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The Lost Railway Station of Alton Towers

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Alton Station closed in 1965, but today it would have been a popular station with thrill seekers heading to Alton Towers. We take a look at what remains today, including a tour inside the former station masters house and the Earl of Shrewsbury's private waiting room.
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@hyper2high 2 месяца назад

Well done Darren for getting inside the station house👍👍👍

@davidnm21 2 месяца назад

Always interested in old railway architecture and stations and this one no exception. Nice that the family who were about to start their holiday let you have a look round inside the building.

@DavidMartin-ym2te 2 месяца назад

Those fades are spot on - very good.

@paulboardman01 2 месяца назад

looks like a bunker from ww2, to protect the station

@notwenjohn6852 2 месяца назад

Hi Darren. Great video as always. That curious building is a WW2 pill box....made back then to 'blend in' with the surroundings and a good vantage point.

@AtheistOrphan 2 месяца назад

6:46 - Those gates and railed walkways were built (in the 1930s I believe) to enable the vast numbers of visitors to the towers to exit the station directly into the tower grounds without crowding the narrow staircase up to the bridge.

@trebun1 2 месяца назад

Looks like an old pill box, those windows are gun slits.

@davidnm21 2 месяца назад

Yea I agree it’s been added for the war effort

@alicebutler2007 2 месяца назад

Where's the door? Would you get into it from under the stairs?

@chinafox1949 2 месяца назад

@@alicebutler2007 You can se it bricked up at the top of the stairs where the handrail ends.

@alicebutler2007 2 месяца назад

@@chinafox1949 I'll have to have another look👍🏻

@jeremywade9287 2 месяца назад

Definitely WW2 pill box.

@garthcox4307 2 месяца назад

I think that huge ramp was more for visitors rather than the lords luggage. That's why the platforms are so long, there were lots of excursion trains to alton towers in the decades before closure. It was a massive tourist attraction even before it became a theme park.

@dianadaly6793 2 месяца назад

The building at the top of the bridge is definitely a pill box as many were built along Railways, roads and canals. The hatch in the station building is definitely the ticket office. The space under the stairs at a guess would probably been a coal store either for the Station house or for the locomotives.

@leephipps3530 2 месяца назад

Superb Video once again. Those photo fades are incredible 👍

@Jake_5693 2 месяца назад

Love Alton Castle, lucky enough to live locally and I’ve spent a fair few nights in there for school trips!

@stephenelliott7071 2 месяца назад

Wow, thanks for this. Yes the looong bus ride in takes ages. If the railway line was re-linked to the network it would be a much better option. Other major themeparks around the world have direct rail links into their parks.

@DrivermanO 2 месяца назад

Next station north is Froghall, the start of the heritage Churnet Valley Railway. It is very good, and has recently been extended. I think it is them trying to extend south to Alton.

@rhodrage 2 месяца назад

Next station north would have been Oakamoor first. And that extension is very unlikely due to it's status as a national footpath, and the tunnel being condemned. That and they're always talking about expanding in each direction and it never happens

@Dave1976. 2 месяца назад

Excellent vlogging as always Darren. Loved this can't wait for more to come. Figure of speech, We all say Raised To the ground. Should it NOT be lowered to the ground. 5*****

@DrivermanO 2 месяца назад

@@Dave1976. I think its razed to the ground. Means its been erased, not just levelled. If you're interested, in the 1800s, some small 3 deck ships of the line had the top deck removed to make them a heavy 2 deck frigate. They were known as Razees.

@dianadaly6793 2 месяца назад

I've been on the Churnet Valley Railway as we were moored up on the canal, our boat wasn't suitable to go under Froghall Tunnel so we took the train instead. It's a fantastic experience

@lezking5060 2 месяца назад

It's always nice to have something to look forward to watching, before bedtime, on a Sunday.

