Disused Stations:Hebden Bridge Station

[Source: Alan Young]

Hebden Bridge Gallery 5: October 2016

Looking south-eastwards along the up platform of Hebden Bridge station in October 2016. The ‘General Room’ (i.e. waiting room for any customers/passengers) was formerly the ‘Ladies Room’ – see photos from 2009; however the toilets on the down platform, previously ‘Gentlemen’ only have now acquired the ‘Ladies Room’ sign. In this view, detail of the platform roofing, valancing, wheel-motif spandrel and ‘gas’ lamps can be enjoyed.
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Looking north-west from the up platform on 6 October 2016 as DMU 158 759 approaches the down platform of Hebden Bridge station, to depart at 12.11 for Leeds via Brighouse.

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Looking south-east from the up platform at Hebden Bridge on 6 October 2016. DMU 158 759 is about to depart for Leeds via Brighouse at 12.11. The fine LYR running-in nameboards can be seen
on both platforms.
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The up platform of Hebden Bridge station looking north-west in October 2016. The architecture of the platform roofing and columns can be enjoyed in this view. The prominent ‘Way Out’ sign was installed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway; for some reason, whereas ‘Exit’ is the word used in many public buildings, railway vocabulary has preferred ‘Way Out’.
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A variety of signs provides information, entertainment and food for thought at Hebden Bridge station in October 2016. The nearby sign reminds the author of a sermon by a bishop whose diocese includes part of the Copy Pit route, the gist of which was that when he caught the ‘wrong train’ it was he who was wrong: the train was right in travelling to the advertised destination!
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The up platform at Hebden Bridge station is occupied on 6 October 2016 by DMU 158 815, the 12.42 limited-stop service to Manchester Victoria. The LYR running-in board gives the station’s name with greater confidence and clarity than any more modern sign would do.
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Photographed in October 2016 Hebden Bridge station retains its traditional booking hall with glazed bricks. The clock gives the wrong time: it should read 12.49.
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Waiting for a train can be a tedious business, but not so for eastbound passengers at Hebden Bridge. Not only is there a display of historic photos of the line and its stations in the waiting room, but there is a library and a piano (with a selection of sheet music!). There is also comfortable seating – not always seen as a priority by the powers that be. The photo was taken in October 2016.
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Looking south-east up the staircase from the subway to platform No.2 - the down (Leeds-bound) platform - at Hebden Bridge in October 2016. The modern train departures indicator can be seen in the background.
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Whereas platform 2 at Hebden Bridge station is linked to the subway by a bridge and defunct luggage lift, platform 1 for trains towards Manchester is reached by this ramp, as seen in October 2016/
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