Hola Amigos,
Can anybody help me? I'm trying to do a bit of research and get a bit of inspiration for my next layout.
I'm trying to find examples of very small junction stations in the uk. Looking on the internet is quite scarce and I was wondering what other people know?
Regards
Rob. :)
Just a couple to start this off at opposite ends of the UK.
Georgemass Junction in the far North of Scotland (for Wick & Thurso).
St Erth (here in Cornwall) for the St Ives branch.
There are lots more which others will come up with.
par for newquay
newton abbot for paignton
bletchley for bedford
one meant georgemas junction where inverness to wick / thurso services split / joined
carstairs many years ago where services split for glasgow / edinburgh
dingwall for kyle of lochalsh
You don't mention an era or a region but Yelverton [GWR] had an interesting track layout
OK so I'm assuming steam era.
Lostock Junction near Bolton (the old version).
Wigan Wallgate, actually on the L&Y mainline to Liverpool, but still pretty small.
Blackrod, with a branch to Horwich and the Loco works.
And just for fun, a large junction with no station, Crow Nest Junction near Hindley where the L&Y from Liverpool diverged as a 4 track mainline junction with the Main to Man Vic heading through Atherton, the 2 track line to Bolton, p;us the branch to Blackrod, of course the modern layout is greatly simplified.
Regards,
John P
Helsby.
If you're looking for really small, there is Dovey Junction...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovey_Junction_railway_station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovey_Junction_railway_station)
...which is also GWR.
I have memories of passing through it on a Blue DMU, with my head of the window, wondering how small it was, even then... :goggleeyes:
Charles.
Quote from: crewearpley40 on August 30, 2018, 06:46:21 PM
par for newquay
newton abbot for paignton
bletchley for bedford
Newton Abbot is a shadow of its former self but I still wouldn't rank it as a small station.
hellifield
was on a train eralier in the year heading to cornwall, just noticed the paignton service - is it a medium sized station
In steam days Wellington in Shropshire was a smallish station, two through platforms and a bay,which served three lines.
Any particular area or period, since Beeching a lot of small branches have gone including the junctions where they left the "main" line; I can remember 5 within less than 15 miles of Bournemouth, plus 2 short private standard gauge branches serving potteries and clay workings connected to the main line.
The branch joining Ringwood and Christchurch closed in the 1930s; West Moors where the line from Salisbury joined the Brockenhurst - Ringwood - Wimborne line went in the 60s, as did Broadstone where the Somerset and Dorset line joined the Wimborne > Poole and Bournemouth, the line from Broadstone to Hamworthy had been singled in the 1930s then closed in the 60s, Hamworthy Junction survives, the branch going down to the docks is freight only.
Swinton, South Yorkshire. Plenty of through services - freight and passenger - as well as local trains.
Melton or Roudham, both ex GER?
Martyn
Quote from: crewearpley40 on August 30, 2018, 06:46:21 PM
bletchley for bedford
I would never have considered Bletchley as small from what I remember but maybe time has taken its toll and all the carriage sidings, loco shed etc have gone. If so, it would be a shadow of its former self, Chris
mick for sure. never sure if the original poster was asking about a particular era or general, we all have our own personal memories
Sandown I.O.W would make a good project, this track plan of 1910 existed as I can remember upto about 1966.
Sandown Station Link (https://www.kentrail.org.uk/sandown_track_plan.htm)
A couple of smaller stations in the Southern region.
Shoreham - cross country line to Horsham split from the coastway west line (Brighton to Portsmouth)
Aldrington - Branch line to Devils' Dyke, also from the coastway west line
Appldore - New Romney branch splits from the Hastings to Ashford line (this is still a junction, the branch to Dungeness Powerstation starts here)
faversham where ramsgate / margate services divide / join those from dover priory
Battersby Junction, Middlesbrough to Whitby line.
http://www.rosedalerailway.org.uk/page7.html (http://www.rosedalerailway.org.uk/page7.html)
You can't get much smaller than Dovey Junction. From when RETB was installed in the 1980s (and possibly before that) until it got a loop a few years ago, it was no more than a single set of points.
Combe jn or Boscarne junction are pretty and pretty small/ basic.
Bala junction simple but expansive
Mound junction on the Highland. was a simple affair.
Manulla junction in Ireland has even less point work than Dovey junction
Crianlarich simple plan with good operational interest
For my one pence worth !
Hola Amigos,
Thanks for the suggestions, they are very inspiring and I will be taking a look this weekend.
Ok, so a little about what I have in mind, at the moment the design in my head can either be a end to end or an oval layout. The length of the station area itself would probably only about 4 feet long and I would want to exhibit it.
One of the best things I've notice in these small stations is that they don't change very much, so I can model it all the way from the 1880s right up to 2000.
Also the smallest junction station that i've found so far is Coombe Junction Halt on the Looe Valley Branch. https://signalbox.org/diagrams.php?id=372
Regards
Rob.
Westerfield jc, East suffolk line where the Felixstowe line diverges from the lowestoft line.
Regards Stuart
Possibly a bit bigger/longer than you're looking for:
Rochdale
Keighley
Skipton
Todmorden
Burley-in-wharfedale
Menston
Ledbury
Broome junction in the West Midlands is a good one with an island platform.
How about Queensbury which had a triangular junction - Bradford to Halifax, Bradford to Keighley, Halifax to Keighley. G.N. LNER and lasted into B.R.
Maurice C.
Shipley also has a triangular junction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipley_railway_station
Smallbrook Junction on the IOW. Bit of a modelling challenge though :confused1: :'(
Quote from: joe cassidy on August 31, 2018, 11:24:00 AM
Broome junction in the West Midlands is a good one with an island platform.
Warley Model Railway Club has an O gauge model of Broom Junction
http://www.warley-mrc.org.uk/m.broom.html (http://www.warley-mrc.org.uk/m.broom.html)
Coombe jcn on looe valley line.
Coombe jcn on looe valley line.
Coombe Junction has a lot of promise. Especially with a massive viaduct that dominates the scene.
The smallest junction station I've managed to find was Morebath Junction Halt on the GWR. A bit too small for me, but could be used for a micro layout perhaps, one day?
Rob.
Mainden Newton?
Still exists as a station, but the branch to Bridport was closed in 1975.
Or Haltwhistle (station also still exists, but Alston branch closed 1976)
Barnham in West Sussex between Brighton and Portsmouth, has 3 platforms, a few crossover bits of track and a branch going down to Bognor Regis.