2], however this new station did not last long. The station's proximity to military targets meant it suffered badly in the Second World War from German bombs in early 1941. The station was badly damaged in a raid on the night of January 11th which saw thirteen cars from stabled EMUs destroyed and the platform structures burnt out. One platform was restored to use but the rest of the station remained unavailable until 1946 [1].
Southern 377 153 and SWT 450 105

FGW 158 953

Two SWT trains

377 161 arrives



[1] David Brown, Southern Electric Vol 2 (Capital Transport, 2010) p. 47
[2] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Woking to Portsmouth (Middleton Press, 1985) Fig. 117

Willesden Junction (WIJ)

Willesden Junction is a stop on the London Underground Bakerloo Line between Harlesden and Kensal Green. It is also a stop on the London Overground's Watford DC and West London Lines as well as a former station on the West Coast Main Line.
A Bakerloo Line train arrives


Information
Type: Transport for London (London Underground Bakerloo Line & London Overground)
Station code: WIJ
Opened: 1866
Platforms: 5

The station was opened in 1866 by the London & Birmingham Railway on what later became the West Coast Main Line. The West London Line reached Willesden Junction in 1869, a new high-level station being built for these services. The LNWR's new electrified line to Watford reached Willesden Junction in 1912, the Bakerloo Line using the new line from 1915, these services used platforms on the original station, the low level part of the station. The adjacent WCML platforms were closed in 1962 [1][2].

The station nowadays consist of a high-level (West London Line) and low-level (Watford DC and Bakerloo). Both are island platforms though the low-level part of the station also has a bay platform.
High-level platforms, a London Overground train is waiting

Walkway between the two levels

Bakerloo Line train arrives

View down the platform



[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 169
[2] Keith Scholey, Euston to Harrow & Wealdstone (Middleton Press, 2002) Fig. 72