| Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 14:49, 28th August 2026 |     |
Pictures taken by ... myself on my travels .. showing the great variety that are railways. I have lots of pictures with trains in them, but this series - over three days does not feature trains. Just at or near railway stations. For the UK ones, can you tell me the station; for the overseas ones, can you tell me the country and there's a bonus for the actual place.
0. Paddington - stuving
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2. Prague hlavní nádraží - DR7835
3. Arbroath - broooklea
4. Italy (somewhere!) - eightonedee
5. York - Chris from Nailsea
6. Marlow - Mark A
7. Usti nad Labem - Chris from Nailsea
8. King's Cross - eightonedee
9.
10. Ebbw Vale - stuving
11. Brighton - TonyN
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13.
14. Prague hlavní nádraží - DR7835
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by brooklea at 15:53, 28th August 2026 | |
3. Arbroath
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Mark A at 15:58, 28th August 2026 | |
6, Marlow?
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 17:11, 28th August 2026 | |
5. York Station (UK), but without the tale of the fox - see also https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=29110.0
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by DR7835 at 17:37, 28th August 2026 | |
14: Czech Republic; The eye-catching "classic" entrance hall to Praha hlavní nádraží /Prague Main Station. (Admittedly the background does give a bit of a clue!).
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by TonyN at 18:01, 28th August 2026 | |
11. Fishguard harbour
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by stuving at 18:10, 28th August 2026 | |
0 is at Paddington - specifically on the linking walkway in front of the Paddington Square building. Quite what it links, or will, I'm not sure; it mainly seems to block off Tanner Lane (what was London Street) where the change in ground level is now incompatible with it continuing.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by JayMac at 19:02, 28th August 2026 | |
13. Swindon?
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by PrestburyRoad at 19:08, 28th August 2026 | |
10. A guess - a memento of the copper works in Swansea
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 19:56, 28th August 2026 | |
Here are the correct ones
0 Paddington - stuving
3 Arbroath - broooklea
5 York - Chris from Nailsea
6 Marlow - Mark A
14 Prague hlavní nádraží - DR7835
But these are not
10 - not Swansea
11 - not Fishguard
13 - not Swindon
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by eightonedee at 21:14, 28th August 2026 | |
4 - Italy (from "Trenitalia" in mirror image reflection in the glass!)
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by ChrisB at 21:17, 28th August 2026 | |
11 Hastings?
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 06:04, 29th August 2026 | |
4 - Italy (from "Trenitalia" in mirror image reflection in the glass!)
I had to think but - yes - that IS part of Italy.
11 Hastings?
Sorry - no. Interesting to note several guesses here which (correctly) are British, but haven't identified the city it's in.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by TonyN at 10:04, 29th August 2026 | |
11. Brighton
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by eightonedee at 13:55, 29th August 2026 | |
I think we're past the only one "go" on the first day, so -
8 King's Cross
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 15:12, 29th August 2026 | |
I think we're past the only one "go" on the first day, so -
8 King's Cross
8 King's Cross
You are indeed past 24 hours - all comers welcome. I will fill in those answered already on the original when back on a landline.
This is where I am at the moment:
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Southernman at 16:35, 29th August 2026 | |
I think we're past the only one "go" on the first day, so -
8 King's Cross
8 King's Cross
You are indeed past 24 hours - all comers welcome. I will fill in those answered already on the original when back on a landline.
This is where I am at the moment:
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by stuving at 17:20, 29th August 2026 | |
10: Ebbw Vale - across the green from Ebbw Vale Town station. A chunky bit of steel rolling mill.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by DR7835 at 17:43, 29th August 2026 | |
2. Also the Czech Republic. The less aesthetically notable present day main entrance hall at Praha hlavní nádraží /Prague Main Station?
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by bradshaw at 17:56, 29th August 2026 | |
The cafe at RSPB Radipole, the SWRAC is the South West Regional Assessment Centre and they run the cafe there.
They are a Specialist College & Alternative Education Provider in Dorset supporting SEN for young people aged 16-25.
https://swrac.co.uk/
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 18:01, 29th August 2026 | |
2. Also the Czech Republic. The less aesthetically notable present day main entrance hall at Praha hlavní nádraží /Prague Main Station?
Yes indeed. The "whole" is very impressive with the historic station building sitting beside the platform tracks opening onto Platform 1, with the main road outside, and the modern station below the road - on several layers - amd opening out into a park that provides pedestrian flow around a square and into streets down towards the city.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 18:06, 29th August 2026 | |
The cafe at RSPB Radipole, the SWRAC is the South West Regional Assessment Centre and they run the cafe there.
They are a Specialist College & Alternative Education Provider in Dorset supporting SEN for young people aged 16-25.
https://swrac.co.uk/
They are a Specialist College & Alternative Education Provider in Dorset supporting SEN for young people aged 16-25.
https://swrac.co.uk/
Spot on. A spot for a quiet tea or some other beverage just a short distance from the station. A bit dull and windy when I was there (the weather, though the description may apply to me too, I suppose) but never the less some gulls, some ducks, and even the flash of a kingfisher. And a row of cormorants which are pretty standard for the spot!
