Great Western Coffee Shop

Where am I this morning?  Plenty of clues around - follow ups will get harder.

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That's the western end of Rotterdam Centraal, as seen by somebody still half asleep, or from a camera with a hazy memory.

Well, it's definitely not Melksham.  ;D

On a train that could do with a visit to the carriage wash?

Correct


I think it was deeper than that - a curved window on the upper deck of a train, I suspect worn / fogged perspex.  The downstairs windows were much clearer

That could be Rotterdam ,or anywhere but Home …

Could try somewhere a bit more challenging

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Definitely not Taunton. ;D

Netherlands?

Well, now we know from the crib sheet that this is Flushing. At first sight on the satellite views it looks wrong though - those glazed hoops are hard to match between the two pictures.

The area next door looks odd too: very much like an abandoned major vehicle ferry terminal with its queueing area and control tower. But there's only a bike and people ferry there ... for the obvious reason; there is now a tunnel. I wonder how important that is psychologically to the inhabitants of Dutch Flanders, who are otherwise marooned on a narrows trip of land surrounded by Belgians!

I think it's Vlissingen: see https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/station-vlissingen--35043703337364217/

Indeed - Flushing / Vlissingen - same place, old and new names.   Olau line used to run a ferry from here to Sheerness. 

And for today ...

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That has the air of a tram museum about it ...

Indeed, I recall a short break in Middleburg using that route in the early 90s.  The sea forts off the Kent coast made an imposing sight as we passed them in the mist.

Thanks for your post, johnneyw. :)

Just to add some historic detail here - from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts

...back to today's quiz picture.

I thought that a quick Google search "belgian tram museums" would get me straight there, but no, there are several, it appears. Then checking Grahame's itinerary again, it has to be Antwerp's (and lo! checking its website, there is car no. 6451, prominently feature).

Apologies to any forum members who might have known that without half an hour's on-line research.

I did, and didn't, if you see what I mean.  ;) :D ;D