Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-08
Railway Stations in Curious Places.

From the Westminster Gazette.
A..railway station at the top of noun
tain Is somewhat unusual sight, but so
soon as mountain climbing became poDu-
lar the mountain railway was Inevitable
One of the most remarkable of these In
Europe is the Mount Pilatus railway, on
the shores of lovely Lake Lucerne. The
station at the summit Is called Pilatus
Kuhn, and, as 1t Is some $500 feet above
sea level, is probably the highest In Eu-
rope.
Great Britain also affords an exampis Of
station. at the top of mountain. The
terminus of the Snowdon railway is prac-
tically at the summit and stands side by
side with the hotel.
Other stations there are both in Europe
and America which are situated his her
up the mountainside and swept by storms
in winter and summer. In the Rockies
are depots nearly always In the midst Of
snow and ice, or perched on lofty preci-
pices over which 1t seems they must in
evitably fall.
find examples of stations in uncommon
positions. There is at least one station in
London which stands exactly over the
middle. Of river. This is the Grosvenor
Road station of the London, Brighton and
South Coast and Southeastern and Chat
ham railways, which stands close, by Vic
toria and on a bridge over the Thames
It Is not a large station, but 1t is depot
lected here from passengers bound for
Victoria. =,
There are also other stations situated
wholly or partially over q river. Or these
the extension of Shrewsbury general sta
ton is an example. whilst the Northeast
ern companyS station at Leeds covcrs
part OF the Leeds and Liverpool canal at
that place.
From a station over a river to q station
in the sea is not a far cry. Ryde Pier sta
ton Is the joint property Of the London
and Southwestern and London. Brig hron
and South Coast companies, and forms
the connecting link between the railways
of the Isle Of Wight and those of the
mainland. The pier possesses a railway
station at each end. but 1t is the one at
the sea end which Is the most unique 1t
is securely built on piles driven into the
sea, and cost considerably more than the
average station to erect. During the sea-
son 1t is a busy spot, as the steamers
from the mainland are constantly dis
charging their loads of visitors ut the
pierhead. Other stations in the sea may
be found at Dover and Barrow, but the
one at Ryde pier Is the best example of
its kind.
Probably the last place in which one
would expect to find a railway station
would be in a cemetery. And yet at Brook
wood, near Working, q single line runs
way into the cemetery itself. Here, as Is
known, is the crematOrium Of the London
Metropolis Company, and the station in
question ~ Ill CoHheCtiOH tIeTcWfCn. 1t is
provided with platform and waiting room.
and close by Is the church in which the
funeral services are held.
Stations in tunnels are by no means in
common, at least in London, owing 10 the
numerous tubes and underground rail-
ways now in existence. But one of these
tunnel stations Is unique in that IL is
situated under church. The extension
Of the City and South London railway
caused it to pass beneath the Church Of
ST. Mary Woolnoth, near the Mansion
House. 1t was forbidden to pull the church
down. so that the Bank station of this
railway had to be built beneath it. The
floor of the church was first excavated to
great depth and relaid on Orders, the
space below being occupied by the station
Few Of the thousands of people who use
the station. however. have any idea that
they are exactly under the floor OF an an
cient place of worship.
While there is probably only this one
example of station beneath church,
there are cases where one station stands
exactly under another. At Lchfleld the
western railway stands under that OF the
branch line and at Holbeck Junction,
Leeds, the Midland railway station Is sit
uated Immediately over that of the Great
Northern Company.
A railway station in the midst OF q forest
Is no uncommon sight in Russia or Canada
although In England such a position might
be thought somewhat strange. At Or
we'll however, on the Fclixstowe branch OF
the Great Eastern railway, the station Is
situated In the midst Of wood. and the
approach from either direction IL through
beautiful avenue Of trees.