507025
Waterloo (Merseyside), 24 April 2010
15 years ago today I spent half an hour or so at Waterloo station… Waterloo (Merseyside) that is!
Merseyrail’s 507025 was in charge of train 2U30, the 12.58 Every Week Day (EWD) service from Southport to Hunts Cross.
I think this is my only pic of a Class 507 electric multiple unit but I am looking forward to seeing preserved 507001 at The Greatest Gathering in August.
… on the New Malden Junction-Shepperton line in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in London.
Class 455/8 5856 (plus Class 455/7 5710)
2O37, 14.03 South Western Railway (SWR) service from London Waterloo to London Waterloo
458512 (plus 458513)
2K37, 14.27 SWR from London Waterloo to London Waterloo
707030 (plus 707023)
2H44, 14.41 SWR from Shepperton to London Waterloo
Class 455/8 5857 (plus Class 455/7 5720)
2O39, 14.33 SWR from London Waterloo to London Waterloo
I was pleasantly surprised by the (albeit small) variety of EMU classes passing through the station… but even more surprised to find this relic of the Southern Railway!
‘Notice Is Hereby Given’
15 years ago today I was driving from Balerno (a suburb of Edinburgh) to Banavie in the Scottish Highlands and had decided to stop at as many railway stations as I could get away with before my wife got fed up with my antics! 😁
Curriehill, on the Shotts line, was first and after a couple of minutes 156437 (allocated to Corkerhill Depot in Glasgow) put in an appearance on the 09.26 First ScotRail service from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central.
156437
Curriehill station, 3 September 2005
The station opened on 5 October 1987 and stands on the site of the Caledonian Railway’s ‘Currie Hill’ station which was closed by British Railways on 2 April 1951.
Next was Balloch, another newish station, and I arrived to find 320302 (allocated to Glasgow Shields Road Depot) waiting to depart with the 11.38 First ScotRail service to Drumgelloch.
320302
Balloch station, 3 September 2005
The ‘new’ Strathclyde PTE carmine and cream livery is more obvious in this pic and to my eye looks far more ‘railway-like’ than most post-privatisation liveries. It finally disappeared from the national network in December 2019 following withdrawal of the Class 314 electric multiple units.
Balloch station opened on 24 April 1988 and replaced the former Balloch Central station which closed the previous day and had been situated on the other side of the busy Balloch Road. The building just visible in the background is the former station building, now a tourist information centre.
I’ve just checked with the excellent trainlogger website and both units are still in service with ScotRail, wearing the current Saltire blue livery.
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