W/NW: Trains and Train Stations

[David Hughes]

On the left InterCity trains from the midlands and on the right a Eurostar train for Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam. It's a long and tedious walk from one to the other, especially with luggage and the main reason for it seems to be a shopping mall; as if there aren't enough of them already...

 

[Erik van Straten]

David, is it a station in London?

I hate shopping malls, they seem to be the bosses of the municipalities.

Erik.

 

[David Hughes]

David, is it a station in London?

I hate shopping malls, they seem to be the bosses of the municipalities.

Erik.

Hi,

It's St Pancras, one of the stations to the North of the City of London. About 25 minutes walk from St Paul's Cathedral and heading north-ish.

To fit in a mall they cut the rails short and now the trains for the UK stop well outside the old station under the roof you see in my photo. There's a picture (not mine) showing the hole cut where they used to stop and the mall etc here:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station#/media/File:StPancrasInternational-PS02.JPG

It was one of the last Victorian stations to be built and was functional and exciting as it had a huge wide roof. I could rant for hours about what they've done that ruined it but a search might just show what it was like.

Regards, David

PS And the trains are not much better, I've used Business Premier class (free Champagne etc) and standard (riff-raff) and the older ones were superior in many ways.

 

[adresaba]

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sony A7II, Voigtlander 50mm f3.5 Heliar Vintage Line VM lens
Hinodecho Station - Yokohama, Japan
August, 2018

All the best,
Mike

 

[css9450]

Three at once. Boston. Nikon 1 J3, 30-100 kit lens.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Voigtlander 21mm f1.8 Ultron VM lens, Sony A7II
Hinodecho Station - Yokohama, Japan
August 2018

Watching the express trains fly by while we wait for the local slow poke train to stop for us.

All the best,
Mike

 

[Bumse]

Balda folder with Ennagon 3.5 - Kodak Tmax 400 in Tmax Dev.

 

[helen.HH]

GWR Toddington

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Love this !

 

[helen.HH]

triX...M5...nokton50VM





alone in the moment by Helen Hill, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica MP, Elmar 35mm f/3.5 nickel uncoated, 400-2TMY, gelatine silver print.

Utrecht Centraal (the new name, used to be Utrecht CS), the largest train station in The Netherlands.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M5, VC Ultron 35mm f/1.7, Tmax400, gelatine silver print.

Erik.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Fuji X-Pro2 camera, XF35mm f2 lens
Hinodecho station, Yokohama, Japan - September 2018

I like trains!
Mike

 

[Mlehrman]

3.5F, Porta 400

 

[dmr]

 

[Fjäll]

Leica M3 + Summicron 50mm Rigid + Agfa Vista + Pakon F135

 

[PRJ]

 

[Michael Markey]

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M2, Color Skopar 50mm f/2.5, 400-2TMY, gelatine silver print.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M3, Summicron 50mm f/2 rigid, TriX, gelatine silver print.

Erik.