Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11

the middle of Barnegat Bay. At first
glance 1T seems that this might be a very mad.
visable location for railroad station but in this
particular instance it is very good one The
bridge at this point is an excellent fishing ground.
and it is very convenient starting place for
parties who want to visit the other fishing
grounds further down the bay TO which it is ne
cessary to journey in sailboat
Philadelphia gentlemanswho has travelled ex-
tensively has made note OF similar instance
where railroad stations are located at seemingly
odd and inaccessible points. There is at least one,
station in London which stands exactly over thes
middle of river. This is the Grosvenor Road
Station of the London, Brighton and South Coast
and South Eastern and Chatham Railways
which stands close by Victoria and on bridge
over the Thames 1t is not large station but
it is depot complete in itself, and tickets are
collected here from passengers bound for Victoria
There are also other stations situated wholly or
partially over river. OF these stise extensjon
Shrewsbury general station is an example, whilst
the NORTHEASTERN Company's station at Leeds
covers part Of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at
that place.
From station river to a station in the
sea is not far cry. Ryde Pier Station is the
joint property of the London and Southwestern
and London, Brighton and South Coast Com
panes, and forms the connecting link between
the railways of the Isle of Wight and those of the
mainland. The pier possesses railway station
at each end but it 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
season it is busy spot, as the steamers from the
mainland are constantly discharging their loads
of visitors at the pier-head Other stations in the
sea may be found at Dover and Barrows, but the
one at Ryde Pier is the best example of its kind.
Probably the last place in which one would
expect to find railway station would be in
Al
a single line runs from the London and South
Western Railway into the cemetery itself. Here,
as is known, is the crematorum of the London
Metropolis Company, and the station in question
is in connection Herewith. 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 uncommon,
at least in London, owing to the numerous
''tubes" and underground railways now in exist
ence But one of these tunnel stations is unique
in that it is situated under church. The exten-
sion of the City and South London Railway caus-
ed it to pass beneath the chruch of St. Mary
Woolnoth near the Mansion House. It was for
hidden to pull the church down, so that the
"Bank" station Of this railway had to be built be-
meath it. The floor of the church was first ex-
cavated to a great depth and relaid ON girders,
the space below being occupied by the station.
Few of the thousands of people who use the sta
ton, however have any idea that they are exact
ly under the floor of an ancient place of worship.
Whilst there is probably only this one example
of station beneath church, there are cases
where station stands exactly under another.
At Lchfield the mainline station of the London
and Northwestern Railway stands under that
Of the branch line, and at Holbeck Junction,
Leeds, the Midland Railway station is situated
Immediately that of the Great Northern
Company.
A railway station in the midst of a forest is no
uncommon sight in Russia or Canada although in
England such position might be thought some
what strange. At Orwell, however, on the Felix.
stowe branch of the Great Eastern Railway. the
station is situated in the midst of a wood, and
the approach from either direction is through
beautiful avenue Of trees