One-shot stations & junctions: redundant

One-shot stations & junctions: redundant

The eastbound waiting shelter at Barras was dismantled in July 2007. It's now in storage with a heritage railway.

In 1885, the North Eastern Railway extended its Spennymoor-Ferryhill line to Bishop Auckland, passing one mile south of Byers Green. Today, ramblers can visit the remaining platform.

Reputedly the world's first railway ticket office, this building witnessed Stephenson's Locomotion haul the inaugural train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway in September 1825.

Platforms at Woodkirk station still lurk in the undergrowth.

Perched on an embankment in the V of a junction, Cronberry's basic signal box awaits redevelopment.

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The eastbound waiting shelter at Barras was dismantled in July 2007. It's now in storage with a heritage railway.

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One-shot stations & junctions: redundant

One-shot stations & junctions: put back to work

Fremington Station and signal box have been rebuilt to offer refreshments for walkers on Devon's Tarka Trail.

Ovenden Station, between Halifax and Queensbury, was built on the cheap as the Great Northern had no illusions about likely passenger numbers. Ironically, it's the line's only surviving station building.

Although the track is long gone and the canopies have disappeared, the former station at Kettleness survives as an activity centre for Cleveland's scouts. Can you guess which way the wind blows?

In the shadow of Alexandra Palace, its attractive former station still serves the public as a community centre. Photo: Philip Lindhurst

Despite being destroyed by fire in 1907, Halton's rebuilt station building still looks out on ramblers using the adjacent footpath.

Have a drink or two in Cymmer's old station building which last served railway customers in 1970.

The beautifully crafted entrance to Alnwick's former station is now the cover to an extensive book shop.

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Fremington Station and signal box have been rebuilt to offer refreshments for walkers on Devon's Tarka Trail.

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One-shot stations & junctions: put back to work

One-shot stations & junctions: reborn

This attractive signal box, which controlled trains on part of the single line from Alnwick to Cornhill, opened in 1887 and closed in 1953.

Romaldkirk Station wasn't ready when the 8¾ mile Middleton-in- Teesdale branch welcomed its first traffic in May 1868, opening two months late. Its service was lost in 1965.

Murrow West signal box on the former March-Spalding route has been converted into an unusual home. Photo: Philip Lindhurst

The trackbed between Shankend Station's platforms - just south of the viaduct - now resembles a cricket pitch.

With his platform and waiting shelter opposite, Slaggyford's Station Master had an imposing place to call home.

Having lain derelict for many years, Hornsea Town Station (1864-1964) - at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail - was converted to residential accommodation in 1987.

Originally christened Scotsdyke, this station shut up shop in 1949, 20 years before the Waverley line that ran between its platforms.

Closed in 1967, the householder at Brookland Halt - formerly part of the New Romney branch - can still 'enjoy' the regular spectacle of a train passing...carrying nuclear waste.

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This attractive signal box, which controlled trains on part of the single line from Alnwick to Cornhill, opened in 1887 and closed in 1953.

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