STEVIEBOY1
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I was having a local day our yesterday using my travel card. one train I took was from Hampton Court Station which I have never used before. I departed from platform 2, which, from looking at it's track does not seem to be used so much. I can see that there was a third platform but the track has been taken up. I think they was also and other lane beyond platform one, I presume these would have allowed for loco run arounds in the days of steam. It's quite a nice station.
Does anyone know what the small river is that the line goes over at the London end of the platforms? (Is it the Mole?)
I think there were some covered up wagons there too.
Later I traveled through Cheam Station. I was surprised how much space there was between the tracks, was there 2 or 3 through lines and maybe also a central platform, perhaps to allow fast trains to run through and overtake slow services. I think that line once saw mainline trains to the south coast.
It just seemed surprising how roomy the station layout was.
The station buildings on the Chessington Branch are quite unusual too. I think that line was built much later in the 1920s or 1930s and you can see that in the architecture.
Does anyone know what the small river is that the line goes over at the London end of the platforms? (Is it the Mole?)
I think there were some covered up wagons there too.
Later I traveled through Cheam Station. I was surprised how much space there was between the tracks, was there 2 or 3 through lines and maybe also a central platform, perhaps to allow fast trains to run through and overtake slow services. I think that line once saw mainline trains to the south coast.
It just seemed surprising how roomy the station layout was.
The station buildings on the Chessington Branch are quite unusual too. I think that line was built much later in the 1920s or 1930s and you can see that in the architecture.