@tangerinedream7211 2 месяца назад

The station platform was extended by British Railways in the 1950s, as you walk along the old trackbed you can see where it changes design. Alongside the down platform, the one opposite the surviving station, was a siding for storing excursion trains of about ten carriages in length . Further up the line towards Leek, was Oakamoor station, sadly demolished .

@paularkell5589 2 месяца назад

This takes my back, I went to school (in the 60's) in the castle on the top of hill, we went on walks around the area, and many times we would go inside the abandoned station.

@garethrees3592 2 месяца назад

The small building built in to the bridge was a luggage lift used by the Earls staff to raise his bags from platform to road level. The walkways up to the road were built for tourists and not the Earl. I doubt Alton will ever be connected to the mainline again. In one direction the line has a huge JCB factory built over it and in the other is the chutnet valley heritage line and their plans are prioritised to extending their line in the opposite direction and in to Leek. Reinstating Oakamoor tunnel would cost a colossal amount of money and that’s before you approach the issue of it having a preservation order on it due to a bat colony

@MaragiMusic Месяц назад

10:25 imagine that view in winter, that would look realy nice.

@retrogamelover2012 Месяц назад

You know, as a guy who has visited the now preserved section of the Churnet Valley line more than once, it'd be quite the historical moment for this section of the line to finally be opened once more, kind of similar to the sections of the Corris railway that are being re-laid in the future.

@baileysbritain 2 месяца назад

Fantastic video, if you get chance, pay a visit to the Chained Oak, an ancient tree nearby whose branches are chained up with huge cast iron chains. They named one of the attractions after it. Such a fascinating legend surrounds it regarding the Earl of Shrewsbury who originally owned the estate. It can still be visited today.

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Already filmed mate haha. Same day as this one. Coming soon.

@Rancidhamster Месяц назад

It is definitely a pillbox for home guards built in WW2 and disguised as a building, the centre stonework inside the middle of the building prevents shots entering firing slits from passing through two ports or hitting soldiers in the back

@N_O_R_R_I_E 2 месяца назад

Well done mate, we're big fans of the photo fades as they bring the location(s) to life and be able to see what they were like back in the day 👏

@HYUKLDER1 2 месяца назад

Another illustration of the folly in lifting tracks on closed railway routes; makes it more difficult to reopen them.

@davidbennett906 2 месяца назад

Thanks for another great video, and what a gem of a holiday let that station is. Also, agreeing with previous comments about the mystery building, which is certain to be a relic from the war. Seems ideally placed for the Home Guard to defend the railway and the road at the same time.

@levelcrossing150 2 месяца назад

What a beautifully preserved station, inside and out. Many thanks.

@aldeanblair9727 2 месяца назад

I hope they rebuild it because it good for tourists from London and the whole of the UK

@stannisb7693 2 месяца назад

Pill box looks in great condition

@themeparkkieran4573 2 месяца назад

The building on the bridge is a pill box and the window slits are gun points

@tmaddison7523 2 месяца назад

What lovely people letting you have a look around! Great video as always Darren, thanks for doing what you do

@TheMagicMudkip_2 2 месяца назад

The bunker on the bridge could be an AA emplacement or pillbox since Alton Towers was used as a training ground for troops during World War Two

@scotteaglen4872 2 месяца назад

I was about to say, surely it’s a no brainier for them to have a station built? Then I remembered they charge £10 per car nowadays at Alton Towers. No chance they’re ever wanting to reduce that!

@nataliesmith303 2 месяца назад

That’s exactly what I thought! 🥺

@dizzydevil547 2 месяца назад

I knew the old station buildings were now holday homes ect BUT allways wondered how muchof the original fixtures and fittings were still left inside! ..It looks like a LOT TBH even though its been slight modernised as in fitting an up to date kitchen ect they have kept as much of the orignal interior as they could ( the floors are just great ..even if they may have had to do some restoration and replacment of the tiles)! ..and i for one will join you in saying a BIG thank you to the folks staying there for letting you have a look round! All in All a fab vid Darren! ...i ALLWAYS wanted to see inside Alton station (without obv spending the money to stay there ..its NOT cheap as i looked into it one time lol) so thank you for the vid and as i siad the family that were staying there for allowing you to film ect!

