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« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2013, 22:28:26 »
Quote from: SandTEngineer on May 13, 2013, 21:14:38
...as the 24 hours is up...

Euston (Approach Road)

Elstree and Borehamwood.

Indeed - leaving (rather surprisingly!) number 1 to answer.

The destinations listed on the stone columns at Euston include some reminders of the past, and perhaps reflect some considerable optimism in looking towards distant markets.  Or perhaps not so optimistic - I can recall the days that trains ran from Waterloo to Manchester, from Waterloo to Paris, and from Paddington to Minehead and Glasgow.
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« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2013, 23:02:48 »
Less cropped picture:
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« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2013, 01:05:53 »
I've no idea where no.1 is but my pedant radar keeps bleepng every time I see the picture.

Is the sign saying that when the ticket office is closed you can get the same service from the gate?
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« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2013, 20:40:36 »


I am ... amazed ... that no-one has got that yet ...
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« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2013, 22:45:01 »
We have a similar arrangement and a sign along the same lines at Frome... Although that picture is almost certainly not Frome... It looks to happy and light... Shocked Lips sealed Grin
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« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2013, 23:05:56 »
I, too, have had a constantly nagging feeling that I really ought to be able to name that location - but I can't.  Embarrassed
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« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2013, 00:05:30 »
Somewhat non standard signage but I think it is Chippenham.
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« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2013, 05:46:42 »
Quote from: bobm on May 17, 2013, 00:05:30
Somewhat non standard signage but I think it is Chippenham.

Yes, it is indeed Chippenham.  Hangs up in the roof and not on my natural sight line when I come off the train and want to get out of the statio late at night.  But by that time, there's a commuter-lead flow to the gate so that anyone who's new to Chippenham gets other visual clues.
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« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2013, 05:55:58 »
bobm beat me to it... I knew I had been to that station before and it had been bugging me for a while! Just as I fell asleep it smacked me right in the face which one it was... Cheesy Tongue

Rather crafty that one as it's similar to a lot of First Capital Connect signage.
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