Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:

wrote:

Looking at North Weald on http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/ I didnt
realise how rural the station was, I always thought Chesham and Amersham
were the most rural but seeing the pictures it was clearly not the case.

How is Chesham rural? It's just a few hundred metres from the town centre.

And Amersham doesn't feel very rural either - both towns are within easy
walking distance even if there are those lovely woods next to the line.


Which begs the question as to whether any LU station can be defined as
rural? I'm racking my brain but to be honest I can't think that any
station really fits the bill - well not these days at least!

"Mizter T" wrote in message
oups.com...
Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:

wrote:

Looking at North Weald on http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/ I didnt
realise how rural the station was, I always thought Chesham and
Amersham
were the most rural but seeing the pictures it was clearly not the
case.

How is Chesham rural? It's just a few hundred metres from the town
centre.

And Amersham doesn't feel very rural either - both towns are within easy
walking distance even if there are those lovely woods next to the line.


Which begs the question as to whether any LU station can be defined as
rural? I'm racking my brain but to be honest I can't think that any
station really fits the bill - well not these days at least!


Blake Hall was unique on LU in being too remote to have a mains electricity
supply. The station lighting was fed directly from the DC traction supply,
and the lights used to dim as the train accelerated away from Ongar.

Andrew

In article ,
(Andrew) wrote:

Blake Hall was unique on LU in being too remote to have a mains
electricity supply. The station lighting was fed directly from the
DC traction supply, and the lights used to dim as the train
accelerated away from Ongar.

Essex Road had that dubious feature too until BR took over. We saw the
lights dim as a train left when we reversed direction there on the
Underground Trip in 1970.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(Andrew) wrote:

Blake Hall was unique on LU in being too remote to have a mains
electricity supply. The station lighting was fed directly from the
DC traction supply, and the lights used to dim as the train
accelerated away from Ongar.

Essex Road had that dubious feature too until BR took over. We saw the
lights dim as a train left when we reversed direction there on the
Underground Trip in 1970.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

From your comments I dont think I can ever see the line going past Epping
again. Would other people agree?