REQUEST STOP
September 1983 and Talsarnau station has no passengers and therefore the Swindon Crosscountry 3-car DMU has not stopped to pick up or set down.
At the time I was disappointed that the train hadn't stopped as this meant that my going away shot had the unit fairly distant however with the passage of time I really rather like this.
As you can imagine the station has changed a little, the small signal cabin has gone but the rest of the buildings survive and a waiting shelter has been added to the left.
All trains call only on request. The station building is now a private residence.
Harlech Castle is visible in the distance though with the increase in vegetation it no longer stands out so prominently.
In early 2015, Talsarnau was one of several stations on the Cambrian Coast Line to get a Harrington Hump (rather than raising the whole platform, a raised area is built where the middle doors of the train are when it stops at Talsarnau) made of paving slabs, cement and tarmac. This means that for those getting off or on the train through the middle doors of the train, the vertical step is very much reduced.
REQUEST STOP
September 1983 and Talsarnau station has no passengers and therefore the Swindon Crosscountry 3-car DMU has not stopped to pick up or set down.
At the time I was disappointed that the train hadn't stopped as this meant that my going away shot had the unit fairly distant however with the passage of time I really rather like this.
As you can imagine the station has changed a little, the small signal cabin has gone but the rest of the buildings survive and a waiting shelter has been added to the left.
All trains call only on request. The station building is now a private residence.
Harlech Castle is visible in the distance though with the increase in vegetation it no longer stands out so prominently.
In early 2015, Talsarnau was one of several stations on the Cambrian Coast Line to get a Harrington Hump (rather than raising the whole platform, a raised area is built where the middle doors of the train are when it stops at Talsarnau) made of paving slabs, cement and tarmac. This means that for those getting off or on the train through the middle doors of the train, the vertical step is very much reduced.