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A disused platform on the north side of Severn Tunnel Junction station in Rogiet, South Wales, photographed from the eastern end of platform 3.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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The understated entrance to Severn Tunnel Junction station in Rogiet, South Wales. In Welsh, the station is known as Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren, which literally translates to "Junction Tunnel Severn" although the sign here spells the river name as "Hafron", an apparently archaic name; and omits an "n" from "Twnnel".
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east along the down goods loop at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west along the down goods loop at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The metal structure on the right is the station footbridge.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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The information boards at the bottom of the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The platform adjacent to the car park, where this photo was taken from, is disused and so access to and from all trains is via this stepped footbridge. The portaloo is padlocked and thus presumably only for contractors or station staff (the station is manned only on weekday mornings).
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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The information boards at entrance to Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Three short sections of new rails and sleepers in the area between the up South Wales Main Line (right) and up Gloucester-Newport Line (left) west of Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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A filled in former east-facing bay platform at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. This photograph was taken looking west from the eastern end.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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The headwall of a filled in former east-facing bay platform at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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A sign on the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales advising passengers which platform they need for their destination. All westbound services call at platform 1. Platform 2 is for eastbound services towards Caldicot, Chepstow and Gloucester, while services towards Bristol and London via the Severn Tunnel serve platform 3.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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The station sign at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. In common with all other station signs in Wales, the sign in bilingual with English in black and Welsh in green; in contrast to the double arrow sign at the station entrance there are no spelling errors in the Welsh version (which literally translates to "Junction Tunnel Severn").
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking east from the road bridge a short distance west of the station. Platform 1, served by westbound trains, is on the right of the picture, with platforms 2 (trains towards Gloucester) and 3 (serivces to Bristol via the Severn Tunnel) to the right and left of the central island platform respectively. The leftmost platform is disused, while the edging stones suggest the brick building between platforms 2 and 3 may be built on the site of a former west-facing bay platform - the supports for the road bridge also look designed to enable this. The signal gantry on the far right is for the the down bypass line, the sole remaining line from a once extensive marshalling yard.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking north east over the site of a once extensive marshallng yard from the road bridge a short distance west of the station. The sinlge down loop line this side of the station fence is the sole remaining track.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking east from the road bridge a short distance west of the station in the late afternoon sun. Platform 1, served by westbound trains, is on the right of the picture, with platforms 2 (trains towards Gloucester) and 3 (serivces to Bristol via the Severn Tunnel) to the right and left of the central island platform respectively. The leftmost platform is disused, while the edging stones suggest the brick building between platforms 2 and 3 may be built on the site of a former west-facing bay platform - the supports for the road bridge also look designed to enable this. The towers of the Second Severn Crossing, which since 1996 has carried the M4 motorway over the Severn Estuary, can be seen in the distance above and to the right of the shelter on platform 1.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking west from the eastern end of platform 1.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking west from the eastern end of platform 2. The rough area on the right is a filled in former east-facing bay platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking west from the eastern end of platform 3. Between this platform and platform 2 to the left is a filled in former east-facing bay platform. The platform on the opposite side of the track to the right is disused.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking east from the western end of platform 1.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking east from the western end of platform 1. A First Great Western Class 158/9 DMU en route to Cardiff Central is just about to depart.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking east from the western end of platform 2. Several factors suggest that the brick building may be built on the line of a former west-facing bay platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales viewed looking east from the western end of platform 3. Several factors suggest that the brick building may be built on the line of a former west-facing bay platform, while the through platform on the left looks to have been disused for a considerable amount of time.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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The prefab building in the car park at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales that serves as the ticket office. The staffing hours of 06:30-10:30 reflect this station's primary role as serving commuters - Newport, Cardiff, Bristol and Gloucester are all less than an hour away by train.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
Looking east from the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
From right to left the lines and platforms visible are:
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
Looking east from the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
From right to left the lines visible are:
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
Note that the arch on the left of the picture is not the mouth of the Severn Tunnel, but a road bridge giving access to Caldicot station, ¾ mile from Severn Tunnel Junction and just visible through the singal gantry.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
The platform on beneath the camera is disused, and looks to have been that way for some considerable time. The furthest left line is used by eastbound trains heading towards the Severn Tunnel, there is a route from this line to the eastbound track towards Gloucester but this looks to be used only very rarely.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
