Burton Joyce is a stop on the Nottingham-Lincoln Line in Nottinghamshire between Carlton and Lowdham.
EMR 156 470 arrives at the station
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Nottingham-Lincoln Line)
Station code:
BUJ
Opened:
1846
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the Midland Railway in 1846. The station was built further away from the village centre than originally intended due to local objections. The station had a single siding and signalbox though both have now gone [1].
The platforms were shortened in the 1960s though the station remained open. The station's main building and wooden shelters have been replaced by the usual bus shelters. Access between the platforms is via the level crossing at the Lincoln end of the platforms. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway.
156 498 with a Newark Castle bound service
View down the platform
Level crossing
Looking towards the level crossing
Help point and bus shelter
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Nottingham to Lincoln (Middleton Press, 2013) Map. V
Guildford in Surrey is a junction of the London Waterloo-Portsmouth Direct Line, the North Downs Line (between Reading and Redhill) and the New Guildford Line to London Waterloo via Epson.
A SWR 455 arrives at Guildford, the main building is behind the unit
Information
Type:
National Rail (Portsmouth Direct,
North Down & New Guildford Lines)
Station code:
GLD
Opened:
1845
Platforms:
8 (7 in use)
The station was opened in 1845 by the London & South Western Railway. Southern Railway electrified the line to Guildford in 1925 [1] (though it had been part of LSWR plans before grouping). The station was enlarged and rebuilt in 1880 with another rebuilding by British Rail in 1980.
The station has eight platforms though Platform 7 is not in use. Access between the platforms is either via a footbridge or a subway. Guildford is a busy station used by over eight million passengers a year. Most services are by South Western Railway with Great Western Railway, Southern and Cross Country also calling at the station.
SWT 450 088 stands at the station under the footbridge
Platform canopies
Station sign still showing now defunct Redstar parcel service logo
SWR 450 038 stands on platform 6, behind is the disused platform 7
[1] David Brown, Southern Electric Vol 1 (Capital Transport, 2010) p. 42
Upper Holloway is a stop on the London Overground's Gospel Oak to Barking Line (GOBLIN) in North London between Gospel Oak and Crouch Hill.
LO 710 267 arrives at Upper Holloway
Information
Type:
Transport for London (London Overground GOBLIN)
Station code:
UHL
Opened:
1862
Platforms:
2
The station was opened in 1862 as part of the Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway. The station was built in a cutting and retained it's original features including platform canopies into the 1960s [1]. The platform facilities have been demolished though the original street level ticket office remains (though no longer used for that purpose). The station became part of the London Overground in 2008. The line was electrified in 2017.
The station has brick built and glass fronted shelters on both platforms. Access to the platforms is via ramps or steps from street level, either side of a road bridge which crosses the line.
Platform shelter
View down the platform
Two options for platform access
Both shelters can be seen here
710 262 arrives
[1] J.E. Connor, St. Pancras to Barking (Middleton Press, 2005) Fig. 47
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1901 and was jointly operated by the GWR and the Great Central Railway. The original main building was burned down in 1913 in an attack by suffragettes but was rebuilt [1]. The station had a small goods yard which closed in 1965 [2]. A signalbox at Saunderton remained until 1975.
The station is now managed by Chiltern Railways with a train per hour in each direction between London Marylebone and Aylesbury. The station is unstaffed with basic facilities though has a brick built Edwardian waiting room. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge. Saunderton village is actually quite close to Princes Risborough and 4km from this station, though the settlement around the station is also known as Saunderton!
Footbridge
Station view from the footbridge
Station sign
165 016 arrives with an Aylesbury bound service
Waiting room
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Paddington to Princes Risborough (Middleton Press, 2002) Fig. 108
Birkenhead North is a stop on the Merseyrail Wirral Line on the Wirral, close to Birkenhead North depot and between Birkenhead Park and Bidston or Wallasey Village. It is close to the junction of the West Kirby and New Brighton branches of the Wirral Line.
Merseyrail 777 010 on display at Birkenhead North
Information
Type:
National Rail (Merseyrail Wirral Line)
Station code:
BKN
Opened:
1888
Platforms:
3
The station was opened by the Wirral Railway in 1888 as Birkenhead Docks replacing the nearby Wallasey Bridge Road which had been the line's terminus up until then. The station was renamed Birkenhead North in 1926 by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). In 1938 the Wirral Railway, including at Birkenhead North, was electrified with the LMS third rail system [1].
Birkenhead North has retained three platforms since opening, though one platform sees little use nowadays apart from trains in transit to and from the adjacent depot. In the 1970s services from Wrexham did come as far as Birkenhead North however since 1978 these services have terminated at Bidston.
The station is operated by Merseyrail and had a ticket office and over six hundred parking spaces as part of a Park & Ride service.
Merseyrail 508 127 arrives at Birkenhead North
View from the footbridge
Merseyrail 507 005 and 508 138 cross at Birkenhead North
Looking down towards Birkenhead
Another view of 508 138
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Birkenhead to West Kirby (Middleton Press, 2014) Fig. 15
Lower Sydenham is a stop on the Hayes Line in South London between Catford Bridge and New Beckenham.
Southeastern 466 012 stands at the station
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Hayes Line)
Station code:
LSY
Opened:
1857
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the Mid-Kent and North-Kent Junction Railway in 1857, the line was operated by the South Eastern Railway. The station became a South Eastern & Chatham Railway station in 1898. The station was moved a short distance to the South in 1906 due to a new housing development [1]. Although the station was by now owned by the SECR, the new station retained the timber and cladding style of the SER. Next to the station was a gas works with it's own sidings. The gas works closed in 1969 [2].
The station was taken over by the Southern Railway in 1923, the line through it was electrified in 1926. The SECR timber building was replaced by a British Railway CLASP design in 1972. This burned down in 1989, the current building was built in 1991. Access between the platforms is via two footbridges. The station is managed by Southeastern Railway.
Main station building
466 012 departs
One of the footbridges
465 172 arrives at the station, the other footbridge can be seen in the background
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, London Bridge to Addiscombe (Middleton Press, 1993) Fig. 47
