Hi Ed, not too far off from me.
http://metrarail.com/content/metra/...s/metra_system_map/md-w/station.WOODDALE.html
Unfortunately you don't get much UP on that line, do you? With the CP takeover, we get a lot more now.
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Hi Ed, not too far off from me.
http://metrarail.com/content/metra/...s/metra_system_map/md-w/station.WOODDALE.html
Unfortunately you don't get much UP on that line, do you? With the CP takeover, we get a lot more now.
I get 4 to 6 UP trains and an occasional local each day. I guess that's not a lot, as you said.
Telopea Station, about 200 metres away from my home on the short Carlingford branch line. Run by Cityrail (a division of the NSW Government State Rail Authority).
The Carlingford line is nearly all single track and is the steepest in the Cityrail system with a 2 to 3 km stretch of about 1:33.
Telopea is single track platform serviced by about 25 up and 25 down trains a day - all double deck EMUs, usually only 3 car sets.
Carlingford, the line terminus, is the next station up the track and all but one service terminates at Clyde station at the other end. The trains run as all stop shuttles between Clyde and Carlingford. Clyde is the junction with the main western line so all passengers from the Carlingford line much change for a city train or for any other destination. One weekday morning commuter service runs express from Clyde to Central station. There are no freight services but on occasions, late at night, the line is used to test new trains.
According the the Cityrail web site, Telopea averages about 300 passengers a week.
http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Telopea&line=NSW:carlingford:0
The Carlingford line is nearly all single track and is the steepest in the Cityrail system with a 2 to 3 km stretch of about 1:33.
Telopea is single track platform serviced by about 25 up and 25 down trains a day - all double deck EMUs, usually only 3 car sets.
Carlingford, the line terminus, is the next station up the track and all but one service terminates at Clyde station at the other end. The trains run as all stop shuttles between Clyde and Carlingford. Clyde is the junction with the main western line so all passengers from the Carlingford line much change for a city train or for any other destination. One weekday morning commuter service runs express from Clyde to Central station. There are no freight services but on occasions, late at night, the line is used to test new trains.
According the the Cityrail web site, Telopea averages about 300 passengers a week.
http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Telopea&line=NSW:carlingford:0
schweitzerdude
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My nearest station
is in downtown Sandpoint, Idaho, USA and is the only Amtrak stop in Idaho (one train each way per day). The station is owned by BNSF, was built in the early 1900s, and has been allowed to deteriorate to the point where no one is actually allowed in the building. Amtrak would like to move the Sandpoint stop elsewhere (many of you know how awful recently built small Amtrak stations look) so the whole issue is contoversial and unresolved.
is in downtown Sandpoint, Idaho, USA and is the only Amtrak stop in Idaho (one train each way per day). The station is owned by BNSF, was built in the early 1900s, and has been allowed to deteriorate to the point where no one is actually allowed in the building. Amtrak would like to move the Sandpoint stop elsewhere (many of you know how awful recently built small Amtrak stations look) so the whole issue is contoversial and unresolved.
As many times as I've ridden the Empire Builder, I've always been asleep through Sandpoint. I didn't think the station was that bad.
schweitzerdude
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It may look OK but I have been told the roof is starting to fall in. There has been talk of restoration but BNSF would like to double track that section and with the new by-pass going in, there are severe constraints since the new highway being built and the railway are on a narrow peninsula between Sand Creek and Lake Pend d'Oreille.
While calling it a station is stretching the definition a bit, my closest (indeed only transport link) is Wondabyne, on Cityrail's Newcastle/Central Coast line. Service is not too bad, considering patronage and location.
At roughly 20m platform length, it is also one of the shortest 'stations' on the network. Passengers wishing to alight there must travel in the rear car of the train, in order to alight from the rear set of doors, being the only ones which stop alongside the platform.
Furthermore, scheduled services stop on request only. That is, you must inform the guard of your intention of alighting there, and hope that (a) he/she remembers to tell the driver and (b) the driver remembers to stop! You think i'm kidding? Try doing it regularly, and experience the joy of watching the platform fly past at 70k's an hour. Real fun!:hehe::hehe:
I think the saying 'Blink and you'll miss it' was coined with Wondabyne in mind:hehe::hehe:
Still, the waterfront views make all that well worth the hassle.
Matt.
At roughly 20m platform length, it is also one of the shortest 'stations' on the network. Passengers wishing to alight there must travel in the rear car of the train, in order to alight from the rear set of doors, being the only ones which stop alongside the platform.
Furthermore, scheduled services stop on request only. That is, you must inform the guard of your intention of alighting there, and hope that (a) he/she remembers to tell the driver and (b) the driver remembers to stop! You think i'm kidding? Try doing it regularly, and experience the joy of watching the platform fly past at 70k's an hour. Real fun!:hehe::hehe:
I think the saying 'Blink and you'll miss it' was coined with Wondabyne in mind:hehe::hehe:
Still, the waterfront views make all that well worth the hassle.
