Recent content by oddiesjack

To be pedantic, Chinley had 5 through platforms, plus one south/east facing bay. And there were two signal boxes (Chinley Stations North and South) in the station vicinity. As far as staff went, I have a photo somewhere showing at least a dozen railwaymen.

Was this a chap called Stanley Swift from the Manchester Area by any chance? He was quite well known in the 70s for his hobby. I always imagined Blackpool Corporation Transport getting very nervous when they heard he was coming on the train to their resort!

Whaley Bridge to Stalybridge, using the Denton Flyer parliamentary service. I may well have kept my old ticket for this!

Has Chinley been mentioned yet? It went from 5 through platforms, plus a south-facing bay, down to 2 through platforms.

When I went to the event, I spoke to the NR chap who was in charge of the cilvil engineering side of the project, and he told me there was likely to be a 4 to 6 week total blockade, probably in June/July. This would be so they could use engineering trains to supply some of the 50,000 tons worth...

I have bought Wayfarers on the train for several years, without any trouble. Also, the £14 full price ticket allows one child (or dog, I think) as well as the adult. The £7 discounted wayfarer ticket for Chinley-Sheffield journeys compares very favourably to the senior railcard discounted off...

I have tried to renew my railcard today, and was failing miserably, due to some unknown issue with uploading the unnecessary photo for the physical card. The error message was totally unhelpful , just saying "try again" and again and again. . Fortunately I checked on here and discovered the go...

i was quite surprised to see that Northern ran a couple of ECS workings on Sheffield to Cleethorpes and returns this Saturday just gone. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:BGG/2022-06-11/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=NT Are these route refreshers with a view to...

Buxworth, which had its own station on the Midland line between Chinley and New Mills South Jcn until 1959 (ish) lies pretty much equidistant betwwen Chinley (Hope Valley) and Whaley Bridge (Wessie route to Buxton) Going back to the earlier discussion on Hayfield, the milepost on Hayfield...

Conversely, even when Buxton still had 2 seperate stations, albeit facing each other either side of a common concourse, neither had a suffix. both stations were just called "Buxton" without any suffixes . Is or was there anywhere else like this?

I would suggest stockport - stalybridge as the ultimate unsatisfactory shuttle!

i don't think its possible to access the Midland line towards Peak Forest directly from the "wessie" line through Whaley Bridge at Buxton, you can only take the Hindlow branch off the "wessie" .

I was surprised that they didn't hold it on the curve between Dore South and West to let the TPE into the Hope Valley first. That ended up 20 mins late as a consequence. They also allowed the Hindlow-Ashbury's stone train along Ashwood Dale ahead of the excursion, holding that at Great Rocks...

If preserved lines are allowed, what about Ripley and Ropley? In addition, the two railway locations (though not stations) that I never remember which is which are Tapton and Tupton on opposite sides of Chesterfielld station.

Chinley station is quite a popular railhead for residents of the nearby town of Chapel-en-le-Frith. Obviously for anyone heading towards Sheffield it makes sense, but quite a lot of people go for the two morning EMR fasts to Manchester. Also, for parts of Chapel, Chinley station is closer than...