Where results make sense

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us

Topic: Railway stations

    Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

Abandoned railway stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Some railbuffs have a particular fascination with abandoned railway stations, lines and tunnels. In some cases (particularly with underground structures), these were never abandoned per se, but were rather constructed to allow for future expansion, but never actually used (such as due to changing plans for the development of the railway system). Wikimedia needs your help in its US$200,000 fund drive. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abandoned_railway_stations

[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Railway Stations These are stations on important rail routes, where many trains normally run at a high speed, hence the need for the safety margin to prevent accidents in cases of trains overrunning signals. Sometimes stations are classified as Class A if there is a bridge or steep gradient just before the station in one or both directions, so that it is not safe for trains to stop there before entering station limits. Category B stations have earnings between Rs 30 million and 60 million. irfca.org /faq/faq-station.html

Portage stations This was owned by the Canadian Northern Railway and connected to what is now the CN Gladstone Subdivision just west of West Tower. The CP station from MacGregor (west of Portage) was moved to Portage and converted to a private residence. The station was torn down after being partially destroyed in a fire in the early 60s. www.trainscan.com /fan/plap/stat.html

abandoned.doc It includes parts of stations not in use, if they are large areas like whole platforms or levels, but not small areas like individual entrances or passageways (nor faces of platforms). These express stations were all on the same subway line originally, the first IRT subway line. The station site was mostly destroyed in 1937 and replaced by tunnels for the 6th Ave Subway local tracks, and the replacement terminal for the original 33d St station--also destroyed for the same reason-- was close by, from 30th to 32d Streets, so a new 28th St station was not needed. www.netspeed.com.au /dianahill/maps/abandoned.doc

The Railways of Canada Archives -- One Every Two and a Half Miles A brief look at the railway stations on the Prince Edward Island Railway Several P.E.I. Railway stations had their names changed over the years. All Stations on this short line were flag stops. The station built at Borden was both practical and pleasing to the eye, a hip-roofed structure painted grey with white trim and a wide eave on all sides. www.trainweb.org /canadianrailways/articles/OneEveryTwoAndAHalfMiles4.html

Edakumeri a place in the Green route or railyway track trek in Western Ghats Karnataka - dreamroutes.org And the old railway stations are mostly abandoned. This is a station on the railway track known as "green route" from Sakalesh Pura to the Subramanya Road station This railway station is a unique beautiful spot in the whole railway track because of the dense green forest in which it is situated. Railway track trek can be done either from Subramanya or from Donigal (starting point from SAkleshpur side). www.dreamroutes.org /western/edakumeri.html

Railway Stations The few remaining stations add to this and provide a hint of how important the railway was to the local economy and the small communities it served. With the building of the railway to Maniwaki between 1890 and 1903, stations were built in the larger villages such as Chelsea, Wakefield, Low, Venosta, Kazabazua, and Gracefield. With the abandonment of passenger service in January 1963 most of the Gatineau railway stations were no longer required. collections.ic.gc.ca /gatineau/stations.html

Turkish Railway Stations The first railway station on the European shore Istanbul was located in Yedikule and started to operate in January 1871 when the line opened to Küçük Cekmece. This page starts by a tribute to Istanbul terminal stations: Sirkeci and HaydarpaÅŸa. The station building is placed in the axis of a main avenue that goes straight to the seaside, known in Izmir as "Kordon". www.trainsofturkey.com /stations.htm

Great Western Railway publicity During the Second World War, Bath station became target practice for the German air-force and in April 1942 substantial damage was caused to the canopy and buildings on the south-side of the station together with major damage to the Westmoreland Goods Depot. Notwithstanding the busy scene, the station was set amid the magnificent Cotswold farmland of the Duke of Beaufort, and his coat of arms was mounted on a plaque in the wall of the 'upside' building. Over the next few years, many small improvements were made to Bath station including the provision of track circuiting in 1914 and 1915, rebuilding of one of the subways beneath the station in 1930, and removal of the now unnecessary footbridge to the Royal Hotel in 1936. www.greatwestern.org.uk /stat_1.htm

List of Lists List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge List of Chancellors of the University of Mississippi List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/listoflists.html   (2044 words)