@darleytransportandtravel6353 2 месяца назад

Thank you Darren for another excellent video. I never knew before how interesting and beautiful this area is. The closest I have been is Froghall. Well, how delightful railway station used to be. This is a prime example of many. Ugly utilitarianism is what we have to suffer now.

@leopoldbluesky 2 месяца назад

Thanks Darren, always top quality! So nice that the family invited you in, well done!

@iowarails Месяц назад

The bedroom was the booking office, so that hole in the wall was a ticket window. The station master lived in the other building. The Landmark Trust's site states that the kitchen is in the former ladies waiting room.

@AdventureMe Месяц назад

Brilliant. Thanks

@suesmith4366 2 месяца назад

Wow lovely station, great fade ins as usual, and you dropped on there getting the inside views amazing. Thanks Darren 😎

@johnlaw3323 2 месяца назад

Another real gem you have shared with us, beautifully put together. Many thanks for making and sharing.

@johnKnight-mw8cq 2 месяца назад

Great content as ever, and your fade into the past really makes these short videos, you did one of Scarborough and Butlins and the fades took me right back......brilliant.

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Glad you like them!

@terryc8164 2 месяца назад

I stayed there some 25 years or so ago. We stayed in the Left Hand building as viewed from the platform and at the time were told it was the station masters house with the RH building building being the station building, ticket office etc which fits with it having a ticket hatch still in situ. At the time the RH building had not been restored and was locked up etc. Strange thing though, we were there for a whole week and late one night we heard a steam train go through the station, the ex wife was a bit nervous after that🤣 the house itself though had no ghostly feel about it, was a really nice place to stay. And no we didnt visit Alton towers!!

@Rusty_Pig 2 месяца назад

Great video thanks 👍

@nataliesmith303 2 месяца назад

Another fab video. I’m so glad you got to look inside 😊

@bendursley 2 месяца назад

Would definitely make getting to the park easier if this was still open

@lindseykaine-walley6339 2 месяца назад

My Son told me that in Alton towers there is an old cabin with toilets behind a ride somewhere. From the 80s full of 80s posters and things? I'm not sure if it's true? You would probably know Darren.. Great video. You always learn something new with you.

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Yeah he's right. There is. I'm hoping to film it later.

@ShaunCoyle1 2 месяца назад

Brilliant vlog Darren, keep them coming.

@JanMartin-co9oo 2 месяца назад

didnt even know that there was a station near alton towers i found this video very interesting thanks for sharing

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed

@donfranktv 2 месяца назад

Very interesting video Darren - had no idea about that station

@shirleylynch7529 2 месяца назад

Superb video. How sad they done away with the station and line. It should be reopened. What a lovely holiday let you were allowed into . Lots of info and filming past and present. Beautiful walk. Thank Darren. Amazing as always.

@martinmarsola6477 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the walking tour of today’s video. Picturesque views and historic buildings. Hopefully see you on the next, Darren.🇬🇧🙏🏻👍🇺🇸

@Fanriffic2020 2 месяца назад

Excellent and interesting vlog covering the history of this old station. I love how you do the picture fades showing the old against the new. 👍

@oddsandwindsocks5905 2 месяца назад

Station looks like a nice place to stay. So nice of the guys to let you take a look.

@daffyduk77 2 месяца назад

Brilliant video thanks, really atmospheric stationmasters' building/waiting rooms, I must go visit the line. Great period fittings still there, a look back to a different world. I love those hidden doors. Like a prison, condemned cell, awaiting the hangman's entrance etc

@shaunwest3612 2 месяца назад

Great video Darren,such a beautiful place,and beautiful station building, great that you were able to look around it,if the line to Alton station opens it would benefit the area, and would probably link up to the main line 👌👍😀

@marktmdyorkshire7610 2 месяца назад

Another brilliant video, enjoyed it, glad to know that Alton was an actual place! Amazing history on the station

@reddeviluk 2 месяца назад

I was at Alton Towers just yesterday. Great video.

