A GWR service prepares to head to Worcester Shrub Hill
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Cotswold Line & Nottingham-Cardiff Line)
Station code:
WOP
Opened:
2020
Platforms:
3
The station is located near the Worcestershire village of Norton and is close to site of the former Norton Halt station on the Cotswold Line which closed in 1966 [1]. The new station has been planned for a number of years, offering interchange between two lines and having a lot more available parking than Worcester Shrub Hill. However, the final decision to go-ahead with the station was delayed a number of times.
Work finally began at the station site in 2017 with construction completed in late 2019, however the opening was delayed a couple more times until the station opened finally in February 23rd 2020.
The station is a mile to the South of Worcester and has spaces for five hundred cars. The station is managed by Great Western Railway and served by them and Cross Country.
Station view, the grey footbridge on the right allows a footpath to cross the line
A GWR 800 arrives on the Cotswold Line platform
Cross Country 170 398 prepares to depart
Station frontage
Platform view
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Moreton-on-Marsh to Worcester (Middleton Press, 2004) Fig. 90
Stockwell is one of the oldest tube stations on the London Underground, it is between Clapham North and Oval on the Northern Line and Vauxhall and Brixton on the Victoria Line.
Victoria Line train arrives
Information
Type:
Transport for London (Northern & Victoria Lines)
Station code:
ZSL
Opened:
1890
Platforms:
4
The station was opened in 1890 by the City & South London Railway as the Southern terminus of a line to King William Street. This was the first deep level underground or tube line to be built. The line was continued South in 1900. The station was rebuilt in 1924 with a new surface building designed by Charles Holden. The original lifts were replaced by escalators. The original island platform was also replaced by separate tunnels for each platform, these new platforms are slightly to the South of the original.
The station was rebuilt again in 1971 for the arrival of the Victoria Line. The surface building was replaced again and cross-platform interchanges added [1].
Stockwell's Victoria Line mosaic is a swan, after a local pub
A Northern Line train departs
Victoria Line platform
Between the platforms
[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 158
Merseyrail 508 120 arrives with a New Brighton bound service
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Merseyrail Wirral Line, New Brighton Branch)
Station code:
WLV
Opened:
1907
Platforms:
2
The station was opened as Leasowe Road by the Wirral Railway in 1907. The line was electrified in 1938 by the LMS and through trains to Liverpool Central began. The station was rebuilt after the Second World War due to bomb damage to the original buildings.
The station is on an embankment with access between the platforms via the road at ground level. Access to the platforms is only via stairways. The station is a typical staffed Merseyrail station with with a booking office and information screens,
Beeston is a stop on the Midland Main Line in Nottinghamshire between Nottingham and Attenborough.
XC 170 397 departs for Nottingham
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Midland Main Line)
Station code:
BEE
Opened:
1839
Platforms:
2
The station was opened in 1839 by the Midland Counties Railway. The station was rebuilt and enlarged in 1847 including the current station building, the canopies were added in 1871. British Rail considered demolishing and rebuilding the station but these plans never came to fruition though the original platforms were replaced in 2004. The cattle dock and goods yard have gone.
At one end of the station used to be a level crossing and a lattice footbridge but these were replaced by a road bridge in 1969 [1]. This is also the means to transfer between the two platforms. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway.
Main building on the left, beyond is the road bridge
Main station building
Viewed from the road bridge, GBRf 66 784 prepares to head through the station
Platform side view of the main building
EMR 222 018 heads through Beeston
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Nottingham - Long Eaton - Derby (Middleton Press, 2020) Fig. 23
The station was opened as South Tottenham & Stamford Hill [1]in 1871 by the Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway. The station was renamed South Tottenham in 1949. For a time the station was the terminus for Midland Railway services until the opening of the Tottenham & Forest Gate Line.
The original station buildings were demolished in the 1970s. The station is on an embankment with a street level entrance. It has been managed by Transport for London since 2007.
Station entrance
Signal box
Station signage
View down the platform
A 710 prepares to go
[1] J.E. Connor, St. Pancras to Barking (Middleton Press, 2005) Fig. 68
The weekly service departs, next train in seven days!
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Snow Hill Lines)
Station code:
BBS
Opened:
1855
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1855 on the line fromLondon Paddington to Birkenhead (Woodside). The station originally had two platforms but was extended to have two island platforms when the line was quadrupled in 1915 [1]. Next to the station used to be extensive cattle sidings.
One island platform was removed during the 1960s. The station is now unstaffed with minimal facilities and service. It is only served by one scheduled train a week on a Saturday (from Whitlocks End). There are also extra services match days for fans going to the nearby stadium Birmingham City football club. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway.
Station signage
View down the platform
Station entrance
Steps down
Station shelter
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Banbury to Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2004) Map. XXX
Stone is located on the junction of the West Coast Main Line with the Colwich to Manchester spur. However, there are only platforms on the WCML. The station is located between Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent.
A Cross Country services passes through the station
Information
Type:
National Rail (West Coast Main Line)
Station code:
SNE
Opened:
1848
Platforms:
2
The North Staffordshire Railway opened a station at Stone in 1848 but was replaced by a new station (the current station) a year later with the opening of the Colwich line. The new station was located at the junction of the two lines and had platforms serving both. The station was renamed Stone Junction in 1888 and for a number of decades though reverted back to the original name during the Interwar Period. The junction is still referred to as Stone Junction.
The platforms for the Colwich line were closed in 1947. The station became unstaffed in 1993 and the impressive Jacobean style Grade II listed station building is now a community centre. Stone lost its rail service for a number of years in the early 2000s and had to make do with rail replacement buses. London Midland began a new hourly service between Crewe and London Euston stopping at Stone in 2008. The station is now managed by London Northwestern Railway.
London Midland 350 110 stops at Stone with a Crewe bound service
Southbound platform
Former station building
A shelter on the Stoke platform
The junction can be seen just beyond of the platforms
