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The Friends of Heaton Chapel Station are fast making this
little local train station a destination in itself. This amusing sign points to
the location of the old covered footbridge which once joined the two platforms.
The footbridge was demolished a few years ago as part of the main line upgrade,
and passengers now have to go out of the station and use the pavement to cross
to platform 1. Built in 1851 – on the instigation of a local vicar using his
influence – the station now caters for over 700,000 passengers a year. It once
boasted three waiting rooms, coal fires, a branch of WH Smith and lots of
porters. It’s now entering a new kind of
heyday thanks to the Friends of the station, who have supplied vintage ads,
pretty plants and a wonderful new clock – as well as this bit of much needed
humour for your morning commute.
