Ála recherche du chemin du fer perdu.

[zigs]

Or looking for the lost railway in Bridport.

Axed in 1975, and spured on by a diary entry of 1976 saying "Went to Bridport, someone had nicked the station." I decided to have a look at what remains.









This bit of track is now an allotment, wonder if they steam their vegetables.



Much of the track is now a cyclepath.



Although the main station is now a supermarket, the West Bay terminal survives as a café

 

[marlingardener]

Oh, what we have lost! There are still traces of tram tracks in the small town near us. Until the late 40's, one could get on a tram which would take you to the "city" about 25 miles away, which also had good public transportation. Now the county authorities are trying to figure out how to get a van service going to transport people from our little town to the "city." Of course, once they get there the folks will be at the mercy of a very sketchy bus service.
At least your buildings still stand, and are being used.

 

[zigs]

It's very sad, we had most of our rail network decimated in the 1960's

Utter madness, nearly everything goes by road now and traffic congestion costs the economy a fortune

 

[CanadianLori]

Please coach me on what wine one would one couple with steamed vegetables. Perhaps grown in a ground frame instead of a cold one?

 

[Ian]

It's very sad, we had most of our rail network decimated in the 1960's

Utter madness, nearly everything goes by road now and traffic congestion costs the economy a fortune

Our local councils have been buying back the land/tracks axed under the Beeching cuts, with the aim of building tram links throughout Manchester. I dread to think how many hundreds of Millions have been wasted destroying so much infrastructure .

 

[zigs]

Please coach me on what wine one would one couple with steamed vegetables. Perhaps grown in a ground frame instead of a cold one?

Banrock Station

 

[zigs]

Our local councils have been buying back the land/tracks axed under the Beeching cuts, with the aim of building tram links throughout Manchester. I dread to think how many hundreds of Millions have been wasted destroying so much infrastructure .

And think how many non urgent goods could be travelling by canal, had the railways not bought up and bankrupted most of them

One horse can pull the equivalent of a lorry load when it's on water.

I remember Trolley buses in Birmingham when I was little

 

[Ian]

And think how many non urgent goods could be travelling by canal, had the railways not bought up and bankrupted most of them

Very true!

We used to live a stones throw from the Bridgewater canal through Manchester - when I first moved here it was undergoing some major repair work and cleanup. Around 10 years ago there was a big breach nearby which drained the entire section we lived next to - was incredible to see all the crap that people just thrown in there .

 

[zigs]

I live nearish to the Bridgwater canal

spured on by a diary entry of 1976 saying "Went to Bridport, someone had nicked the station."

FOUND THE STATION !!!!

Well, bits of it in Devon.

 

[zigs]

And an old filum where you can see that actual level crossing gate being shut

 

[Rosyrain]

Trains were such a beautiful mode of transportation, but have all but disappeared in most places and replaced with those fast paced ones. They are turning old railway parked where I live into hiking trails now. There is a dinner and train ride event that sometimes happens in my state and I would love to go on it someday.