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Hope you enjoyed it!

@seany84uk 2 месяца назад

This station should be re opened to aid public transport users to get to the park easier. Merlin should fund the track laying project and the heritage railway run the trains. They would need to run a 30 min interval service during park opening and closing times and then a hourly service during the day to make it work. Im sure a couple of pacers brought back into action could serve this need.

@JAYSADVENTURES50 Месяц назад

if you stay on the track bed and go past the station and keep following the old line you will in to a dodble station and then and then a bit on up the line you will come across the old gate house and next to it is the old tunnal

@rubbershorts999 2 месяца назад

Hi. How about doing something on the history of the Towers itself and the Earl of Shrewsbury. Thanks

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

I am planning to

@similarart1074 2 месяца назад

Big up the guests, very nice of them 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@Sim0nTrains 2 месяца назад

Brilliant video, It's a disused station that I would like to have a look at one day. Lots of interesting things still there

@waynecheshire7878 2 месяца назад

I don’t live to far from there I been there a few times didn’t know about the wooden station building tho I’ll have to go and have another look a big thank you Darren and to the lovely guests for the exclusive look inside 👍

@christelbraune4530 2 месяца назад

Ja, das ist überall das gleiche. Schade um die wunderschönen Gebäude. Und die Pferde 🏇🏻, herrlich anzusehen ❣️❣️ Eine gute Lösung für die Gebäude, toll. Thank you Darren 👋🏻👋🏻🤩

@roytabberer7427 2 месяца назад

I used to be a coach driver taking groups to Alton Towers and was told that the former owners of Alton Towers tried to purchase the disused line. There intention was to park coaches visiting the theme park near the JCB headquarters at Rocester and bring the visitors along the line, by train, to the station and then have a cable car take them to the theme park. I don't know what happened in the end, I never heard any more.

@sglenny001 2 месяца назад

Wish it did

@eyybabyj1397 2 месяца назад

You're correct it a shame I've only been to Alton Towers once because I dont have a car and it's really awkward to get to.

@amc5966 2 месяца назад

Absolutely mint this Darren. Really fascinating place.

@paulwalker9262 2 месяца назад

Absolutely brilliant, Darren. love that you got into the old station and brilliant shirt 😊

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Thank you kindly

@jetsons101 2 месяца назад

Darren, Great watch, also outstanding photo fades. The little windows are/were gun ports -- probably WWll, So much history, so little time............

@rontanser9369 2 месяца назад

That room at the top of the staircase looks like either a gun in placement ?/ maybe some form of every shelter with those small tiny windows

@Roblilley999 2 месяца назад

Used to stay in the pub at the bottom of the hill. Had to walk up passed the old station towards the park

@SteveSmith-qf3sk 2 месяца назад

Excellent video Darren thank you 👍

@tracya4087 2 месяца назад

oh wow , just seen this , thanks darren

@stevetrotter1286 2 месяца назад

Brilliant video as always

@SimonM-63 2 месяца назад

Fascinating video 👍👍

@coasterblocks3420 2 месяца назад

That is a terrible shame the line to Alton Towers was closed down - and worse still - ripped up. It would combine my two favourite things - trains and rollercoasters.

