Haddenham

Haddenham was a stop on what is now the Chiltern Main Line in Buckinghamshire between Ilmer Halt and Wotton or Dorton Halt. Eight hundred metres away from the site of the former station is the modern station Haddenham & Tame Parkway.

Site of the former station, the new station is just beyond the bridge in the distance

Information
Type:	National Rail (Chiltern Main Line)
Opened:	1906
Closed:	1963
Platforms:	2

The station was opened in 1906 as a joint venture between the Great Central and Great Western Railways. The station had a small goods yard and cattle pens [1] as well as brick station buildings including waitings rooms. 

The station was closed in 1963 though the line managed to avoid closure. A new station for Haddenham was finally built in 1987.

[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Princes Risborough to Banbury (Middleton Press, 2002) Fig. 26

Whatstandwell (WTS)

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Whatstandwell is a stop on the Derwent Valley Line in Derbyshire between Ambergate and Cromford. 

EMR 153 355 (in EMT days) departs for Matlock

Information
Type:	National Rail (Derwent Valley Line)
Station code:	WTS
Opened:	1894
Platforms:	1

The original station, called Watstandwell Bridge, was opened by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway in 1849 on the other side of Whatstandwell tunnel to the current station which was opened from 1894. The station name changed to Whatstandwell in 1896 [1].

Whatstandwell now has only a single active platform after the singling of the Derwent Valley Line. The other platform is still in extant though is by now pretty overgrown, however it does have a heritage station nameboard sign in the London Midland Scottish Railway "hawkseye" style. The former station buildings have been replaced by basic bus shelters and displays. The footbridge gives access to the towpath of the Cromford Canal and over a further bridge into the village. A steep walk from the village is Crick Tramway Museum.

Whatstandwell is managed and served by East Midlands Railway services from Matlock to Newark Castle and Nottingham via Derby.

Footbridge

EMR 156 411 departs

Station view from the footbridge

Heritage nameboard

The original station was the other side of this tunnel

[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Ambergate to Buxton (Middleton Press, 2019) Map. III

Acocks Green (ACG)

Acocks Green is a stop on the lines out of Birmingham Snow Hill in South Birmingham between Tyseley and Olton. 

WMR 172 337 at Acocks Green

Information
Type:	National Rail (Snow Hill Lines)
Station code:	ACG
Opened:	1852
Platforms:	2

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1852. In 1878 the name of the station was changed to Acocks Green & South Yardley though switched back to the original name in 1968 [1]. The station had two island platforms when the line was four tracked and on the mainline between London Paddington and Birkenhead, though only one island platform is in use today.

The station's main building is at road level with steps down to the platform (a lift is also available). The former brick platform facilities and canopies have now gone and replaced by the usual bus shelter and information screens. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway. Most services which stop at Acocks Green are operated by WMR with a few Chiltern Railway services too.

Main station building

A WMR service prepares to depart

Station shelter and lifts

[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Banbury to Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2004) Fig. 83

Evesham (EVE)

Evesham is a stop on the Cotswold Line in Worcestershire between Pershore and Honeybourne.

GWR 802 001 at Evesham

Information
Type:	National Rail (Cotswold Line)
Station code:	EVE
Opened:	1852
Platforms:	2

Evesham was opened in 1852, the Southern terminus of the first part of the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway to be completed (Stourbridge Junction being the other end). The following year the line was opened down to Oxford.

Evesham became part of the West Midland Railway and later the Great Western Railway in 1863. The following year Evesham was joined by another Evesham station right next to it (Evesham South from 1951) [1], this one opened by the Midland Railway. This station closed in 1963.

Evesham is served by a frequent (though irregular) service on the Cotswold Line between London Paddington and Great Malvern or Hereford. All services are by GWR who also manage the station. The station has brick station buildings on other platforms and wooden canopies.

Main station building

Station footbridge

View up the platform

A GWR train is in

Waiting rooms

[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Moreton-in-Marsh to Worcester (Middleton Press, 2004) Fig. 53

Beckton (ZBV)

Beckton is the terminus of the Beckton branch of the Docklands Light Railway in East London. 

DLR 130 has just arrived at Beckton

Information
Type:	Transport for London (Docklands Light Railway)
Station code:	ZBV
Opened:	1994
Platforms:	2

The station was opened in 1994 when the Beckton branch from Poplar was opened. The station is a short distance to the East from the original Beckton station which closed in 1940 [1]. Next to Beckton station is a retail park and bus station. Beckton DLR depot is situated between Beckton and Gallions Reach stations.

Beckton is an unstaffed station like most DLR stations. Unlike many DLR stations is it more or less at street level with just a few steps (or a ramp) down to the road outside the station. Trains from Beckton mainly head to Tower Gateway or Bank.

Buffer stop DLR style

View down the platform

Station entrance, the bus station is straight ahead

[1] J.E. Connor, Branch Lines around North Woolwich (Middleton Press, 2001) Fig. 97