[Source:
Nick Catford]
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The station concourse looking out onto Vine Street in early April 1965.
Photo by Ron Fisher from his Flickr photostream 15.jpg) Looking south along the island platform from the station concourse at Uxbridge Vine Street station in early April 1965.
Photo by Ron Fisher from his Flickr photostream 16.jpg)
In early April 1965 although the station building is shabby the casual passer by might think it was still open. Rickett, Smith and Cockerell colal merchant's office is seen on the right, presumably closed by this date. The brick building on the far left was seen under construction in 1962. Although only 30 years old, it was demolished in the 1990s and the APL Logistics building now occupies the site. Note the post box on the station building, that has been there since before the turn of the 20th century but would shortly be removed.
Photo
by Ron Fisher from his Flickr photostream
17.jpg) Uxbridge Vine Street station looking north along the island platform on 11 April 1965, the sleepers havew now also been lifted but the totem signs are all still in place 2½ years after closure to passengers. Vine Street had a lot of totems and although they were there for the taking nobody wanted them - how times have changed.
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Uxbridge Vine Street station looking towards the station concourse in April 1965. Apart from the removal of the track a fedw weeks earlier the the station remained largely intact at this time, a few months later the platform and goods shed would be demolished leaving only the the station building.
Photo
by Chris Totty
23.jpg) Uxbridge Vine Street station looking along one of the narrow side platforms in April 1965. The two side platrforms were cut back to a short stub a seen here when the trainshed was removed in 1932/3. These platforms were nevr used by passenger trains. This platform was used by passengers to reach the waiting rooms and toilets located in the rooms on the right.
Photo by Chris Totty 24.jpg) The island platform at Vine Street station in April 1965. The short platform is seen on the left. Beyond this platform and set back from it is a goods dock. This was built on the site of the engine shed which closed in 1897.Photo by Chris Totty 25.jpg)
Looking north at the east side of the goods yard in April 1965. When the station opened the east side of the line was the site of a single road brick engine shed, a turntable and a water tank. When the shed closed in 1897 the goods yard was extended oto the east side with an additional siding ruinning along the east boundary and a 6-ton capacity crane which was located behind the photographer.
Photo by Chris Totty 27.jpg) Looking across the island platform from the side platform in April 1965; the post-war houses in Whitehall Road are seen in the distance. The remains of the coal yard are seen running parallel
with Whitehall Road. Photo by Chris Totty 
Uxbridge Vine Street station looking south from the station concourse in early 1965. The bicycles possibly indicate that the station building was in uise as a store at this time. The trackbed is beginning to look like a linear rubbish dump.
Photo by Mike Matthews 
Uxbridge Vine Street station looking south from the station concourse in early 1965. The cars parked on the goods dock again suggest thjat the building was being used. The shell of an Austin A40 Somerset has been dumped on the track.
Photo by Mike Matthews street40.jpg) Demolition of Vine Street station is underway in July 1965. Part of the canopy can be seen lying at an angle on the track bed having been cut off close to ground level.Photo from Jim Lake collection Click here for Uxbridge Vine Street Station Gallery 7:
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