crookedspire Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Last year when on a very rare occasion using the train to get to Scunthorpe the train just before reaching Meadowhall went though what looked like a disused train station. As the train went past at speed only caught a glace of it , the platforms were still intact but no buildings as such. Having a interest in abandoned places it would make a interesting photo . What was this station name and is their a good view point to photo it without trespassing on it, are their anymore such stations that I can turn my camera on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetcheeks Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hi, That would be Brightside. I believe a bridge still runs across the railway so you should be able to get a photo without trespassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hi, That would be Brightside. I believe a bridge still runs across the railway so you should be able to get a photo without trespassing. Is Attercliffe Road station at Norfolk Bridge still there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) Is Attercliffe Road station at Norfolk Bridge still there?There isn't much left of it now. There is a Wikipedia article about the station, also one about Brightside Station. Here is an old railway map showing all the local railways as they were in the 1920s, a little later than the map included in the two articles. This 1950s map shows the location of Brightside station; the footbridge remains open and allows a good view of the former station. I remember, with a smile, the time in August 1964 when I had a 7-day "holiday runabout" ticket. Like all tickets it had to be given up on expiry, and on the last day of validity I got off a train at Victoria Station at about 9-15 p.m.. The ticket collector was going to keep the ticket, but I told him "I live near Brightside Station, and so I'll use the ticket to go home on the 10 o'clock train". "Brightside?" came the surprised reply, but there was indeed a 10 p.m. slow train to Leeds that stopped at Brightside. But I got the bus home to Hillsborough and I still have the ticket.. Edited August 20, 2015 by hillsbro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bantycock Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Last year when on a very rare occasion using the train to get to Scunthorpe the train just before reaching Meadowhall went though what looked like a disused train station. As the train went past at speed only caught a glace of it , the platforms were still intact but no buildings as such. Having a interest in abandoned places it would make a interesting photo . What was this station name and is their a good view point to photo it without trespassing on it, are their anymore such stations that I can turn my camera on ? Try masbrough veiw from corantion bride always spotters on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Try masbrough...Ah - the Good Old Days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bantycock Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Ah - the Good Old Days.. That's a cracker mi owd even got a Deltic working hard ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 There used to be a cracker at killamarsh until somebody demolished it. Platform remains though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 That's a cracker mi owd even got a Deltic working hard !Actually I think it's a "Peak" but Deltic's near enough.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoBLL Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Both stations we think closed around 1995/96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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