Beautiful railway architecture

[SpookyFrank]

And Bennerly viaduct in Nottinghamshire, England's only other iron viaduct, finally now restored and recognised as a historic monument.

I found this while out on my bike one day and couldn't understand how it had got so dilapidated and forgotten. It now links the Nottingham Canal and Erewash Canal paths to complete a holy trinity of post-industrial cycling.

 

[Leighsw2]

Don't forget the doric arch at Euston - so sadly missed!

 

[Leighsw2]

And here's the version at the other end of the London and Birmingham Railway - Curzon Street, Birmingham....

 

[T & P]

Meldon viaduct, Dartmoor. An extraordinary feat of engineering that never actually went anywhere. The train line only got another mile or so past this point then ended at Lydford, which is barely a place at all.

In another universe Brunel's coastal line never worked and this bridge now carries the only train line from the rest of the UK to Plymouth and Cornwall.


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On a foggy night that could just be the bridge in The Lost Boys

 

[Thesaint]

Is Reading station a modern classic or too early to tell? The impressive fact is it was constructed over the existing victorian station while still in use, without interrupting timetables.

 

[equationgirl]

The Royal Border Railway Bridge, at Berwick upon Tweed

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[Bahnhof Strasse]

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Is Reading station a modern classic or too early to tell? The impressive fact is it was constructed over the existing victorian station while still in use, without interrupting timetables.

I think it's great, and as soon as I saw the picture I was about to say

The impressive fact is it was constructed over the existing victorian station while still in use, without interrupting timetables.

An amazingly ambitious thing to do!

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

We have soooo much of it in the country and much of it is really quite old, >150 years....

my local station:

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Liege , the queen of modern rail stations.

 

[editor]

Meldon viaduct, Dartmoor. An extraordinary feat of engineering that never actually went anywhere. The train line only got another mile or so past this point then ended at Lydford, which is barely a place at all.

In another universe Brunel's coastal line never worked and this bridge now carries the only train line from the rest of the UK to Plymouth and Cornwall.


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The train line went much further than Lydford. The Meldon viaduct was part of the London and South Western Railway main line route to Plymouth and carried huge amounts of traffic, particularly in WW2.



It's an amazing construction: but nothing compared to the mighty Crumlin viaduct!

 

[ruffneck23]

I never knew places like Surrey and Berkshire existed. It’s another country down there.

Anyway my proleteriat arse had to stay here cos some very fit people were running around London on Sunday:

Leatherhead railway station - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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(2nd picture not mine)

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That's the next stop from my place.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Is Reading station a modern classic or too early to tell? The impressive fact is it was constructed over the existing victorian station while still in use, without interrupting timetables.

i think they missed a commercial opportunity by not using the new bit as an artificial ski slope



and there was certainly some interruption - i spent quite a few sundays in the bloody awful old bus station running rail replacement bus services about 10 years ago while it was happening, and there was a fair chunk of railway closed between xmas and new year at least one year - although arguably this may have been for track and signalling work as much as the station building

 

[Dystopiary]

Just found this account on twitter and funnily enough... How lovely is this?!


Tim Dunn on twitter

 

[Winot]

Tokyo station entrance, from the hotel.

 

[teuchter]

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Is Reading station a modern classic

No. No it is not.

 

[The39thStep]

Stockport Viaduct

 

[Dogsauce]

Rotterdam Centraal is stylish, plus look at that lovely cycle infrastructure and tram connection.

 

[Elpenor]

Stockport Viaduct

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Took a few trains to Manchester as a teenager, quite liked the view from the viaduct, it was usually grey and cloudy though so not as good as that picture:

My dad grew up in Stockport so it was interesting to have a look

 

[Dogsauce]

Porto Sao Bento station:

 

[kalmatthew]

I loved this station in the States one train in each direction each day. A staffed ticket office and checked luggage facilties. Due to its location it sees about 10 people a train for 90% of the year and 200 people a train for the remain 10%

 

[Elpenor]

I caught an Amtrak from Seattle (a fairly busy station) and we had the same gorgeous wooden seats. Made to last and in wonderful condition.

 

[davesgcr]

Porto Sao Bento station:

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Splendid - when we were last there , the city was dug up in places for the Metro extension. Any better a year on ?

 

[davesgcr]

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I loved this station in the States one train in each direction each day. A staffed ticket office and checked luggage facilties. Due to its location it sees about 10 people a train for 90% of the year and 200 people a train for the remain 10%

Norman Rockwell would recognise it !

 

[teuchter]

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I loved this station in the States one train in each direction each day. A staffed ticket office and checked luggage facilties. Due to its location it sees about 10 people a train for 90% of the year and 200 people a train for the remain 10%

Not, however, "beautiful railway architecture".