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 18:31, 29th August 2026 | |
7. Again, from the Czech Republic - Usti nad Labem. One of our Coffee Shop forum members lives there.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 08:02, 30th August 2026 | |
Correct so far:
0 Paddington - stuving
2 Prague hlavní nádraží - DR7835
3 Arbroath - broooklea
4 Italy (somewhere!) - eightonedee
5 York - Chris from Nailsea
6 Marlow - Mark A
7 Usti nad Labem - Chris from Nailsea
8 King's Cross - eightonedee
10 Ebbw Vale - stuving
11 Brighton - TonyN
14 Prague hlavní nádraží - DR7835
Which leaves these (can anyone be more specific about number 4?), several of which are in the GW area.
1.
4. Italy (somewhere!) - eightonedee
9.
12.
13.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by stuving at 08:28, 30th August 2026 | |
1. appears to be at Saltash.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by bradshaw at 10:00, 30th August 2026 | |
1, agreed with Stuving, Saltash station’s Trackside Cafe with the First Cornwall bus times on the screen
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 11:44, 30th August 2026 | |
13. Surbiton station, UK.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 11:50, 30th August 2026 | |
13. Surbiton station, UK. 
Nope - not an easy one, but with so many members claiming roots in the place, I thought it would be identified quite quickly!
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by bradshaw at 12:25, 30th August 2026 | |
GWR posters on the wall, possibly Bath Spa.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 12:43, 30th August 2026 | |
Yes, Bath Spa was my second choice, when Swindon was ruled out.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 15:59, 30th August 2026 | |
13. ... and it ruddy well is Barf Spa, isn't it? What particularly annoys me about my not identifying it is the fact that I actually lugged a heavy suitcase up that very flight of stairs, less than four weeks ago.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by stuving at 16:20, 30th August 2026 | |
4 - Italy (from "Trenitalia" in mirror image reflection in the glass!)
I had to think but - yes - that IS part of Italy.
The obvious place that is now Italian but had a more interesting and varied history until recently is Trieste. The displayed exhibits might belong in a museum of posts & telephones or perhaps railways; Trieste has both. I suspect however (based on the modern building) that they were on show a part of the central station.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 18:17, 30th August 2026 | |
13. ... and it ruddy well is Barf Spa, isn't it? What particularly annoys me about my not identifying it is the fact that I actually lugged a heavy suitcase up that very flight of stairs, less than four weeks ago. 
I checked back to my original sequence and it was - for definite - not Bath Spa. Nor anywhere starting with a "B", and while I'm at it, not a "T" nor an "M" either.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 18:39, 30th August 2026 | |
Re: 13. Thanks, grahame. I'm really struggling with this one: even I never thought for a moment that it was Taunton, nor Bristol Temple Meads, but I was tempted to suggest Bath Spa. Is it in fact more London / Underground related - Sudbury, for example?
Puzzled, from Nailsea.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 19:24, 30th August 2026 | |
Would the next pictures on my camera role help, Chris?
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:01, 30th August 2026 | |
13. Damn: it's Plymouth, innit?
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by grahame at 20:23, 30th August 2026 | |
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:38, 30th August 2026 | |
I am so embarrassed at my abject failure to identify my home town. I have visited Plymouth, relatively recently, but not by train, so I can only claim mitigation in not recognizing the pedestrian stairway there.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Mark A at 21:54, 30th August 2026 | |
Aaaaarrrrggghhh.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by eightonedee at 22:06, 30th August 2026 | |
9 is bugging me! I can identify the bird (it's a Tree Sparrow!), and I am certain I have seen it, but I'm not sure if that's "in the flesh" or in one of Grahame's travelogue photos.
The yellowish timetable display looks like Germany. Is this Aachen (which would cover all of the above)?
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 22:44, 30th August 2026 | |
I rather think you are referring to image 12 in grahame's list - in which case, I could suggest that is the artwork at Amsterdam Zuid station.
Meanwhile, I'm just sitting here in the corner of the classroom with a 'dunce' hat on.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by stuving at 22:47, 30th August 2026 | |
I am so embarrassed at my abject failure to identify my home town. I have visited Plymouth, relatively recently, but not by train, so I can only claim mitigation in not recognizing the pedestrian stairway there. 
I suspect your trouble is you've been looking at the picture. Whereas the clue here -
13. Surbiton station, UK.
Nope - not an easy one, but with so many members claiming roots in the place, I thought it would be identified quite quickly!
- once again suggested an immediate possible answer. And that was Plymouth, though at a low confidence level.
So I tried to find an image on line to confirm it, with no success. Even Geograph, which has well over 100 images of Plymouth station, has only a handful of the subway and none of any stairs. There's a very distant background view of some stairs, but too indistinct to be of any evidential use.
So basically no-one, but no-one, apart from Graham takes (and posts on line) pictures of stars in railway station subways.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 23:12, 30th August 2026 | |
You would be amazed at the number of pictures grahame takes, stuving.
I was, when I met up with grahame at the Imberbus event a couple of weeks ago. I took just a few pictures, for my personal interest - but grahame must have taken
I kept an eye on him, while he did so, by the way, just in case he posted one of them here in a 'where was I?' quiz topic.CfN.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by chuffed at 09:04, 31st August 2026 | |
9. Milazzo Sicily... rebuilt station out of town replacing the old one in the centre ?
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by LiskeardRich at 21:43, 31st August 2026 | |
13 is Plymouth,
I’ve visited two of the international photos so far this year too. Didn’t spot Grahame.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 Posted by LiskeardRich at 21:48, 31st August 2026 | |
Number 2.
