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This station is a beaut!
More photos and feature: http://www.urban75.org/blog/tenby-r...tone-buildings-and-cast-iron-canopies-intact/
ONE through train, I believe - it used to be an HST, which gave me the surprise of my life when I saw it coming over the bridge at Pembroke!Still has through trains to London on weekends ! , lovely place with real character and lots of history.
Paxton incidentally created a folly near Carmarthen "Paxtons Tower" - something to do with not being elected as an MP.
Saved by John Betjeman, which is why his statue has pride of place within it now. He also saved the Blackfriar pub.On the lines of Victorian Railway Stations {And the loss of many} there were serious plans to demolish St Pancras in the 60's/70's An unthinkable crime when one sees the horrors of post 60's built stations in the UK
Tenby used to have summer only through loco hauled , air con trains to York - not that long ago ....
Ah the days when we had a joined up railway that put on proper trains Now you would end up doing the journey in some overcrowded 3/4/5 car DMUTenby used to have summer only through loco hauled , air con trains to York - not that long ago ....
They'd have to be summer-only. They'd rust to bits at any other season.
(existentialist has just got back from 3 sunny weeks in Brittany to classic stereotypical West Welsh overcast gloom and rain, and is feeling cynical)
Ah the days when we had a joined up railway that put on proper trains Now you would end up doing the journey in some overcrowded 3/4/5 car DMU
2 car Pacer actually - the normal single car 153 has a little holiday on the Coryton branch to let its bigger brother see the sea ...to be fair to ATW they do their best with longer trains as they also have North Wales , the Cambrian Coast and Snowdonia to cover with the same fleet ...
They seem to have upgraded the Pembroke Dock service to 2 or 3-car units lately - usually it's a 153, but maybe that's just for the summer.
Not without good reason(Usually the Pembroke Dock train is the cheap one)