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1 is Worcester Shrub Hill I think?  The old goods lifts which were rumoured to be reinstated and brought into use for passengers a few years ago but I’ve heard nothing since.  Not surprising given the pace of change at Worcester I suppose!

0 Southampton Airport Parkway?

0 Somewhere in “foreign parts”...

I did wonder ... the lack of wheelchair access to platforms 2 and 3 is noticeable.

Do any passenger trains use platform 3??

5 was Coatbridge Central in July, so it probably still is.

PS: knowing the identical image had been posted before, I set Goggle to image search for it - it failed. However, the forum's own search (Graham's new "improvised" one) found it from its URL!.

Wild guess for 3.

Bath Bus Station?

The new Bath Bus Station opened on Sunday 7 June 2009, at a cost of £14 million

... and is utterly frustrating to get fixed between the major bus operator, landlord and contract cleaning crew.

Yes, exactly ...

Wikipedia tells me.

The pigeon ingress is utterly frustrating.  In recent months the destination boards above the bays have been fixed and the birds can now only congregate of the emergency roof access ladder, so the problem is now concentrated in this area ... and is utterly frustrating to get fixed between the major bus operator, landlord and contract cleaning crew.

Time to get the birds of prey in.

It works in Bristol's Millennium Square, the two birds of prey kites flying over the @Bristol, sorry the renamed @Bristol building, now We The Curious.

...but it doesn't work in Teignmouth

(http://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/prey2.jpg)

0 Ireland

That clock looks like DART green to me, so somewhere in the Dublin area? Although wasn't aware that DART has 10 car trains.

0 = Dublin Heuston through platform

I think it used to be a through platform, but there's a buffer stop on the end of it now and it's just an extra platform somewhat separate from the main station. The photo is taken from a train on the through line having come out of Phoenix Park Tunnel ... no platform on that through line though.

6.
(http://www.wellho.net/pix/gone_06.jpg)

Just one remaining
Perhaps the least worst.  At least it's bright and pretty.   Long way away ... I will fill you in tonight if no-one gets it.

Are we back on the Far North Line?

One of the less bleak and open stations that has been "singled" at some time in the past?

Is that enough (in football terms) to be an assist to enable one of our more knowledgeable colleagues to  score in the dying minutes of the game, or earn extra time?

Muir of Ord?

Using google, I am pretty certain that this is Stromeferry, as it's the only one in this area I can find with a disused platform and a stone wall

Seems consistent with this view: https://goo.gl/maps/XwP4sfos87C2

Here's the 1963 view for comparison:

Notes the other day that the road is to be closed for 12 weeks with rubber mats over the rails to let cars share.

That's interesting.  I'm guessing there really was a ferry in those days ... the road ran from Kyle of Lochalsh up to the Strome Ferry which crossed Loch Carron ... rail only on to Strathcarron along the south side of the loch.

Putting in the road was tough engineering, and the section now has a rock slide issue.  Notes the other day that the road is to be closed for 12 weeks with rubber mats over the rails to let cars share.

Observance of the Sabbath was strong in the Highlands in the 19th century and the railway company's running of trains on Sundays caused considerable controversy among the local population. On 3 June 1883, Stromeferry was the scene of a Sabbatarian riot in which over 200 fishermen took possession of the railway terminus to prevent the unloading of fish on a Sunday. Ten men were imprisoned as a result. The involvement of both police and military in breaking the riot was questioned in the House of Commons where it was stated that there was no law preventing Sunday traffic in Scotland.

I love this picture (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromeferry#/media/File:Stromeferry-no_ferry.jpg)

There is a very good reason for that sign. If a car, or worse a larger vehicle, does drive down the steep lane into the village (or township as it would be known in Scotland) it would find it extremely difficult to turn round at the bottom, as the lane literally just goes into the slipway into the loch. The tuning space here is very limited.

and from Wikipedia:

I think the village was doomed to be depopulated early. It's on a narrow north-facing ledge ledge on the side of the loch, with quite a high hill behind shading it form the sun - it must be a cold and gloomy place in winter. Unlike pretty Duirnish or Plockton!

The station opened for passenger traffic on 19 August 1870[4]
...
The station was destroyed by fire along with a train of 14 vehicles on 16 October 1891.[6]

For the first 27 years of its existence it was the line's terminus, bringing prosperity to the village. Steamer services linked to Portree on Skye, and Stornoway on Lewis. With the opening of the extension to Kyle of Lochalsh, steamer services were transferred there.

Is 2 Reading Station new side entrance?

More details here - https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/1523/transport_and_streets/104/stromeferry_bypass (https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/1523/transport_and_streets/104/stromeferry_bypass)

A NEW signalling system designed to ease traffic congestion during major roadworks on the Stromeferry bypass has now gone live.

As reported last week, rail network, Highland Council and road transport chiefs had been hoping to install temporary rail signals closer to the site on the A890 – in a bid to reduce the time that a temporary bypass onto the rail tracks remains closed.

Before the new signals went in, the signalling section ran all the way from Kyle of Lochalsh to Strathcarron station, meaning that the road had to stay closed when a train was located anywhere between those two stops – despite being miles from the scene.

To slash that waiting time, Network Rail has installed temporary stop boards and an automatic warning system for trains approaching Stromeferry which will allow services to be brought to a halt before reaching the road diversion.

The new signals, which Network Rail chiefs said would essentially act like a level crossing, went live on Saturday. They are expected to slash the window when the road will be closed to as little as 20 minutes at a time.

It said it hoped the compromise will prove effective at balancing the needs of rail users with those of the wider community, adding that it cannot suspend train services on any railway.

Simon Constable, head of route safety for Network Rail Scotland, said: "We have been working closely with Highland Council and our industry partners to find a solution which maintains safety on the railway while improving waiting times for motorists.

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