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Originally Station Road, Minehead's Avenue was built in the 1870s to link the newly built railway station with the town centre. Its elegant houses soon became guesthouses, and are now shops.

The station was opened in May 1900 without ceremony - and closed 67 years later with as little ceremony.

The road at the right leads to the original railway station, whilst the road cutting under the city wall leads to the new station built in the 1870s.

The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one.When the railway arrived, a station was built here at Marsden.There was another Marsden just a few miles up the line in Yorkshire, so a railway

Ulverston's railway station, dating from 1878, is below the wall to the left - this view was taken from the railway bridge.

A tree-lined Station Road draws the eye towards Upper Warlingham Station, which arrived in Whyteleafe in 1884.

Thanks to a railway station providing train services to London, Brockenhurst began to expand during the second half of the 19th century.

The camera looks away from the original village centre into the alternative Ruislip of the 1930s and towards the Metropolitan line station of 1904.

To the centre right we can see Paignton station and Brunel's parcel office. To the right is 'Streaky Bacon Terrace'.

Saltaire station lies on the Midland Railway route between Bradford and Skipton. Titus Salt's celebrated mill stands next to the line.

Carriage building and slaughtering are in evidence in Station Road on the eastern side of Kenley Station, along with some neat Victorian houses.

It has its own railway-station, formerly known as Bulford station. The house on our left, with the lofty fir trees, is called The Firs to this day.

The Lifeboat Station c1960 For years it was believed that Bamburgh in Northumberland was the world's first lifeboat station when a converted coble was placed there in 1786.

Today Gobowen is famous for its Italianate style railway station.

The most expensive to stay at was the North British at Waverley Station.

By the Victorian drinking fountain at the entrance to Botley station lies a memorial tablet which reads: 'this stone is erected to perpetuate a most cruel murder committed on the body of Thomas Webb,

We are a little closer to the railway station, and an Aldershot and District bus can be seen turning out of the bus station, now Pembroke Broadway.

We can see the railway bridge linking Folkestone Marine station to the main line on the left-hand side of the photograph.

Station Road is readily recognisable as it drops away from the underground station towards Hale Lane and Mill Hill.

We are looking along Albion Terrace into Station Street, with the impressive portico of the station entrance on the left in the distance. The railway arrived in Saltburn in 1861.

Our earliest view of Junction station. A carriage shed is to the left. The shaded area beyond the road will become the Ilfracombe railway. Several sailing vessels stand at Barnstaple Quay.

Looking down the hill from above the station, we see the bridge carrying the Settle- Carlisle railway line running along the edge of the village.

There were two stations at Savernake, an Upper and Lower; one served the Great Western Company, the other the Midland SW Junction.

Beyond the slipway (centre) are the open doors of the new lifeboat station, built in 1984 and housing the Spirit of Derbyshire, a Mersey Class boat capable of 16 knots and with a range of 145 nautical