Note that the arch on the left of the picture, that a First Great Western HST is travelling under, is not the mouth of the Severn Tunnel, but a road bridge giving access to Caldicot station, ¾ mile from Severn Tunnel Junction and just visible in the middle distance on the right. The 1:90 gradient to the lowest point on the tunnel, beneath The Shoots shipping channel, can clearly be seen. From the end of the level section beneath the river, the tunnel rises at 1:100 up to the English side.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
Note that the arch on the left of the picture, is not the mouth of the Severn Tunnel, but a road bridge giving access to Caldicot station, ¾ mile from Severn Tunnel Junction and just visible in the middle distance on the right. - The actual tunnel mouth is just visible beyond the tail lights of the First Great Western HST is travelling under The 1:90 gradient to the lowest point on the tunnel, beneath The Shoots shipping channel, can clearly be seen. From the end of the level section beneath the river, the tunnel rises at 1:100 up to the English side.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the eastern end of platform 1 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The track closest to the camera is the westound line towards Newport from both the Severn Tunnel and Gloucester, the track to the left is the eastbound line towards Gloucester, with the line to the Severn Tunnel the other side of the platform on the left. The rightmost line beyond the low vegetation is the start of the down relief line towards Newport.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the eastern end of platform 1 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The track junction in the centre of the picture is where westbound trains from the Severn Tunnel cross the eastbound line towards Gloucester to join the down main line towards Newport from Gloucester. On the left by the 75mph speed restriction is the trailing end of the junction allowing westbound trains on the line towards the Severn Tunnel to access the Gloucester line, although this does not look regularly used. On the extreme right of the photograph, by the low-level position light signal, is the start of the down relief line that bypasses the station. It presumably would have given access to the extensive marshalling yards on this side of the station, although nothing of this now remains. The blue visile to the right of centre in the middle distance is the eastbound platform of Caldicot station, a mere ¾ mile from Severn Tunnel Junction station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the eastern end of platform 2 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. Platform 3 to the left is significantly longer than platform 2, as there used to be a bay platform between the two which would presumably have connected to the eastbound line towards Gloucester in the vicinity of the signal.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the eastern end of platform 2 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. This photograph is looking along the eastbound line towards Gloucester with the blue-painted metalwork of Caldicot station, a mere ¾ mile from Severn Tunnel Junction, visible in the middle distance.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the eastern end of platform 3 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The line to the left is the eastbound line to the Severn Tunnel, while the one on the right by the signal is the eastbound line to Gloucester.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking east from the eastern end of platform 3 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. This photograph is looking along the eastbound line towarads the Severn Tunnel Junction - the start of the 1:90 gradient to the lowest point is clearly visible, but the top of the arch is not the tunnel mouth but a road bridge giving access to Caldicot station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the footbridge at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The platform beneath the camera is disused and has apparently been for some time.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the western end of platform 1 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The road bridge in the foreground makes an excellent vantage point for photographers.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the western end of platform 1 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The line in the foreground is the down relief line which bypasses the station, the one to the right is the down main that serves platform 1. The Severn Tunnel emergency train is on the right of the picture; the bridge in the distance carries the M4 motorway over the railway.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the western end of platform 1 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The faded yellow trains are Network Rail vehciles to be used in case of an emergency in the Severn Tunnel.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the western end of platform 3 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The junction is where easbound trains for the Severn Tunnel diverge from the route towards Gloucester.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the western end of platform 3 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The junction in the foreground is where the main and relief tracks merge into a single route towards the Severn Tunnel which has only a single track in each direction.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the western end of platform 3 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The junction in the foreground is where the main and relief tracks merge into a single route towards the Severn Tunnel which has only a single track in each direction.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the road bridge a short distance west of Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The track layout here is much reduced from former times when there was extensive marshaling yards.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the road bridge a short distance west of Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. From left to right the tracks are the down relief and down main towards Newport, the up line towards Gloucester and the up main and little used up relief lines towards the Severn tunnel.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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Looking west from the road bridge a short distance west of Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The lorry on the bridge is heading eastbound on the M4 motorway, while the faded yellow trains are network rail vehicles to be used in case of an emergency in the Severn Tunnel.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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The western end of platforms 2 (left) and 3 at Severn Tunnel Junction station / gorsaf Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren in Rogiet, South Wales. The large edging stones and clear line in the tarmac suggest very strongly that there used to be a west-facing bay platform here, that this would line up with the bridge makes this even more likely.
Photo by Chris McKenna 30/10/2006. |
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