297 - Northern Rail are holding a discount rail travel promotion between today and Sunday, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to visit my mum. It did mean using rather different and slower routes to get there, since the promotion was only available on Northern Rail's own trains
Not much chance to take photos, but tonight when I got back I got this shot of the interior of York railway station. It's interesting to compare this shot of the northern part of the station with one I took of the southern part in daylight early in my project ( http://365project.org/if1/365/2012-03-16)
Wikipedia says:-
"The first York railway station was a temporary wooden building on Queen Street outside the walls of the city, opened in 1839 by the York and North Midland Railway. It was succeeded in 1841, inside the walls, by what is now York old railway station. In due course, the irksome requirement that through trains between London and Newcastle needed to reverse out of the old York station in order to continue their journey necessitated the construction of a new through station outside the walls. This was the present station, designed by the North Eastern Railway architects Thomas Prosser and William Peachey, which opened in 1877. It had 13 platforms and was at that time the largest station in the world. As part of the new station project, the Royal Station Hotel (now The Royal York Hotel), designed by Peachey, opened in 1878.
In 1909 new platforms were added, and in 1938 the current footbridge was built and the station resignalled.
The building was heavily bombed during the Second World War and extensively repaired in 1947.
The track layout through and around the station was remodelled again in 1988 as part of the resignalling scheme that was carried out prior to the electrification of the ECML shortly afterwards. This resulted in several bay platforms (mainly on the eastern side) being taken out of service and the track to them removed. At the same time a new signalling centre (York IECC) was commissioned on the western side of the station to control the new layout and also take over the function of several other signal boxes on the main line."
Thank you Bill, fortunately the train services to London are still 2 per hour. The promotion was limited to services on the local operator Northern Rail, so that was why I went on a different route to normal
Thank you Laura J. When built it was the largest railway station in the world. Others are now larger, but few that I know have such graceful architecture.
Thank you Bill, fortunately the train services to London are still 2 per hour. The promotion was limited to services on the local operator Northern Rail, so that was why I went on a different route to normal
Thank you Pyrrhula, this station is a lovely place to take photos by day or night. The lighting has been improved recently making night photos easier!
Thank you Kd, it's a lovely piece of architecture, and a great place to start or end a journey.
Thank you Janet - it's been well worth registering with the local train operators, since they now regularly email their latest travel offers to me!
Thank you Ladyjane - I love the curve of the station, it really adds to its appeal.
Thank you Laura J. When built it was the largest railway station in the world. Others are now larger, but few that I know have such graceful architecture.
Thank you Brian, it's a lovely building to photograph!
Thank you Marie - when opened in 1877 it was the largest railway station in the world. Others are now larger, but few can be so attractive!
Thank you Caren it is a beautiful piece of architecture!
Thank you Vesna, glad you like it!
Thank you Bob, this is a wonderful place to start or end a journey!
Thank you Ann, glad you like it.
Thank you Kristin, it is a very attractive building.
Thank you Roslyn, I had definitely caught the quiet part of the evening.
Thank you Cindy, it is a very attractive building.
Thank you Brian, it's a fascinating old building.