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The road on the south side of the station is used for the northern terminus of cross-Thames TfL bus route no. 28 to Wandsworth.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/395'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92395.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92395.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92395.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92395.jpg 200w' width='23.191930993783%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Mark Bartlett 19/02/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='Just south of Healey Dell Viaduct are two bridges, on the hillside above the River Spodden with a stream flowing beneath. Folklore is that the first was built but started to slide down the hillside and so a second was built and joined to it. There is certainly a huge abutment below supporting them, but it could just be that the contractor built the first bridge in the wrong place. Because of their 'conjoined' nature they were known as the 'Siamese' bridges but as part of the Healey Dell nature trail they are now simply the 'Twin Bridges'.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/394'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92394.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92394.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92394.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92394.jpg 200w' width='23.191930993783%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ewan Crawford 14/12/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='East of Tibbermuir station the line from Methven to Perth entered a cutting as it began a drop down to Almondbank. This view looks west towards Tibbermuir.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/393'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92393.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92393.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92393.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92393.jpg 200w' width='27.193355707499%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John Clark //1975' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='Class 118 DMU set L476 waits to depart from Bourne End for Marlow in 1975. Until May 1970 the line continued beyond the station to High Wycombe but closed completely when passenger services were withdrawn. By the time of this photograph the track has been lifted from the bay platform which was once used for connecting services to and from Marlow. '></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/392'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92392.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92392.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92392.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92392.jpg 200w' width='13.830748280804%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Mark Bartlett 19/02/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Healey Dell Viaduct is surrounded by trees but is easier to see, and perhaps photograph, in winter rather than the summer months 81836. This February 2025 view looks north across the Spodden Valley and the large weir on the river gives some perspective to this listed structure, with the trackbed footpath 105ft above the water.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/391'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92391.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92391.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92391.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92391.jpg 200w' width='25.719351366256%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Bill Roberton 20/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='66740 nears Newcraighall station, with the North Blyth - Fort William alumina service, on 20th March 2025.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/390'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92390.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92390.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92390.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92390.jpg 200w' width='26.42277426603%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ken Strachan 12/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='I'm not sure whether it's the slab or the forecourt which belongs to LT, but they are marking their patch. I have never noticed a plaque like this before, presumably because I usually have something to do other than staring at my feet when travelling around London.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/389'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92389.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92389.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92389.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92389.jpg 200w' width='29.02712608691%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John Clark 11/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='The sun was shining on 11th March 2025 as 170415 left Dundee with the 12.39 to Edinburgh.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/388'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92388.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92388.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92388.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92388.jpg 200w' width='23.756868958688%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Roger Geach 05/04/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='31108, at the Chinnor Diesel Gala weekend, in nice sunshine near Bledlow on 5th April 2025.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/387'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92387.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92387.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92387.