Penshurst station photographed on a February Saturday
during 1984. Note the staggered platforms that were a feature of many SER
stations.
photograph by Mark Westcott |
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A closer view of the down platform whilst a Hastings DEMU Nº1035 is heading a
diverted Hastings - Charing Cross service towards the up platform whilst the
main line was closed.
photograph by Mark Westcott |
Here DEMU Nº1005 is heading a down service into Penshurst
station.
photograph by Mark Westcott |
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Pinhoe station, photographed here on 4th April 2009, is
on the eastern fringes of Exeter and opened on 30th October 1871. One claim to
fame held by Pinhoe is that the first ever concrete footbridge to be made at
the Southern Railway's nearby Exmouth Junction concrete works was erected
here, replacing an earlier wooden structure. The station had a goods yard and,
from 1943, a Government Food Cold Store with its own siding.
photograph by Chris Osment |
When the station opened Pinhoe was just a small village, and
following the Western Region's takeover of the line, the station was closed
from 7th March 1966, the goods yard from 10th June 1967 and the siding for the
by now privately owned cold store closed in 1979.
However, with the expansion of Exeter Pinhoe was no longer a small village but a thriving suburb and on 16th May 1983 the station was re-opened. The number of passengers using the station has grown considerably since then. photograph by Chris Osment |
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Polsloe Bridge station, formerly Halt, is the first
station on the Exmouth line after leaving the main line at Exmouth Junction.
Sprinter unit Nº150233 photographed here on 4th April 2009 en route for
Exmouth.
photograph by Chris Osment |
The view along today's single platform looking northward,
with the remains of the old second platform very evident.
photograph by Chris Osment |
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