Matt.
This is a hard one.
Im currently close to two stations. They seem to be the exact same distance from each other as well. But I use one more than the other because my destination makes going to the other more quicker.
"3rd Ave - 149th Street" and "Jackson Ave" are the two stations that seem to be the exact same distance. I go to 3rd Ave more because I tend to go downtown most of the time, not up.
The 2 and 5 Trains runs on both stations and they are the next station to each other (Uptown: 3rd Ave then jackson ave. Downtown: jackson ave then 3rd ave).
Both are owned by the MTA.
So I guess "3rd Ave - 149th Street" is my station. It's an underground subwat station and it's always packed there. It's right to be called the 2nd busiest station in the bronx. Currently, there is only one person in the both on one side of the station. The other is empty due to buget cuts. The machines for the metro cards always gives problems, either they don't take bills or you must give extact change only. Nothing special happens there as it's just a typical station.
Jackson Ave is the same but has alot less people and is an elevated station. Nothing special happens there as it's just a typical station.
Im currently close to two stations. They seem to be the exact same distance from each other as well. But I use one more than the other because my destination makes going to the other more quicker.
"3rd Ave - 149th Street" and "Jackson Ave" are the two stations that seem to be the exact same distance. I go to 3rd Ave more because I tend to go downtown most of the time, not up.
The 2 and 5 Trains runs on both stations and they are the next station to each other (Uptown: 3rd Ave then jackson ave. Downtown: jackson ave then 3rd ave).
Both are owned by the MTA.
So I guess "3rd Ave - 149th Street" is my station. It's an underground subwat station and it's always packed there. It's right to be called the 2nd busiest station in the bronx. Currently, there is only one person in the both on one side of the station. The other is empty due to buget cuts. The machines for the metro cards always gives problems, either they don't take bills or you must give extact change only. Nothing special happens there as it's just a typical station.
Jackson Ave is the same but has alot less people and is an elevated station. Nothing special happens there as it's just a typical station.
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I travel on the "Short North" between Sydney and Gosford occasionally and always look out for Wondabyne on the way - it is such an unusual location. No roads and only the rail line and river for access. I also notice that there seems to be only one or two houses there (ignoring the few isolated cabins across the river) and none seem to have electricity or running water.
I would assume that you live in one of those residences?
daveinblock4
7 1/4 inch gauge fan
Hayes & Harlington. Trains to London Paddington & Ealing Broadway or out towards Reading, Maidenhead, Oxford etc. Train companies are First Great Western & Heathrow Connect.
Partly correct.
Yes, there are only a small number of residences; one opposite the station, and the 'isolated cabins' (I like that:hehe
across the water. I do indeed live in there, in one the aforementioned 'cabins'. I am in one of three up the end of the housing, as you travel towards Hawkesbury River/Sydney.The houses all have running water, and with the exception of three (guess which three
) all have electricity.All in all, it makes for quite an interesting lifestyle.
If you'd like to know a bit more, Pware, feel free to drop me a PM. I'm happy to talk, and I don't have much else to occupy me at the moment.
Matt.
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My nearest station is Penryn in Cornwall on the Maritime Line from Truro to Falmouth. The station is a mile away from where I live but I can see the trains from my living room window as the line runs past my back garden. Times have changed, in the hey day of steam there was a variety of rail traffic that served the docks at Falmouth. Now it is a single First Great Western Class 150 that runs between Falmouth and Truro every half an hour for connections west down to Penzance and east to Plymouth and beyond to London.
Capt_Haddock
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Mine is Stroud (ex GWR) in the heart of the beautiful 5 valleys.
Still has original Brunel style buildings including a broad gauge good shed in pretty good order.
Trains now operated by First Great Western to a timetable that in parts is little changed from the days of the Castle class hauled Cheltenham Spa Expresses.
Regards
Chris
Still has original Brunel style buildings including a broad gauge good shed in pretty good order.
Trains now operated by First Great Western to a timetable that in parts is little changed from the days of the Castle class hauled Cheltenham Spa Expresses.
Regards
Chris
This is the nearest railway station to where I live: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadale_railway_station,_Perth
Being a terminus of the Perth suburban network it mostly just sees Transperth A set EMUs running in two and four car formation, but occassionally a three or six car B set appears (generally during trials or driver training), albeit not in passenger service.
There is also the four-times daily Transwa Australind country DMU service to Bunbury, and the very occasional freight train, although they usually run at night, if at all. Excursion trains also used to run through Armadale a fair amount as well, but they've virtually disappeared due to rising insurance costs sadly.
