Thurston

CRS Code	TRS
Collected date	08/10/11

On the way to drive some hovercraft I passed through Thurston station, on the line between Cambridge and Ipswich. At platform level, the station is pretty enough, but descending to road level the building is marvellous:

Now in private hands and no longer used by the railway, but still standing and still very attractive. A ramp leads up from the station front to platform level, via the car park:

The third storey of the station building backs onto platform 2:

The doorways and windows are of course bricked up:

The rear of the station building seen from the other side, with the weather-vane on top and arch in the chimney:

Detail of the canopy on platform 2:

On platform 1 opposite, looking eastwards:

Looking west along the line from the end of platform 1:

A long view of platform 1:

Looking east from the end of platform 1, next to the crossing which allows passengers to get between the two platforms:

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