The Gate house entrance
- gee
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The building is called station lodge.
Station Lodge was a gate house for Alton Towers in the days when it was a stately home rather than an amusement park. It was built close to the railway station to admit the Earl of Shrewsbury and his guests by the most direct route to the big house. This was once the main entrance to the house.
Station Lodge was a gate house for Alton Towers in the days when it was a stately home rather than an amusement park. It was built close to the railway station to admit the Earl of Shrewsbury and his guests by the most direct route to the big house. This was once the main entrance to the house.
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doubt it viable but would deffo love to drive through that to get into AT for the day
hands in the air and scream!
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Yes lovley fellow. Would be amazing if that was the case! Walking up to that obviously with more theming etc...really would instill the 'magic' factorbensaund wrote: We have Dr Beaching to thank for the railway line going, I do wonder if the railway line was still running, would it be an entrance for guests using public transport.
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hands in the air and scream!
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Your 2nd reason is hilarious!! That's just my sense of humour lolLee James wrote: I've edited the title of this topic for two reasons. Primarily because it looked too similar to a topic below, but also because i just couldn't take the 'Towers back entrance' seriously
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Who who?! Never heard of this name before and interested in the story of the railway...bensaund wrote: We have Dr Beaching to thank for the railway line going
Any information online?
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There you go http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cutsaltontowerskid wrote:Who who?! Never heard of this name before and interested in the story of the railway...bensaund wrote: We have Dr Beaching to thank for the railway line going
Any information online?
They also did a tv show about this in the mid 90's.
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no not really cept that its beautiful and I wish I lived there.
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Marcus, you are dead right:Ma®©us wrote: I heard that they were planning on remaking that train line and using it as a station for AT
http://www.mcrailways.co.uk/
Ever wondered why so much land has been reserved near to Stoke station? Well that's why.
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That is awesome!
Is it still an ongoing project? There doesn't seem to be much in terms of a timescale for it.
Nice to know the days of having to rely on people who drive may soon be over, especially since the bus services seem to have dwindled! (Unless they've had a change of heart about this?)
Is it still an ongoing project? There doesn't seem to be much in terms of a timescale for it.
Nice to know the days of having to rely on people who drive may soon be over, especially since the bus services seem to have dwindled! (Unless they've had a change of heart about this?)
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It's been a few months since I've been walking out there but they were making very good progress on the Leekbrook to Endon section. Endon to Stoke will be a bit trickier because some of the bridges are in need of replacement. After that, Oakamoor tunnel will need to be restored since it was dug through a natural spring thus is very wet, and then planning permission will need to be approved to change the footpath from Oakamoor to Alton to accommodate the railway beside it. As things stand, it's not certain whether to use Alton station, or build a station further west.
So lots of work to do and slightly behind schedule.
So lots of work to do and slightly behind schedule.