Disused Stations: Troutbeck Station

Troutbeck station looking west in February 1972. The station building is disused; the booking office used to occupy the forward-projecting near end of the building. A totem name sign is still mounted on a post; it would be removed soon after, it is thought before the station closed.
Photo by John Mann

Troutbeck station looking east in February 1972. Although the down (right) platform has been out of use since 1967 it retains the enclosed waiting shelter.
Photo by John Mann

The BR(LM) running-in nameboard survives on the disused down platform at Troutbeck in February 1972. The vitreous enamel sign is supported by concrete stanchions, which was normal LM practice.
Photo by John Mann

The stationmaster’s house and adjoining single-storey station building at Troutbeck, looking south-west in February 1972.

Photo by John Mann

The main station building on the up platform at Troutbeck station in 1972 after closure of the line. All signs identifying the station have been removed leaving only corporate identity signs on the booking office wall.
Photo from John Mnnn collection

The main station building on the up platform at Troutbeck station in 1972 after closure of the line. The stationmaster’s house is seen to the rear.
Photo from John Mnnn collection

A cold and desolate scene c1973 at Troutbeck station, looking east from the A5091 road. This photo was taken shortly after the removal of the single rail track that latterly served the up (left) platform. The gate used to allow access to the down platform. The stationmaster’s house and former passenger building on the former up platform are still in place, as is the waiting shed on the down platformr.
Photo from John Mnnn collection

Troutbeck station c1975 looking east along the former down platform. The enclosed timber waiting shed is still in place on this platform and the signal box is beyond. The station building on the up platform is derelict; the red bricks on the c1930s rebuilt section contrast with the darker masonry of the rest of the building. The two-storey stationmaster’s house adjoins the platform building

Photo from Steve Davies collection

Troutbeck station is seen on 12 April 1977 just over five years since it closed. The waiting shelter on the down (right) platform has been destroyed; some of its timbers are strewn across the platform. The station building and stationmaster’s house and the signal box remain in situ.

Photo by Alan Young

On 23 January 2010 the stationmaster’s house is seen from the A5091 road looking south-east. It has been refurbished and is in residential use. An upper floor window has been added to the western façade. The station building has been retained and integrated, but its western end has been modified with an extension.
Photo by Alan Young

[Source: Nick Catford]

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