List of Belgian Railway Stations with Telegraphic Abbreviations List of Belgian Railway Stations with Telegraphic Abbreviations home.tiscali.be /be023643/en/stations.htm   (8 words)

Leeds City station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The station is situated on a hill falling from the south of the city down to the Leeds canal basin; much of it is supported on brick vaulted arches, the space provided by which is used for car parking and some business premises. The station provides connections to London, Southampton and the south, Bristol and the West Country, Newcastle, Edinburgh and the north, and Manchester and Liverpool and the west, as well as to local and regional destinations. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leeds_station   (571 words)

Euston station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This station is heavily congested at peak periods, due to large numbers of commuters from north-west London and main-line stations to Rugby colliding with long distance travellers ariving from, or leaving for, stations on the West Coast Main Line. The original station was opened on July 20, 1837, as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway constructed by Robert Stephenson. Its Greek Revival Doric portal, "Euston Arch", introduced the concept of a monumental railway station as the modern portal to a city. www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Euston_Station   (947 words)

Kings Cross railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' film the exterior of the nearby St Pancras Station was used as St Pancras with its impressive gothic facade was considered more impressive than the real Kings Cross. In later years as suburban traffic grew, space for additional platforms was added with considerably less grandeur; the secondary building now containing platforms 9-11 survives from that era. A cast iron "Platform 9¾" sign has been erected on a wall of the station's suburban building where the real platforms 9 and 10 are. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kings_Cross_station   (947 words)

Victoria Station (London) Victoria station was originally two stations, the eastern one for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company and the western for the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. Victoria station is a London Underground and railway station in London, in the City of Westminster. The architecture of the two stations is clearly visible from outside. www.centipedia.com /articles/Victoria_Station_(London)   (383 words)

UK railway stations - M - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Categories: Railway stations in the United Kingdom This page was last modified 22:19, 25 October 2005. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UK_railway_stations_-_M   (96 words)

Charing Cross railway station - Biocrawler definition:Charing Cross railway station - Biocrawler It is situated at the northern end of Hungerford Bridge and is one of seventeen UK stations managed by Network Rail. The original station building was built on the site of the Hungerford Market by South Eastern Railway and opened 11 January 1864. The station takes its name from the Charing Cross district of London, which itself is named after the twelfth Eleanor Cross, which stands in front of the station. www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Charing_Cross_railway_station   (439 words)

King William Street The station and tunnels are more a wartime time-capsule rather than that of an abandoned railway. Staircase with tiling intact from its railway days. The station had one large tunnel with an island platform between two tracks (it was rebuilt as such in 1895 to allow two trains into it - before that it only had one track with platforms on either side of it). www.pendar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Tube/KingWilliamStreet.html   (439 words)

Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy At the 1901 general election he was elected for Perth, became minister for mines and railways in the Morgan ministry, but lost his seat when he went before his constituents. Though the population had increased very little there had been a great increase of exports, a steam-service along the coast had been established, the commencement of a railway system had been made, and the number of miles of telegraph line had increased from 12 to 900. He bought a share in a station property with which he had some success, did some exploring, and in 1848 was offered a seat on a proposed nominee council by the governor, Sir George Grey (q.v.). gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html   (439 words)

Abandoned Railway Stations But abandoned railway stations, closed as populations decline or trade routes change, exist the world over, in the city and Servi ceton is a small railway town on the border of South Australia and Victoria, and was once a means for traders to escape taxes when travelling between the colonies, due to errors made when surveying the state borders. There were two pop stations in town, one of which lost its license around 1963 for a fraudulent on-air contest that had people digging holes all over St. Louis, trespassing, etc, and it turned out that the prize didn't exist. www.stargeek.com /item/12200.html   (439 words)

List of closed Melbourne railway stations at opensource encyclopedia These former stations of the Melbourne railway system are now closed and are abandoned or have been demolished. See List of Melbourne railway stations for a list of currently operating stations. These stations previously existed in slightly different locations, and/or at a higher or lower level (for example, originally at ground level then lowered into a cutting), to their modern-day counterparts. wiki.tatet.com /List_of_closed_Melbourne_railway_stations.html   (439 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Books: Railway Walks: Circular Walks Along Abandoned Railway Lines in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire (Walkabout S.) However, the improved reliability and sheer convenience of internal combustion engined road vehicles brought competition to the railways which caused a steady and persistent decline in freight and passengers throughout the second half of the 20th century. By then the railways, initially funded by private enterprise, had been nationalized as a state asset. Railway Walks: Circular Walks Along Abandoned Railway Lines in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire (Walkabout S.) www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1873877617/bestwalkscom-21   (439 words)

