Railway accommodation
editRailways have provided accommodation to the traveling public since they first started, the practice was continued from coaching days,[citation needed] The list is initially hotels built by the railways for it's customers, most of these are grand affairs and have gradually been taken over by non-railway organisations. There follows other accommodation provided for railway customers or of railway interest.
Hotels
edit- Canada's grand railway hotels
- Great Eastern Railway#Hotels and other business interests
- Tregenna Castle
- Category:Railway hotels
- Category:Railway hotels in the United States
- List of hotels of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Coaches
editRailways in Great Britain provided holiday accommodation in camping coachs during the 1930-1970 period, the principle has lasted the test of time and there are some modern equivalents, such as:
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- Beaworthy, Devon.[1]
- Bere Ferrers, Devon.[2]
- Blue Anchor, Somerset.[3]
- Bridge of Dee, near Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway.[4]
- Brockford Railway Siding at Wilby Halt, Suffolk.[5]
- Bures, Suffolk.[6]
- Canterbury, Kent.[7]
- Cape Town, South Africa.[8]
- Coalport, Shropshire.[9]
- Dahn-Reichenbach, Germany, converted carriages.[10]
- Dawlish Warren, Devon.[11]
- Eardisley, Herefordshire.[12]
- Ebberston, North Yorkshire.[13]
- Fairbanks, Alaska.[14]
- Frickingen, Germany.[15]
- Glenfinnan, Highland.[16]
- Goathland, North Yorkshire.[17]
- Heacham, Norfolk.[18]
- Hayle, Cornwall.[19]
- Hayling Island, Hampshire, two coaches combined and converted.[20]
- Levisham, North Yorkshire.[21]
- Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute.[22]
- Loddiswell, Devon. Converted signal box. [23]
- Merzen, Germany.[24]
- Mossel bay, Western Cape, South Africa.[25]
- Northiam, Converted coach, TOAD Brake Van & Ammunition Wagon located in the K&ESR station, Northiam, East Sussex.[26]
- The Patch, King's Lynn, Norfolk, a chalet with a railway carriage within it.[27]
- Petworth, West Sussex.[28]
- Ravenglass, Cumbria.[29]
- Rogart, Highland.[30]
- Seabank, Selsey, West Sussex, two coaches combined and converted.[31]
- Skipwith, North Yorkshire.[32]
- St Germans, Saltash, Cornwall, a converted 1896 GWR clerestorey roofed slip coach.[33][34]
- Tatamagouche train station, Nova Scotia, Canada, Train Station Inn & Railway Dining Car.[35]
- Ullock, near Cockermouth, Cumbria.[36]
- Undara, Queensland, Australia.[37]
- Wiliton, Somerset.[38]
- Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire.[39]
- Wolkenstein, Germany.[40]
Railway inspired accommodation
editOther railway based, or inspired, accommodation includes:
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- Aberystwyth Cliff Railway Apartment, Ceredigion.[41]
- Akeld, Northumberland.[42]
- Antlers Hotel, a hotel and resort built in 1901 by the Austin and Northwestern Railroad on the Colorado River in Kingsland in Llano County in Central Texas. The Victorian structure is the centerpiece of what has become an historic railway district. Other railroad buildings have been added, among them a depot and three brightly painted cabooses setting on actual rails which have also been modified to serve as guest accommodations.[43]
- Bardon Mill, Northumberland, a converted waiting room.[44]
- Berwyn Stationmaster House, Denbishire.[45]
- Betws-y-Coed station apartment.[46]
- Broadway, Cotswolds, Bed & Breakfast in the former station masters house.[47]
- Cawston, converted former waiting rooms.[48]
- Dahn-Reichenbach, Germany, station accommodation.[10]
- Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland.[49]
- Durbin, West Virginia, converted cabooses.[50]
- Grosmont Station House, North Yorkshire.[51]
- Heacham, Norfolk. Former waiting rooms.[18]
- Hoogwoud, North Holland, Netherlands, four different tram conversions.[52]
- Kyle of Lochalsh, converted signal box.[53]
- Miles, Queensland, Australia.[54]
- Napa Valley Railway Inn, Yountville, California, converted cabooses, ice box cars and a cattle wagon.[55]
- Newtonmore, Highlands, Scotland. Signal box adjacent to the railway.[56]
- Nice, California, converted cabooses.[57]
- Plockton, Highland, former station converted to self-catering accommodation.[58]
- Plockton, Highland, bunk house in the style of a signal box.[59]
- Red Caboose Motel, a 48-room train motel in the Amish country near Ronks, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where guests stay in actual railroad cabooses.[60]
- Rhayader, Powys, a converted box carriage and an LMS guards van.[61]
- Roman Bridge, Murcia, Spain, converted freight wagon.[62]
- Rosehearty, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, described as a converted carriage, but it may have been some sort of goods van.[63]
- Rowden Mill, Herefordshire.[64]
- Saughtree, converted former station.[65]
- The Sidings, near York, a hotel using converted carriages for bedrooms and a restaurant.[66]
- Skipbridge farm, Green Hammerton, York. Converted goods wagon.[67]
- Snowdon Ranger, converted former station.[68]
- Strathcarron, converted former Station Masters house and former Ticket Office.[69]
- Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy.[70]
- Thornton Dale, N. Yorkshire, former station converted to holiday cottages.[71]
- Torver, Former ticket office and seperately former station masters house, Cumbria[72][73]
- Tulloch, Highlands, Scotland [74]
- Wilby Halt, Suffolk.[5]
- Wolkenstein, Germany, former station.[40]
References
editNotes
editCitations
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- ^ "The Tamar Belle Accommodation". The Tamar Belle. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Blue Anchor - Self-catering camping coach on the West Somerset Railway". Coastal Camping Coach Company. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "The Carriage". Cottages.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Brockford Railway Siding". Brockford Railway Siding. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Victorian Railway Carriage". Coppins Farm Holidays. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Plumcot Halt". Cottages.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Train Lodge". Train Lodge. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Coalport Station Holidays". Coalport Station Holidays. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Ferienwohnungen im Eisenbahnwaggon". Ferienbahnhof Reichenbach (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Blue Chip Holidays - Dawlish Warren". Blue Chip Holidays. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Green Lane Carriage". Quirky Accom - The Directory of Unusual Places to Stay. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "The Carriages". The Old Station Allerston. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "A one of a kind experience". Aurora Express bed & Breakfast. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Herzlich Willkommen beim Ferienbahnhof Bodensee in Frickingen". Ferienbahnhof Bodensee (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Sleeping Car". Glenfinnan Station Museum. