Cathedral is a stop on the South Yorkshire Supertram light rail network in Sheffield between Castle Square and City Hall.
Supertram 109 approaches Cathedral
Information
Type:
Sheffield Supertram
Opened:
1995
Platforms:
2
The South Yorkshire (or more usually called Sheffield) Supertram opened in 1994. A stop at Cathedral was opened in 1995 on an extension from Fitzalan Square [1]. As the name implies the tram stop is next to the city's cathedral!
The stop is served by all three Supertram lines and the Class 399 tram train.
Supertram 115 and 114 at Cathedral
Supertram 102 stands at Cathedral
Passengers wait to board Supertram 116
Supertram 116 approaches
Supertram 107 arrives at the stop, Sheffield Cathedral itself can be seen in the background right
[1] Robert Prichard & Alan Yearsley, UK Metro & Light Rail Systems (Platform 5, 2019) p. 138
Sandhurst is a stop on the North Downs Line in Berkshire between Crowthorne and Blackwater.
GWR 165 108 departs for Reading
Information
Type:
National Rail
(North Downs Line)
Station code:
SND
Opened:
1909
Platforms:
2
Although there was a temporary station in Sandhurst between 1852-53 [1], a permanent station called Sandhurst Halt was not opened until 1909. The station did not have a goods yard, there were proposals to build a replacement station north of Sandhurst with a goods yard at the end of the First World War but these proposals came to nothing.
The station is on an embankment and had wooden platform buildings. These have now been replaced by the usual bus shelter type accommodation. Access to the platforms is via ramps to road level. The station is managed by Great Western Railway who also run an hourly (most days) service in both directions on the North Downs Line.
Platform shelter
View down the platform
The two access ramps are either side of this bridge
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Reading to Guildford (Middleton Press, 1988) Fig. 51
Chester Road is a stop on the northern half of the Cross-City Line in Pype Hayes in Birmingham between Erdington and Wylde Green. The station gets it's name from the A452 Chester Road which passes next to it.
WMR 323 204 departs north
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Cross-City Line)
Station code:
CRD
Opened:
1863
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the London & North Western Railway in 1863 on its line from Birmingham to Sutton Coldfield. The station had wooden platform buildings and retained gas lighting until the 1960s [1]. The station is on an embankment with ramps (and steps as well on one side) up to the platforms and booking office. Platform 2 also has a second access point at the end of the platform.
Little remains of the original station nowadays with much change happening when the line going through Chester Road was electrified in the early 1990s. The original LNWR waiting room was preserved and is now at Market Bosworth on the Battlefield Line [2].
The current station has fairly standard corrugated iron shelters and a large free car park as part of the park and ride rail scheme in the city. Chester Road is managed by West Midlands Railway who operate all of the trains which serve the station.
323 205 prepares to depart
View down the platforms
A Cross Country HST passes through
Bridge with Chester Road sign over the Chester Road!
323 221 in retro Regional Railways livery departs
[1] Vic Mitchell, North of Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2014) Fig. 92 [2] Ibid. Fig. 93
Wanstead Park is a stop on the London Overground Gospel Oak to Barking (GOBLIN) line in north east London between Leytonstone High Road and Woodgrange Park.
London Overground 710 273 departs
Information
Type:
Transport for London (London Overground Gospel Oak - Barking Line)
Station code:
WNP
Opened:
1894
Platforms:
2
The station was opened in 1894 by the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway, despite the name the station is over a mile away from the actual Wanstead Park! The line and Wanstead Park became part of the Transport for London's London Overground in 2005. The line was electrified in 2018.
The station's original wooden buildings were demolished in 1970 and replaced by brick shelters [1]. These in-turn were replaced by the ubiquitous bus shelter type structure in the early 2000s. New access stairways from the main road were added to the station by London Overground. The platforms are on an embankment with stairs down to ground level. A quarter-hourly service is both directions is maintained most days by London Overground.
Waiting to go
Platform shelter
A freight train passes through the station
[1] J.E. Connor, St Pancras to Barking (Middleton Press, 2005) Fig. 108
Balquhidder was a stop on the Callander & Oban Railway in Stirling between Kingshouse and Glenoglehead and also the terminus of the Lochearnhead, St Fillans & Comrie Railway.
