Talk:Stamford railway station

Alterations for larger trains

Quick note primarily intended for myself but could be of interest to others. I'll be looking into this in more detail when I get chance. Network Rail wish to make alterations to the station to permit larger gauge freight trains to use the line. See http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/Planning/ApplicationInformation.aspx?ID=S08/LB/7000 and http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/issues/RHUK/Issue139.pdf page 4. Adambro (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Stamford on the ECML

I went to school in Stamford (now closed Priory boarding school in St Leonards) and I remember an art class where we were taken to sketch what our teacher said was meant to be the main East Coast line station building, but the line was rerouted through Peterborough because the Cecils changed their minds at the last minute. Looking at a map now, it's at the end of Water St... and Station Rd. Presumably the line would have crossed the Burleigh estate to the station, then crossed the river and run up Brownlow St. The building across the street from the "station" had "Midland Hotel" carved above its door.

Anyone know if this is true (and if I even remember the hotel inscription right)? — FIRE!^{in a crowded theatre...} 11:02, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Replying rather late, I am afraid

My latest picture of the frontage
Lots more at [[1]]

Well it is true, and well-documented, that Opposition by the Cecil family prevented the route through Burghley park, and that Peterborough rather than Stamford became a railway megopolis. But I don't think any work ever started on the non-route. I think the building you are thinking of in Water Street was Stamford East railway station, the station for the Stamford and Essendine railway line. Stamford East was built in 1856 by William Hurst, for the Marquis of Exeter who had changed his mind about railways and built the Essendine link. :I've added a new photo of the frontage, but here are some:

• 1967 - conversion to houses after closure
• - Images of England example
• local article

The hotel was named for the GNR:

Great Northern hotel

Route diagrams

I'm very impressed by the route diagrams but have two suggestions:

• Why not make them separate templates like all the others? Then they could be categorised like the others.
• The pale colours used for connecting routes are normally used for closed lines. On the top one the ECML and WCML are shown in the pale colour, but clicking the Legend link goes to a page that says they are closed! On the second one the essendine line is closed & is in the pale colour. I'd suggest standardising the use of colours.

--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 22:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

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