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Goathland Camping Coach". North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Waiting Rooms and Railway Carriage Holiday Accommodation in beautiful West Norfolk". The Old Station Heacham. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "4 Bedroom Quirky Converted Train Carriage near the Beach in Hayle, Cornwall, England". One Off Places. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Southern Bell". Cottages.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Levisham Camping Coach". North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Loch Awe Camping Coach". Caledonian Camping Coach Company. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "The Signal Box". Loddiswell Railway Station. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Schlafwagen - bei uns schlafen Sie 1. Klasse". Gasthof Dückinghaus (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Stay on a train next to the beach!". Santos Express Train Lodge. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "First Class accommodation nestled in the heart of East Sussex". Railway Retreats. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "The place where earth, air and water meet". The Patch. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Bed & Breakfast Accommodation". The Old Railway Station, Petworth. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Self-Catering - Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway". Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Sleeperzzz Unique budget Highland accommodation". Sleeperzzz. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Seabank". Quirky Accom - The Directory of Unusual Places to Stay. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Skipwith Station". Quirky Accom - The Directory of Unusual Places to Stay. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Rail Holiday St Germans & Harvey at Hayle". Quirky Accom - The Directory of Unusual Places to Stay. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "2 Bedroom Restored Slip Coach in Saltash, St Germans, Cornwall, England". One Off Places. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Train Station Inn & Railway Dining Car". Tatamagouche Train Station Inn. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "The Railway Carriage". Cottages.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Railway Carriage Accommodation". Undara Experience. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "The Railway Carriage". Quirky Accom - The Directory of Unusual Places to Stay. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Railway Carriage - Fenland". Railway Station Cottages. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Herzlich willkommen im Wolkensteiner Zughotel!". Das Wolkensteiner Zughotel (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Cliff Railway Apartment". Cottages.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "The Guards Van". Quirky Accom - The Directory of Unusual Places to Stay. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "THC Antlers Hotel-Kingsland". Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Texas State Historical Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Bardon Mill Waiting Room". Cottages.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Berwyn Stationmaster House". Llangollen Railway. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Snowdonia Station Apartment". Betws-y-Coed and District Tourism Information and Accommodation. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Old Station House Broadway Bed and Breakfast". Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Station House- Cawston". Railway Station Cottages. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Dunrobin Castle Station". Dunrobin Castle. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "castaway Caboose Overnights". Mountain Rail West Virginia. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Grosmont Station House". North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Controversy Tram Inn". Controversy Tram Inn. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Signal Box Holiday Apartment". The Kyle Line. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Troop Train Units". Possum Park, Miles, Queensland. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Sleep". Napa Valley Railway Inn. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "The Signal Box". Newtonmore Community Website. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to Featherbed Railroad". Featherbed Railroad. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to 'Off the Rails' at Plockton Station". Plockton Station. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Bunkhouse". Visit Plockton. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "8 Unusual Hotels for Fun, Family-Friendly Unique Stays". Huffington Post. September 11, 2017. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Railway Carriage Hire". Oak Grove Retreats. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Alojamiento Vagón Rural". Vagón Rural (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Coastal Carriage". Down on the farm. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Rowden Mill Station". Rowden Mill Station. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Saughtree Station B&B". Saughtree Station. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "The Sidings Hotel, Restaurant and Bar". The Sidings Hotel. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Wally's Wagon - Skipbridge Farm". Railway Station Cottages. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "The Old Snowdon Ranger Station". Railway Station Cottages. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Strathcarron Station House". Strathcarron Station House. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Station House". Cottages.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Station House Holiday Cottages - Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire". www.visitthorntonledale.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Torver Station Cottages - Ticket Office". cottages.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Torver Station Cottages - Station Master's House". cottages.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Station Lodge Tulloch". Station Lodge Tulloch. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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- Simmons, Jack (1995). The Victorian Railway (1st Paperback ed.). London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. pp. 37–42. ISBN 978-0-500-28810-8.
- Carter, Oliver (1990). An Illustrated History of British Railway Hotels, 1838-1983. ISBN 9780947971366.
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company (2017). The Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C: Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel System (Classic Reprint). Fb&c Limited. ISBN 9781528211376.30 pages
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