London Underground History - Deep Level Disused Stations One of the most enduring and persistent rumours with regard to abandoned stations and secret tunnels is the suggestion that there is/was a special platform on the Bakerloo Line to serve BBC Broadcasting House, located in the heart of London. Since closure on 30th September 1994, the line was bought by the Eping Ongar Railway Company with a condition of sale being that a commuter service be re-introduced. This isn't an abandoned station as such, but during the construction of the Heathrow loop to terminal 4 in 1983-85, some special preparatory work was done to enable the building of a station for a possible fifth terminal where it was then supposed that it would be built. www.starfury.demon.co.uk /uground/deeplevel.html   (439 words)

Anurag Jain - My travelogues and Adventures -Sakleshpur Abandoned Railway Track Trekking (Tracking) - Donigal - Yedakumeri (aka Yadakumeri, Edukumrei, Edakumeri) By the time we were at the railway station, it was already 5.30am and darkness of night was starting to make way for light of the dawn. Sakleshpur - Donigal Railway Station: ~ 5 Kms. Donigal Railway Station - Yedukumeri: ~ 13 Kms. k.1asphost.com /anuragjain/travelsakleshpur.html   (439 words)

Abandoned Stations : Queensborough Bridge Railway terminal The first streetcar service on the bridge was a shuttle of trolley cars started in October 1909 from the underground terminal to the street plaza at the Queens end of the bridge, probably operated by the New York and Queens County Railway. The primary reason it was kept open was the trolley station at the middle of the bridge span over Welfare Island (now Roosevelt Island), which was the only access to the island until a bridge was built from Queens in 1954. The outboard lanes of the bridge were converted to auto lanes, and the underground terminal was converted to garage space for city vehicles. www.columbia.edu /~brennan/abandoned/qborobr.html   (439 words)

late night, railway station - photo gallery Station signs creak in the wind, growing stronger as the rain starts to patter down on the shiny tracks, the gleaming rails cutting into the darkness ahead. I was waiting for the first train back to London and took this picture with my little Olympus XA camera on a long 15 second exposure A gentle breeze blows an empty cup down the platform. www.urban75.org /photos/gallery/pic20.html   (439 words)

BBC - London - Your London - Features - Abandoned Tube Stations King William St "In the central area of the city, you have got eight big (abandoned stations) – nine including King William Street - but the line that was on is no longer an operational railway," he said. There are now so many abandoned stations on the network that it's difficult, even for those in the know, to put an exact figure on them. Such was the fate of many stations created by a gaggle of private companies who found their needs changed as the network grew. www.bbc.co.uk /london/yourlondon/features/abandoned_tube.shtml   (439 words)

TRS2004 Discussion Forum - Abandoned Railway Stations(large pics) The only thing that spoils the station is that the restored buildings have been extended across the main running line but still its a great place to visit if your interested in railways. The station closed to passengers in 1947 and goods traffic ceased in 1963.The station was a juction for a branch line to Trim and Athboy.The station was in ruins by the 60s but has recently been restored to a restaurant and small hotel. Heres two pics of Beauparc Station on the Drogheda to Navan freight only line,it lost its passenger service in 1958 but the station has been neatly kept and restored.The levelcrossing is gaurd operated which means the gaurd of the train must get off and open the gates to allow the train pass. irc.auran.com /TRS2004/forum/showthread.php?s=4fd5281f15bd0c67eefe7c87a0b1e92c&threadid=81540&pagenumber=2   (439 words)

Abandoned Stations : Williamsburg Bridge Railway terminal The Met system collapsed in 1911, and its successor New York Railways operated one carline over the bridge, the 7 Ave-Brooklyn route, until 1919. The underground trolley terminal is the abandoned station. The station was rebuilt for through service in 1911-1913 to the Centre St Subway extending to Chambers St. The subway has four tracks while there was room at Essex St station for only three tracks and two platforms. www.columbia.edu /~brennan/abandoned/willb.html   (439 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us   Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.