Station Name: STANDON
Standon station station looking south towards the Stortford Road level crossing.One of the station sidings runs behind the platform up to the station building.
Photo from John Mann collection 1897 1:2,500 OS map shows the layout of Standon station and goods yard. The private siding that served the corn mill (seen in the picture below) had not yet been provided.
A northwards view of Standon goods yard and signal box, taken from the adjacent flour mill during the early years of the 20th century. Click here for a larger view and more detailed caption.
Photo received from Martin Tristan Crawford Standon station looking north towards Buntingford in 1957.
Standon
station looking south c1966, shortly before the track was
lifted. Part of the corn mills is seen on the left, it is this building that was served by a private siding.
Photo by David Marsh Standon signal box c1966, looking north towards Buntingford.
Photo
by David Marsh
Standon
station looking north in November 1968; the end of the platform was cut off to accommodate
road widening. The buildings date for 1869, replacing those destroyed
by fire.
Photo by Nick Catford Standon
station looking south in November 1968; factories are seen in the distance. These were built in the 1960s; the site is now the Standon Business Park.
Photo by Nick Catford By June 1975 the station buildings had been demolished leaving only the platform seen this northwards rural view.
Photo
by Nick Catford
Looking south in June 1975 the view is less rural. Stortford Road is seen beyond the platform and the mill building is seen on the left. Milling on the site ceased in the 1950s.
Photo by Nick Catford summer weed growth has consumed the track bed in this view looking south along the
platform in May 1976. Photo by Nick Catford Standon station platform looking north in May 1976. Having widened Stortford Road a new footpath has been built across what was the south end of the platform.
Photo by Nick Catford Looking north across the site of the Stortford Road level crossing towards the site of Standon station. The station site os now occupied by Regal Close. Standon Mill seen on the right was converted into a residential property in 2005/6.
Photo
by Andrew Cleave
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