Images Dated 3rd March 2016

Bangor on Dee Station, Wales, c.1950s

A view of Bangor-on-Dee station near Wrexham in Wales, c.1950s, showing locomotive No. 5404 standing at the station with the station building and bridge in the background. Locomotive 5404 was built in 1931 and was withdrawn from service in 1957. Bangor-on-Dee station opened in November 1895 and closed in September 1962

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Bodmin General, c.1960s

A view of the platform at Bodmin General station, Cornwall, c.1960s. The terminus opened in the 1880s and had a signal box and two sidings. Bodmin General stopped passenger services in January 1967 and a few months later freight services ceased as well. Nowadays it is used as the main station for the Bodmin and Wenford Railway

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Bishops Lydeard Station, Somerset, c.1930

A view of Bishops Lydeard Station in Somerset, c.1930, showing the station buildings, platforms and trains coming and going.
The station opened in March 1862 and closed in January 1971. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Bishops Lydeard station became the terminus of the West Somerset Railway heritage line. In 2019 the station was finally reconnected to the national rail network when the GWR agreed to Saturday services in the summer from Taunton. The goods shed at Bishops Lydeard is now used as a visitor centre and museum

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