StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Ashington

DMU 158-815 formed our train on our journey to Ashington. The driver has already changed head and tail lights on the turnaround.

The new "end of the line" buffer stops at Ashington ... the passenger trains have a new bay platform, whilst the biomass [freight] trains use the original route, which is double track here. . HFF --- there are extra fences at the moment, as the building complex to the left - which included what was a Wilko - is scheduled for demolition in the near future.

Studying the station layout whilst waiting for our train back to Newcastle. The station is actually a newly built bay platform, with the double tracks of the Blyth & Tyne heading off under the road bridge towards Lynmouth Power Station [now running on biomass, not coal]

The clock tower on top of Ashington Town Hall.

Ghost sign on the end of a terrace of shops, built with flats above. This is Station Road, Ashington. The sign is advertising matches. Will do a bit of research to see if I can find an image with less deterioration ... The wording is "Puck Matches" with "British & Best" in smaller letters underneath. There is, apparently a similar sign in Bridge St., Blyth, a nearby town. So I think this was, probably, a local or regional, brand rather than a national one.

The cut back old platform at Ashington. Also note that it is lower and narrower than required under modern standards.

Caught a suitable bit of wording on the on-train dot matrix / variable message display ... interior view of 158815 on our way to Ashington. [Actually, I was quite surprised my little "point n shoot" was able to capture this without too much distortion]. We took a cheap day return for our excursion from The MetroCentre to Ashington, on the second day of public operations. Not expensive, and there were plenty of other passengers without being crowded.

Ashington's War Memorial and garden [of remembrance]. There are several benches. This quiet area isn't far from the railway, or the main street shops ...