When I posted a video about Bottesford station (the least used station in Leicestershire) the other day, I said I would also post my own photos of it. And here they are.
For the most part it is uninteresting, even though the station house survives, with bus shelters and a recently installed footbridge.
But it does have staggered platforms and a derelict house that must once have accommodated the keeper of its level crossing.
I also recommend the path from the station to the village church.
2 comments:
"You must call the
signaller if you are in a
wheelchair, on a mobility
scooter, using a
pushchair or are likely to
experience difficulty in
crossing"
Those are the words on the modern sign. The typeface is standard face for British railways. The message is a long one. The man or woman who designed the sign made a big effort to make it clear that you were expected to cross the railway safely, whoever you are.
Down the road for factory buildings:
"spence" "Network Rail"
"Keep out" "Dangerous Building".
Anybody who sells you such a lousy sign thought that you were an idiot. They might have been dangerous buildings. But who is more dangerous?
Another sign, mostly ignored I suspect:
"Persons in charge
of animals, phone
crossing operator
before crossing."
A 1950s style sign, bright red with white type:
"Warning
Do not trespass
on the Railway
Penalty £1000"
If, after observing the first sign, I still had my family of llamas, I know where I'd prefer them to defecate.
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