Balquhidder station [1]
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Callander & Oban Railway)
Opened:
1870
Closed:
1965
Platforms:
3
The station was opened in 1870 by the Callander & Oban Railway as Lochearnhead. The station was renamed Balquhidder in 1904 when it was relocated slightly to the south when it became a junction with the Lochearnhead, St Fillans & Comrie Railway. The station had a goods yard and a crossing loop for the line, the platforms being either side of the loop. The station was later operated by the Caledonian Railway.
The line to Crieff was closed in 1951. The station and Callander & Oban Railway was closed in 1965.
[1] J. Francis, "To Oban via Perth and Crieff", The Railway Magazine (1926/01) p. 21
Chilworth is a stop on the North Downs Line in Surrey between Shalford and Gomshall.
Chilworth station building
Information
Type:
National Rail
(North Downs Line)
Station code:
CHL
Opened:
1849
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway in 1849 as Chilworth & Albury, it was not until the 1980s when the name became just Chilworth. Apart from that the station has not changed a great deal since opening. One major change is the footbridge over the road crossing / level crossing at one end of the platforms and the crossing gates were removed. They were sold to preserved railways for re-use [1].
Chilworth signal box was closed in 1967 when the station was destaffed, however the signal box remains in situ but is used for storage. Near to the station was a large gunpowder works in Chilworth which had it's own extensive narrow gauge network. There was also a siding built by the South Eastern Railway to serve the works. The works and the siding are now long gone.
The station is managed by Great Western Railway with trains between Reading to Redhill via Guildford stopping at the station.
Preparing to depart
Chilworth signal box
View down the platform
Arrival
Another view of the station building, the level crossing behind it
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Guildford to Redhill (Middleton Press, 1989) Fig. 33
Bond Street is a station on the London Underground. It is on the Elizabeth (between Paddington and Tottenham Court Road), Jubilee (between Baker Street and Green Park) and Central Lines (between Marble Arch and Oxford Circus).
A 92TS train departs on the Central Line
Information
Type:
Transport for London (Central, Elizabeth & Jubilee Lines)
Station code:
ZBD/BDS
Opened:
1900
Platforms:
6
The station was opened in 1900 by the Central London Railway and originally was just a Central Line station. In 1979 the Jubilee Line arrived at the station. Finally, in 2022 a stop on the Elizabeth Line was opened at Bond Street.
Bond Street is a busy and important interchange station in the centre of London with nearly forty million entrances and exits through the station a year before Covid. For the Elizabeth Line a new station entrance was constructed and the internal arrangement of the station improved ready for the extra passenger flow. New lifts were added to make the station step free.
Sandbach is a stop on the Crewe-Manchester Line in Cheshire between Crewe and Holmes Chapel.
DB 66 041 waits for a signal before continuing onto Crewe
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Crewe-Manchester Line)
Station code:
SDB
Opened:
1842
Platforms:
3
The station was opened by the Manchester & Birmingham Railway in 1842, four years later becoming part of the London North Western Railway. The station was also a junction for a branch line to Middlewich and Northwich though this became freight only in 1960. A North Staffordshire Railway line from Kidsgrove to Sandbach also existed though this closed completely in 1964.
The station had a number of private sidings including for lorry manufacturer Foden, these sidings were closed in the 1970s. The station was completely rebuilt during electrification of the line in the 1960s [1] and gained it's current flat roofed station buildings. The station has three platforms, platform three being bidirectional and tends to be only used in peak times. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge.
The station is managed by Northern trains who also operate all services which stop at the station.
Northern 319 367 arrives with a Crewe bound service
Main station building
Northern 323 328 departs for Manchester
View from the footbridge
A vintage sign on platform 2/3
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Crewe to Manchester (Middleton Press, 2014) p. 13
Loxdale is a stop on the West Midlands Metro in outer Wolverhampton between Bradley Lane and Bilston Central.
Tram 38 arrives at Loxdale
Information
Type:
West Midlands Metro
Opened:
1999
Platforms:
2
Loxdale was one of the original West Midlands Metro stops which opened in 1999. Although most of the line reused the track alignment from the GWR route from Wolverhampton Low Level and Birmingham Snow Hill, there was no original Loxdale station though Bradley & Moxley, which closed in 1915, was nearby.
Loxdale has the standard West Midlands Metro shelters and facilities.
View down the platform
Loxdale shelter
View down the line
Tram 18 arrives with a Wolverhampton bound service