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92387.jpg 200w' width='20.807308194622%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Bill Roberton 03/04/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Some you win... 43032 on the 12.07 from Aberdeen to Edinburgh on 3rd April 2025 is about to pass 66746 on the first 'Royal Scotsman' tour of the year, excluding a private charter.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/386'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92386.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92386.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92386.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92386.jpg 200w' width='25.136300059515%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ewan Crawford //1995' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='View west from a former level crossing at the site of Tibbermuir station in 1995. There was a crossing keeper's cottage on the right and the station's platform (with a small elegant timber shelter) was beyond it. On the left was a looped siding and loading bank. Nothing survives of the station, but the cottage was similar to the one which still stands at the former Ruthven Road station site. Since this photograph was taken more houses have been built here.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/385'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92385.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92385.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92385.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92385.jpg 200w' width='25.299522787174%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Colin Kirkwood 29/05/1966' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='On a sunny 29 May 1966, Britannia 4-6-2 No 70050 'Forth of Clyde' is marking time at Carlisle Kingmoor Shed.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/384'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92384.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92384.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92384.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92384.jpg 200w' width='29.311331530493%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Bill Roberton 20/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='801213 waits to leave Waverley with the 13.30 to Kings Cross, as 801226 arrives with the 09.00 from London, on 20th March 2025.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/383'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92383.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92383.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92383.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92383.jpg 200w' width='25.75488997146%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Duncan Ross 26/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='SB Rail Tamper DR 73111 parked up in the siding at Montrose, by the rail bridge over the South Esk, on 26th March 2025.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/382'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92382.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92382.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92382.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92382.jpg 200w' width='25.789275672356%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Oliver Wilkinson 26/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='GB Railfreight class 69 no. 69001 'Mayflower' working the return leg of the second of three route learning trips on the S&C on Wednesday, 26th March 2025, passing Appleby running as 0Z33 1402 Hellifield to Carlisle.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/381'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92381.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92381.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92381.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92381.jpg 200w' width='14.144502825691%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ken Strachan 07/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Fenchurch Street, from street level, in March 2025. My arrival here would have been much more straightforward if the public transport planner on my tablet had told me that a short walk was needed from Tower Hill tube station. Fortunately a human journey planner, in the form of a female LT employee, put me on the right track - or pavement.'></a><br></div><script>$(function() { $('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover({ trigger: 'hover', html : true }); });</script> <div class="row" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="/latestmapkml.php"><img width=15 src="/railscoticons/googleearthlogo.gif" alt=""></a> <a href="/latestmapkml.php">KML version</a><br> <a href="/statstrends.php">Image Statistics and Trends</a> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <center><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/latest.php">More</a></center> </div> </div> <br> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/onday">On this day</a></h3> <table> <tr> <td>1862 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/E/Eden_Valley_Railway/">Eden Valley Railway</a><br>Line opened to freight.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1937 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/K/Kirkcaldy_and_District_Railway/">Kirkcaldy and District Railway</a><br>Line falls out of use between <a role="location" href="/locations/A/Auchtertool_Goods/">Auchtertool Goods</a> (excluded) and <a role="location" href="/locations/F/Foulford_Junction/">Foulford Junction</a> (excluded).