Old Railway Station - City Walls View

This shot gives a view of the south-western side of the redeveloped old railway station in York, and shows rather more of the changes made during redevelopment to make this the location of the York City Council offices.

The central section here is the atrium built on the site of the former platforms and tracks. The old buildings that we saw yesterday are hidden to the right.

The north-west range of buildings (on the left) was extended towards my viewpoint in a style sympathetic to the original.

In the foreground is a rather nice final addition to the location - part of the old roof from over the platforms and tracks has been renovated and placed here for use as a bicycle parking space. York Council is keen to encourage cycling, and it was a rather nice touch to provide this useful facility for its staff.

In the background, above the old railway station can be seen the chimneys of the former North Eastern Railway headquarters, another fairly recent renovation, now housing the Grand Hotel, the first five star hotel in York.

Ian

[gloria jones]

Great pov to see the renovations

[Bill Davidson]

I have visited York in the past, but seeing your many lovely photos, a return visit might be on the cards!

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely work, revamp and info

[Joan Robillard]

Nice capture

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of this nice old railway station building.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Nice

[Kathy A]

A nice mixture of old and new

[Dione Giorgio]

I think I like this one best. Here you can understand better what the building was and now is made for. Great pov.

[Judith Johnson]

York seems to be rapidly changing these days. Nice history of the old station

[Polly]

York has a strong history of trains.

[Fisher Family]

@seattlite @billdavidson @craftymeg @joansmor @pyrrhula @365projectorgchristine @kjarn @sangwann @busylady @ladypolly

Thank you all for your lovely comments and fav, they are very much appreciated.

York seems to be in a period of quite significant change, with a number of developments taking place. The largest is the area to the west of the railway station, where what is thought to be one of the biggest brownfield sites in Europe has work starting. Much of this too was railway land which is now surplus to requirements. Hopefully my camera will be recording some of the changes.

Ian