Bishops Lydeard Station (MIN @ 168m 20ch). 1950. (Ref: 030521)

Opened in 1862 and closed in 1971. The station is now operated by the heritage West Somerset Railway.

Design for station and engine house for the London & Croydon atmospheric system extension. (Ref: 030522)

Drawing of a station and pump house for the proposed Epsom extension of the London & Croydon Railway

London Bridge Station c1840. Drawing of alternative design. (LBW @ 0m 0ch) (Ref: 030523)

Possibly an alternative design for the proposed joint London Bridge Station c1840.

Reigate (Redhill) Station - Mocatta's design for station, 1840. (RED2 c. 25m) (Ref: 030524)

This station was opened by the LBSCR in 1841 and closed when the joint station with the SER was opened in 1844.

East Rudham Station. (PMY2 @ 16m 21ch) (Ref: 030525)

Opened in 1880 and closed in 1959.

Barry Railway offices. (BRY c. 7m) (Ref: 030526)

Buildings used as offices by the Barry Railway situated near Barry Docks Station. The butchers behind was located on Dock View Road.

Necropolis Private Station nr. Waterloo (BML1 @ 0m 15ch) (Ref: 030527)

The resited station opened in 1902 by the Necropolis Railway Company to allow the LSWR to expand Waterloo over the site of its first station. This station was badly damaged by bombing in 1941 and never reopened.

Waterloo Station (BML1 @ 0m 5ch) Panorama of platforms inside train shed 1900s. (Ref: 030528)

Sutton Station 1882 (BTH2 @ 14m 75ch). (Ref: 030529)

Overview of the rebuilt station looking west. The canopy on the Epsom Downs Up platform is incomplete.

Sydenham Station (LBW @ 6m 32ch) (Ref: 030530)

View from the down platform through the road bridge to the up platform. The platforms were staggered to allow for the junction with the Crystal Palace branch. The building on the right was the Railway Tavern.

Sydenham Station - Signal Gantry (LBW @ 6m 32ch) (Ref: 030531)

A closer view of the LBSCR signal gantry from the roadway outside the Railway Tavern. The station platforms are below the bridge on either side.

Manchester Liverpool Road Station . Exterior facade August 1880. (OLL1 @ 0m 25ch) (Ref: 030532)

Opened by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 the station ceased to serve passengers in 1844 when the line was extended and acted as a goods depot until 1975.

Manchester Exchange Station - Concourse.(DSE @ 31m 27ch) (Ref: 030534)

Opened by the LNWR in 1884 and closed in 1969. Note the train indicator by the footbridge. The pointer states 'The next train will depart at' and the clock face gives the time.

Manchester Exchange Station - Low-level access.(DSE @ 31m 27ch) (Ref: 030535)

The main station entrance was via the large building at the top of the photograph. The cart by the doorway is for the carriage of parcels.

Portslade Station 1945. (BLI1@ 2m 73ch) (Ref: 030536)

The station was originally opened by the London & Brighton Railway in 1840. It was relocated to its current site (as pictured) in 1881. Note the old station building to the right of the image and the two workmen enjoying a cup of tea at the base of the signal box.

Southwell Station. C. 1900 (MFD2 @ 152m 18ch) (Ref: 030537)

Rugby Station c. 1890. (LEC1 @ 82m 40ch) (Ref: 030538)

An LNWR train getting ready to depart. Note the range of facilities along the platform including a Ladies Second Class Waiting Room.

Widney Manor Station. Opening Day 1 July 1899 (DCL @ 120m 66ch) (Ref: 030539)

A crowd dressed in their finery on the platform to observe the train.

Homerton Station July 1898. (DWW2 @ 2m 1ch) (Ref: 030540)

Entrance building leading to platform by the overbridge. The board on the centre pillar advertises services on the: North London Railway, LNWR, West London District Railways, London Tilbury & Southend Railway and GNR.

Waterloo Station c.1938. Vehicle entrance portals. (BML1 @ 0m 5ch). (Ref: 030541)

Waterloo Station 1945. Concourse and platforms 2 - 6. (BML1 @ 0m 5ch). (Ref: 030542)

Waterloo Station 1945. Concourse, taxi road and platforms 11 and 12. (BML1 @ 0m 5ch). (Ref: 030543)

Note the tea trolley in the left foreground.

Langstone Swing bridge and control cabin. (HHI @ approx 1½mp) (Ref: 030544)

Bridge in partly open position. The line was opened for goods in 1865, and for passengers two years later. When the timber swing bridge over Langstone Harbour needed to be replaced in 1962 it was decided that the line had become unfeasible. The final normal service train operated in November 1963

Langstone Swing bridge and control cabin. (HHI @ approx 1½mp) (Ref: 030545)

Bridge fully open, with tall-masted boat passing through

Langstone Trestle viaduct, swing bridge and control cabin. (HHI @ approx 1½mp) (Ref: 030546)

Bridge closed.

