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« Reply #90 on: December 17, 2017, 13:38:43 »
Chippenham, new gate line since I was there.
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« Reply #91 on: December 17, 2017, 14:04:17 »
Quote from: bradshaw on December 17, 2017, 13:38:43
Chippenham, new gate line since I was there.

Indeed ... picture is only 2 hours old!

The gateline is due to be in use from later this week and it will be really good to give people arriving at Chippenham from open stations on overcrowded trains a chance to buy their tickets and be counted in the numbers we need to help ensure that facilities grow with use.
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« Reply #92 on: December 17, 2017, 16:10:12 »
Quote from: grahame on December 17, 2017, 14:04:17
The gateline is due to be in use from later this week and it will be really good to give people arriving at Chippenham from open stations on overcrowded trains a chance to buy their tickets and be counted in the numbers we need to help ensure that facilities grow with use.

I'll bet they can hardly wait...
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« Reply #93 on: December 18, 2017, 08:25:37 »
And a summery scene for today
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« Reply #94 on: December 18, 2017, 08:40:56 »
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« Reply #95 on: December 18, 2017, 10:39:39 »
Quote from: plymothian on December 18, 2017, 08:40:56
Yeoford.

Yes - pretty little station - one of perhaps a hundred sprinkled around this quarter of the country that I would love to find time to explore.  And to aspire to ...
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« Reply #96 on: December 18, 2017, 12:32:02 »
It didn't look quite as nice in 2006 so somebody has done a good job since...... Tongue


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« Reply #97 on: December 18, 2017, 12:32:31 »
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Yeoford.

Yes - pretty little station - one of perhaps a hundred sprinkled around this quarter of the country that I would love to find time to explore.  And to aspire to ...

It has its own free community library.
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« Reply #98 on: December 19, 2017, 13:50:01 »
An old one from me too today, I'm afraid
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« Reply #99 on: December 19, 2017, 15:13:45 »
Melksham?
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« Reply #100 on: December 19, 2017, 18:13:10 »
Yep, that one says 'Melksham' to me, too.  Wink

A bit more track was still in place then than there is today, but Avon Tyres are already there on the (one remaining) platform.  Lips sealed
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« Reply #101 on: December 19, 2017, 18:32:01 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on December 19, 2017, 18:13:10
Yep, that one says 'Melksham' to me, too.  Wink

A bit more track was still in place then than there is today, but Avon Tyres are already there on the (one remaining) platform.  Lips sealed



Yes, it is ... here are some more recent pictures.   Same angle not possible due to health and safety issues.


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« Reply #102 on: December 19, 2017, 19:21:28 »
The though line must have been on the right, away from the up platform. It looks like there is an unsecured hand point on the platform line. What was the date of the old photo please?
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« Reply #103 on: December 19, 2017, 19:50:33 »
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The though line must have been on the right, away from the up platform. It looks like there is an unsecured hand point on the platform line. What was the date of the old photo please?

The old photo is between 1972 and 1982 I would guess - possible even up to a few weeks before it was re-opened in 1985. Closed in 1966, singled a year or so later and all the station buildings demolished.   I think the tyre place was put up by 1972.

Upon singling, the main running line left was the old "up" away from the platform section that remained; the sidings had been taken out of service by the time that the station was re-opened, and the track was slewed across / jiggled to run through what had been a siding for at least a decade.   Re-opening was 1985
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« Reply #104 on: December 20, 2017, 10:44:45 »
And for today - this may take a little longer ... (but then we have such knowledgable members it may not!)
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