Bishops Stortford

CRS Code	BIS
Collected date	10/03/12

I paused at Bishop's Stortford to change trains on the way from Cambridge to Stratford to explore the new Olympic Park.

The front of the station's collection of buildings, on the western side of the line:

The central building:

The buildings containing the footbridge are newer than some of the rest of the station buildings:

The main entrance buildings give out on to platform 1, here looking south under the canopy:

Looking north along platform 1:

Leaving the station and crossing the line via a road bridge to the station's north, we look south at the station:

I passed an empty car park, showing the rear of the station buildings:

On the eastern side of the line is a secondary entrance to the station:

The spandrels under the eastern entry canopy:

The rear of the eastern entry building:

A pair of old wheels next to the eastern entrance:

From the eastern entry, a ramp leads up to the footbridge which joins the two sides of the station:

Inside the footbridge, looking west:

From the footbridge, looking south along platform 3:

Descending to platforms 2 and 3, looking south:

Detail of a spandrel on platform 2:

From the end of platform 2, looking south along the line:

The old signalbox, at the southern end of the station:

The view north from the footbridge showing both the rear of the station buildings and the length of sidings on the left:

The buffers at the far end of those sidings:

Another view from the footbridge, looking south:

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