Ford (Sussex) Drawbridge over the River Arun (TBH2 @ 19m 36ch) (Ref: 030547)

A tank locomotive hauling four carriages is leaving Ford station and approaching the bridge in this elevated view showing the draw mechanism. The bridge was designed by R. Jacomb Hood, Chief Engineer of the LBSCR, and built by Henry Grissell of the Regent's Canal Ironworks of London. The centre section could be retracted on an incline so the ninety-foot long moveable part could ride up and over the fixed eastern section of line

Ford (Sussex) Drawbridge over the River Arun (TBH2 @ 19m 36ch) (Ref: 030548)

Side view showing the drawbridge rollers

Ford (Sussex) Drawbridge over the River Arun (TBH2 @ 19m 36ch) (Ref: 030549)

Distant view showing the bridge, and Ford station buildings

Ford (Sussex) Drawbridge over the River Arun (TBH2 @ 19m 36ch) (Ref: 030550)

Ouse Viaduct (aka Balcombe Viaduct, ELR - VTB3 @ approx 35½mp) (Ref: 030551)

Designed by John Urpeth Rastrick, in association with the architect of the London to Brighton railway, David Mocatta, the viaduct is 96 feet (29 m) high and is carried on 37 semi-circular arches, each of 30 feet span, surmounted by balustrades, spanning a total length of 1,480 feet. Each pier contains a jack arch with a semi-circular soffit, which had the benefit of reducing the number of bricks required. The roughly 11 million bricks required for its construction were mostly shipped up the River Ouse (via Newhaven and Lewes) from the Netherlands. On 12 July 1841, the viaduct was officially opened to train services, although the structure was not fully completed until the following year.

Fartherford viaduct, Okehampton (DAC @ 196m 43ch - 196m 47ch)

83yds long with five spans. Distant view of viaduct with train crossing

West Croydon, Spurgeon’s Bridge (NFE @ 10m 15ch. currently known as St. James’s Bridge). Circa 1923

Spurgeon's Bridge is about ¼ mile north-east of West Croydon station. Another photograph taken from the other side of the bridge, and perhaps on the same day, was published in the Southern Railway Magazine in 1923. It is currently known as St. James’s Bridge, after the road it carries.
J T Howard Turner, in his history of the LBSCR (Vol 1 1977), records that the railway was constructed on the alignment of the Croydon Canal, but only Spurgeon’s bridge had sufficient width and clearance to accommodate trains: “ the last bridge at the Croydon end remained unaltered except for being widened in reinforced concrete on the London side. It has for many years now been called Spurgeon’s bridge, and less frequently Tabernacle bridge, as the West Croydon Baptist Church [built in 1873 and known as Spurgeon’s Tabernacle by Croydonians] is immediately adjacent to the bridge; another name for it is the Canal bridge. The brick arch on the station (or country) side of the bridge is original, and dates from about 1808; the London-side widening was done in 1928.”
Installation of overhead line electrification equipment had commenced prior to World War 1, nominally as far as Beeches Halt, but was suspended by the War.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a 19th Century Baptist preacher, theologian and educator. Further information may be found online.

West Croydon, Spurgeon’s Bridge (formerly Croydon Canal, now NFE @ 10m 15ch. and currently known as St. James’s Bridge). Circa 1923

Spurgeon's Bridge is about ¼ mile north-east of West Croydon station. Another photograph taken from the other side of the bridge, and perhaps on the same day, was published in the Southern Railway Magazine in 1923. It is currently known as St. James’s Bridge, after the road it carries. J T Howard Turner, in his history of the LBSCR (Vol 1 1977), records that the railway was constructed on the alignment of the Croydon Canal, but only Spurgeon’s bridge had sufficient width and clearance to accommodate trains: “ the last bridge at the Croydon end remained unaltered except for being widened in reinforced concrete on the London side. It has for many years now been called Spurgeon’s bridge, and less frequently Tabernacle bridge, as the West Croydon Baptist Church [built in 1873 and known as Spurgeon’s Tabernacle by Croydonians] is immediately adjacent to the bridge; another name for it is the Canal bridge. The brick arch on the station (or country) side of the bridge is original, and dates from about 1808; the London-side widening was done in 1928.” Installation of overhead line electrification equipment had commenced prior to World War 1, nominally as far as Beeches Halt, but was suspended by the War. Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a 19th Century Baptist preacher, theologian and educator. Further information may be found online.

Meldon viaduct, Okehampton (DAC @ (199m 32ch)

2-4-0 Tender Engine and 5 coach train crossing the viaduct

Brighton, London Road Viaduct (BTL @ 0m 24ch - 0m 44ch) (Ref:030555)

The 27 brick arch viaduct, between Brighton and London Road stations, is 1,200 feet (370 m) long, and reaches a maximum height of 67 feet (20 m) above the floor of the valley. It consists of 26 semi-circular arches each of 30 feet (9.1 m) with piers of 7 feet (2.1 m) thick at the base and 5 feet (1.5 m) thick at the top, together with one elliptical arch of 50 feet (15 m) over a section of the A23 London Road called Preston Road. A 4-car EMU is crossing the viaduct

Bridge No 93 (Rockshaw Road, Merstham). (VTB2@ 18m 55ch). On the Quarry Line ((Ref: 030556)

The three-arch overbridge was photographed looking south from the south entrance to Quarry tunnel. The Quarry Line was opened in 1899 by the LBSCR, bypassing the original line through Merstham and Redhill owned by the South Eastern Railway. It now serves as the Fast lines from London Bridge/Victoria to Gatwick Airport and Brighton.