Sellafield

CRS Code	SEL
Collected date	12/09/14

Continuing the tour of the nuclear coast we ended up at Sellafield station, which is right next to the Sellafield site and exists largely to serve workers there. The station building was renovated in the early 2000s, and is surprising for being unmanned and yet provided with toilet and vending facilities...

The front of the station is on the eastern side of the line:

The entrance to the station platforms:

On the modern brick entrance is this plaque:

The entrance gives onto platform 1, seen here from platform 2 opposite:

Inside the modern brick waiting room on platform 1:

The modern addition only covers part of the rear of the station building. Here's the northern part of the station building:

Fenced off towards the northern end of platform 1 is what looks like an old bay platform:

On platform 1, looking south towards the station building:

At the southern end of platform 1, looking south. A siding sits to the left, with the edge of platform 1 immediately on our right:

A footbridge connects the southbound platform 1 to the northbound platform 2. Here we look north from the footbridge:

A spur of the footbridge used to lead east to the station front, but it is now just skeletal:

From the footbridge looking south along the line:

Down from the footbridge onto platform 2, looking north:

Looking south along platform 2:

At the northern end of platform 2 is the Sellafield signalbox:

At both ends of the station stand these watering posts:

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