Originally Armadale had an extensive yard and sidings, but these were all removed during electrification in the 1980s, leaving Armadale with three little used storage sidings at the southern end, and a little used passing siding along with two well used platforms.
This site gives better photos of the station compared to the Wiki article, as well as images of what Armadale used to look like: http://wastations.i8.com/Armadale/Armadale/Armadale_Station.html
Being a terminus of the Perth suburban network it mostly just sees Transperth A set EMUs running in two and four car formation, but occassionally a three or six car B set appears (generally during trials or driver training), albeit not in passenger service.
There is also the four-times daily Transwa Australind country DMU service to Bunbury, and the very occasional freight train, although they usually run at night, if at all. Excursion trains also used to run through Armadale a fair amount as well, but they've virtually disappeared due to rising insurance costs sadly.
Originally Armadale had an extensive yard and sidings, but these were all removed during electrification in the 1980s, leaving Armadale with three little used storage sidings at the southern end, and a little used passing siding along with two well used platforms.
This site gives better photos of the station compared to the Wiki article, as well as images of what Armadale used to look like: http://wastations.i8.com/Armadale/Armadale/Armadale_Station.html
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Merseyrail yay!!
My nearest station is super boring, it is called leasowe. (just a 2 platform metro station for merseyrail)
My nearest major station is less than 5 miles away (20 mins by merseyrail) and it is Liverpool Lime Street. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Lime_Street_railway_station) it has 9 platforms mostly served by Northern Rail, other companies include east midlands (for the east midlands
) Virgin pendilino's for London Euston and two others which i cannot say because i have to go.. Goodbye!:wave:I knew 2 young boys going back nearly 40 years ago playing with railway detonators they found hidden in a shed at Erina Heights on the central coast NSW ,,well to the least 1 went off and blow most of 1 boys fingers off and disfigured his hand ,,he was so lucky to be alive,
so dont ever play with railway detonators
steve
so dont ever play with railway detonators
steve
tolansherwood
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Whitefish, Montana is nearest to me...it's on the same one train each way per day Amtrack route as the previously mentioned Sandpoint route.
My nearst station is Marayong
Marayong (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Marayong,+New+South+Wales&aq=0&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=36.067221,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Marayong+New+South+Wales&z=14). Not actually a station, but a stop. Double track, single platform (island) serviced by CityRail electric units to manage passenger traffic only along the line Blacktown-Richmond (Sydney-West, Australia). In old, good days I used to catch morning service 7:22 or 7:52 to Sydney Town Hall to get to work. My dream is to make this line in Trainz one day.
Marayong (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Marayong,+New+South+Wales&aq=0&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=36.067221,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Marayong+New+South+Wales&z=14). Not actually a station, but a stop. Double track, single platform (island) serviced by CityRail electric units to manage passenger traffic only along the line Blacktown-Richmond (Sydney-West, Australia). In old, good days I used to catch morning service 7:22 or 7:52 to Sydney Town Hall to get to work. My dream is to make this line in Trainz one day.
Dinorius_Redundicus
kuid 68213
My closest station is called Civic.
What is it like? Here are some facts to excite the rail heads;
Hunter Line
Station code CVI
Suburb Civic
Street(s) Hunter St
Distance from Central Station (Sydney) 167.02km
Altitude (above sea level) 1.2m depending on the tide.
Types of stopping trains Intercity, Regional, Suburban/Local
Number of platforms 2
Number of tracks 2
Platform arrangement 2 Side
Type of station Ground
Ticket barriers No
Transfers available Bus
Disabled access Yes (we disabled the access)
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bendy 1
It has public phones that never work, various ferals and bogans with menacing haircuts lurking on the platforms, and it emits a train every time I'm trying to drive across the level crossing. I would totally like to destroy it. Here's what it looks like from the road side;
I think the NSW government owns these stations. As for which trains use it, I have no idea. Wouldn't be caught dead riding a train, yuk.
~ D
What is it like? Here are some facts to excite the rail heads;
Hunter Line
Station code CVI
Suburb Civic
Street(s) Hunter St
Distance from Central Station (Sydney) 167.02km
Altitude (above sea level) 1.2m depending on the tide.
Types of stopping trains Intercity, Regional, Suburban/Local
Number of platforms 2
Number of tracks 2
Platform arrangement 2 Side
Type of station Ground
Ticket barriers No
Transfers available Bus
Disabled access Yes (we disabled the access)
kuid 68213:28006
bendy 1
It has public phones that never work, various ferals and bogans with menacing haircuts lurking on the platforms, and it emits a train every time I'm trying to drive across the level crossing. I would totally like to destroy it. Here's what it looks like from the road side;
I think the NSW government owns these stations. As for which trains use it, I have no idea. Wouldn't be caught dead riding a train, yuk.
~ D
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