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First Great Western DMUs pass in Pilning station. Heading westboud is a train comprising two Class 143 units on a Cardiff-Taunton stopping service, while heading towards the camera is a Class 150 heading to Cardiff. Neither service calls at this station which sees only two weekday services.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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Looking west towards Pilning railway station in South Gloucestershire, viewed from a passing eastbound First Great Western HST. A First Great Western DMU has just passed through the station heading westbound.
Photo by Chris McKenna 10/05/2006. |
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A merged view of Pilning station on the South Wales Main Line in South Gloucestershire from the station car park. In the foreground is what appears to be the filled in remains of an old bay platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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The information board at Pilning railway station in South Gloucestershire, showing the highly elaborate way in which the change of franchise holder from Wessex Trains to First Great Western has been conveyed.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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The South Wales Main Line, viewed looking west from Pilning station in South Gloucestershire - the last station in England before the Severn Tunnel.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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The South Wales Main Line, viewed looking west from Pilning station in South Gloucestershire - the last station in England before the Severn Tunnel. An FM Rail Class 31 diesel locomotive, possibly 31128, running light engine towards the Severn Tunnel can be seen waiting at a red signal before exiting the westbound goods loop west of the station. The large bridge in the background is the eastern viaduct of the Second Severn Crossing, completed in 1996, carrying the M4 motorway over the estuary of the River Severn. The new bridge takes a similar alignment to that followed by the Severn Tunnel, built between 1873 and 1876, that takes the South Wales Main Line railway under the river. Vertically between the two bridges on the left photograph is the large blue motorway sign that marks the roundabout at junction 22 of the M4 which marks the northern end of the M49.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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This rubble and vegetation filled area in the car park at Pilning station looks like the remains of a long-disused bay platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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This rubble and vegetation filled area in the car park at Pilning station looks like the remains of a long-disused bay platform. This photograph looks towards the point where the track would have joined the South Wales Main Line.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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This rubble and vegetation filled area in the car park at Pilning station looks like the remains of a long-disused bay platform. This photograph looks towards what I presume was once the headwall of the bay.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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The blades of the points (938A?) that allow trains from the eastbound goods loop west of Pilning station to return to the South Wales Main Line.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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The blades of the points (938A?) that allow trains from the eastbound goods loop west of Pilning station to return to the South Wales Main Line.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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The points (938A?) that allow trains from the eastbound goods loop west of Pilning station to return to the South Wales Main Line.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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Pilning railway station on the South Wales Main Line in South Gloucestershire is served by only one train in each direction each day. This photograph is taken looking west from the station footbridge.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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Pilning railway station on the South Wales Main Line in South Gloucestershire is served by only one train in each direction each day. This photograph is taken looking east from the station footbridge.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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A merged view of Pilning railway station on the South Wales Main Line in South Gloucestershire, looking east from the western end. The station is the last station in England before the Severn Tunnel.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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A merged view of Pilning railway station on the South Wales Main Line in South Gloucestershire, looking east from the western end. The station is the last station in England before the Severn Tunnel.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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A merged view of Pilning railway station on the South Wales Main Line in South Gloucestershire, looking east from the western end. Very unusually the sign prohibiting passengers from going beyond that point is a located a few yards west of the western end of the eastbound platform, allowing photographs like this. The corresponding sign on the westbound platform is visible on the right of this photograph.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/05/2006. |
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