On 21 Dec, 22:35, "Batman55" wrote:

"Patrick Osborne" wrote:

Nunhead station only has one entry/exit point, on Gibbon Road.
However, when getting off at Nunhead yesterday, I noticed that there
seems to be another, blocked, entry/exit point at the western end of
the platform, which presumably exited onto Evelina Road. *Just
wondered (a) was there ever a second entrance; (b) if so, did it come
out on to Evelina Road; (c) when was it shut; (d) why was it shut? *An
Evelina Road entrance would have been much closer to the centre of
Nunhead (i.e. Nunhead Green). *Nunhead Station is virtually never
staffed, nor is it gated, so having a second entry/exit wouldn't have
increased staff costs.

Patrick

I'd always assumed this space was the remains of a bay platform? The old
sidings space on the down side are still there.

MaxB


The current station was opened in 1925, and replaced an older station
on the east side of Gibbon Road. For more information on that see this
entry on the Disused Stations website:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...ad/index.shtml

MaxB - can you elaborate at all on the old sidings you speak of?

Patrick - I've often found the ticket office to be open at Nunhead -
both the National Rail and Southeastern websites say it is open M-F
06:10-19:30 and Saturday 08:10-14:50, but closed on a Sunday.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/nhd/details.html
http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk...ns.php?crs=NHD

Of course these opening times aren't of much help at all if one wants
to take advantage of GroupSave tickets for a day out on a Sunday, as
they cannot be purchased at the self-service ticket machines -
unfortunately this situation also occurs at many other smaller
stations. What, I wonder, is the correct procedure in these
circumstances - get on the train without tickets (though with a Permit
to Travel if available) and buy said GroupSave tickets at the earliest
opportunity when one encounters a guard or a ticket office? Or buy
four full price tickets in the hope that you can write in and get a
refund on two of them (seems most unlikely)? Or simply accept that it
is a special offer that is only available from a staffed ticket office
- when said ticket office is shut simply accept that you're stuffed
and grudgingly pay up the full whack?