Avon Calling
Great Western Railway class 158 958 slows for the station stop at the tiny Avoncliff station, whilst working the 10.11 service from Cosham to Great Malvern. The station platforms are officially just 30 metres (98 feet) long and hold only one full carriage. With Selective Door Opening not being possible, the guard releases just the very front door to allow passengers to join and leave the train.
Avoncliff Halt opened in 1906, originally built of timber with no shelters and was designed for rail-cars only. Shelters were later provided, the one on platform 1 was blown down in the great storm of 1987 and the one on platform 2 was blown down in a 1990 gale. Both shelters have now been replaced.
The little station used to have a limited service and be a request only halt, these days it has a very regular service of 43 trains that call on weekdays and 18 on Sunday.
Avon Calling
Great Western Railway class 158 958 slows for the station stop at the tiny Avoncliff station, whilst working the 10.11 service from Cosham to Great Malvern. The station platforms are officially just 30 metres (98 feet) long and hold only one full carriage. With Selective Door Opening not being possible, the guard releases just the very front door to allow passengers to join and leave the train.
Avoncliff Halt opened in 1906, originally built of timber with no shelters and was designed for rail-cars only. Shelters were later provided, the one on platform 1 was blown down in the great storm of 1987 and the one on platform 2 was blown down in a 1990 gale. Both shelters have now been replaced.
The little station used to have a limited service and be a request only halt, these days it has a very regular service of 43 trains that call on weekdays and 18 on Sunday.