</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/L/Leven_Railway/">Leven Railway</a><br> <a role="company" href="/companies/E/East_of_Fife_Railway/">East of Fife Railway</a><br> <a role="company" href="/companies/L/Leven_and_East_of_Fife_Railway/">Leven and East of Fife Railway</a><br> <a role="company" href="/companies/A/Anstruther_and_St_Andrews_Railway/">Anstruther and St Andrews Railway</a><br> <a role="company" href="/companies/E/East_Fife_Central_Railway/">East Fife Central Railway</a><br>60009 taken from Thornton to <a role="location" href="/locations/C/Crail/">Crail</a> by a Class 08 shunter, the last freight over the <a role="location" href="/locations/E/East_Fife_Central_Junction/">East Fife Central Junction</a> to <a role="location" href="/locations/C/Crail/">Crail</a> section, and then delivered by road to <a role="location" href="/locations/L/Lochty/">Lochty</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/D/Deeside_Railway/">Deeside Railway</a><br>On their third wedding anniversary Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall unveil a reproduction of a Victoria era railway carriage at <a role="location" href="/locations/B/Ballater/">Ballater</a> station.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/T/Torrington_Extension_London_and_South_Western_Railway/">Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway)</a><br>143617 named at <a role="location" href="/locations/T/Torrington/">Torrington</a> after the late Rod Garner, founder and chairman.</td> </tr> </table> <br> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/onday">More</a> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/onday">This day in history</a></h3> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td> <a target='enlarge' href='/img/58/747'><img alt="A Fife bound train being banked out of Queen Street, photographed climbing Cowlairs incline on 8 April 1952. Locomotive in charge is ^Director^ 4-4-0 62697 <I>Lord James of Douglas</I>. " src='/__cache/thumbnails/58000/58747.jpg' style='padding-right:5px;'></a> </td> <td valign=top> <p class="text-justify">A Fife bound train being banked out of Queen Street, photographed climbing Cowlairs incline on 8 April 1952. Locomotive in charge is ^Director^ 4-4-0 62697 <I>Lord James of Douglas</I>. </p> <a href="/contributors/G_H_Robin_collection_by_courtesy_of_the_Mitchell_Library,_Glasgow">G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow</a> (1952) </td> </tr> </table> <br> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/onday">More</a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/notesandqueries.php">Notes and Queries</a></h3> <table> <tr> <td> <a href="/notesandqueries.php"><img src="/uploadarea//64990.jpg" width="200" style='padding-right:5px;'></a> </td> <td valign=top> <p class="text-justify">A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for?<br>[Added 01 March 2023.]</p> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/notesandqueries.php"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil" aria-hidden="true"></span> Responses so far</a> </td> </tr> </table>  <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2605210640043393" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;height:120px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-2605210640043393" data-ad-slot="2826500028" ></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>  </div>  <div> <h3><a href="/puzzle">Puzzles</a></h3> <br> <img alt="" src="/puzzle/preview-find2.jpg" width="40">  <img alt="" src="/puzzle/preview-summits.jpg" width="40">  <img alt="" src="/puzzle/preview-traintracks.jpg" width="40">  <img alt="" src="/puzzle/preview-slider.jpg" width="40">  <img alt="" src="/puzzle/preview-sort.jpg" width="40">  <img alt="" src="/puzzle/preview-find.jpg" width="40">  <img alt="" src="/puzzle/preview-jigsaw.jpg" width="40">   <br> </div> <h3><a href="/miscellany/">Miscellany</a></h3> Related to <a href="/locations/K/Keith">Keith</a>.<br> <br> <b>'Up' direction reversed, twice</b><br> <br> <a role="location" href="/locations/K/Keith/">Keith</a> was unusual. Departure west to <a role="location" href="/locations/F/Forres_2nd/">Forres [2nd]</a> was designated 'up', by the <a role="company" href="/companies/H/Highland_Railway/">Highland Railway</a>. Departure east to <a role="location" href="/locations/A/Aberdeen/">Aberdeen</a> was also designated 'up', by the <a role="company" href="/companies/G/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway/">Great North of Scotland Railway</a>.<br> <br> Prior to 1863 (the opening of the <a role="company" href="/companies/I/Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway/">Inverness and Perth Junction Railway</a>), west to <a role="location" href="/locations/F/Forres_1st/">Forres [1st]</a> was 'down'. But with the opening of the new approach to the south, the designation was reversed.<br> <br> After 1965 the direction reversed again, west from <a role="location" href="/locations/K/Keith/">Keith</a> is now 'down'.<br> <br> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/miscellany">More</a> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/keyevents">Key events</a></h3> <table> <tr><td valign='top'>December 2024</td><td><font size='-1'>Travel Safe team boosted. Cardiff-Edinburgh train, Lanark half-hourly in evenings, Gleneagles extra calls. Boxing Day trains to Leven, Dundee, Arbroath, Alloa. Traincrew cancellations hit Tweedbank and South Electrics (on an 'Auld Firm' Day). Lorry on line at Gretna, bus hit Cook Street bridge. Roseburn to Union Canal active travel route opens to the public. </font> <span target='enlarge' href='/img//'></span></td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>November 2024</td><td><font size='-1'>150th anniversary plaque unveiled at Wick.<br> Glasgow Central new travel centre and lounge.<br> Troon restored station opened.<br> Dalwhinnie clock.<br> Consecutive cancellations at North Berwick on a rugby day.<br> Storm Bert - Oban suspended.<br> Inverness signalling centre twice evacuated owing to fuel spill.<br> </font> <span target='enlarge' href='/img//'></span></td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>October 2024</td><td><font size='-1'>Temporary timetable ended.<br> Accessible footbridge opened at Anniesland.<br> Tuckshop opened at North Berwick.<br> Greggs at Queen Street.<br> Track circuit failure at Finnieston.<br> Storm Ashley.<br> Poor unit availability in leaf-fall season.<br> Bomb alert at Dalmuir, power failure at Waverley both on 28 October.<br> </font> <span target='enlarge' 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