@ThemeParksAndAttractions 2 месяца назад

Nice touch at the end with the music 👌

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

I had to lol

@angelsone-five7912 2 месяца назад

I`ve always been curious about the station when driving a coach to the theme park. Just on the village side of the station is the mother and father of all narrow and steep hills with a nasty corner at the top, no fun in a coach when something big comes the other way!🤣

@richbrown8174 2 месяца назад

Just think of the cars journeys running trains could replace 🤔

@tedioustotoro4885 2 месяца назад

Going based on Google Maps, it seems like the line Alton was on went between Uttoxeter and Macclesfield

@ste.h9825 2 месяца назад

Once again outstanding video,great content,Very interesting.Thank ypu.😂

@malcolmrichardson3881 2 месяца назад

Great to see the former station buildings have been superbly refurbished as holiday accomodation. They are beautifully situated . Has any consideration has been given to extending the Churnet Valley railway from Oakamoor to Alton - with possible support of the theme park.

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Yes it's apparently on the cards

@julesjwg 2 месяца назад

Fantastic video!

@asa1973100 2 месяца назад

We stayed in the station master house about 10 years ago and it didn’t look like that. They’ve really put some money into it. Excellent video too

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Id love to stay there

@leonhutchinson8264 2 месяца назад

another great video darren always watch your theme park content. It would be great if you could do a video on the chained oak which is near by and is all to do with the hex ride ?

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Already filmed haha. Out in a few weeks.

@leonhutchinson8264 2 месяца назад

@@AdventureMe awesome can't wait for that always find it so fascinating the story and there something quite erie about seeing the tree with all the cains hanging from it .

@mitchellgiffard1978 2 месяца назад

Great video 👍 I think Uttoxeter stationi is next closest to Alton station

@rhodrage 2 месяца назад

Uttoxeter is closer, but it's easier to get to from Stoke.

@theme_parkmad 2 месяца назад

Loved this video, very interesting! As you said, imagine how much easier it would be to get down to Alton Towers if it was still operating, and how much more busier the park would get! 😳😄

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Very true!

@Scarletpach 2 месяца назад

14:05 It was a tollboth in the 1830's for the road according to old maps, you can see the bricked up door near the railing :) Great video!

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the info!

@tjweston1 2 месяца назад

Another cracking video Darren

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Thanks mate

@briangriffiths1285 2 месяца назад

Lots of people find disappointment at Alton Hants rail station when told they are 150 miles from Alton Towers!

@rhodrage 2 месяца назад

There's (sadly) no way that line will ever reopen. For a start, they'd have to reopen the Stoke-Leek line. Then they'd have to negotiate with the Churnet Valley railway for right of way. Then they'll have to reinstate a tunnel, and close a road and national footpath. The alternative is coming up from Uttoxeter, but that also has a huge obstacle of a housing estate in the way, as well as the footpath issue. It's just all too much.

@robinkey4499 2 месяца назад

the platform was extended for military purposes during the first WW1 hospital trains

@neilwilkins7686 2 месяца назад

Not only a great video as always Darren but great to see you have put you're own stamp ob your Hello Fresh advert lol

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@neilwilkins7686 2 месяца назад

@@AdventureMe a pleasure as always

@jeremywade9287 2 месяца назад

That bit of music ( Edvard Grieg, in the hall of the mountain king) Alton towers theme, will always remind me of when I was part of a team who did a fireworks display at Alton towers. A week of setting up, hearing that music every 10 minutes almost drove me mad.

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

I bet it did haha

@MartinFarrell1972 2 месяца назад

Love the old railway vids. Where did the line go in both directions?

@icepee9252 2 месяца назад

You'd think the theme park would be incentivised to part fund improved transport to their park. Especially since Universal is rumoured to set up shop here.

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

They probably will do

@caleblindley7142 2 месяца назад

Great video, would be good if it reopened as a heritage railway line. MOT.

@barrieshepherd7694 2 месяца назад

I would say there is zero chance of Alton station being reconnected to the national rail network - far too much track has gone but it could be connected back to the Churnet Valley Railway to the north at Froghall if the cycleway route goes that far and Oakamoor Tunnel is still sound + bridges/cuttings etc. have not been destroyed. No chance of any connection to the south to NR at Uttoxeter - parts of that route seem to have been developed. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aKDMRLgvpzk.html Indicates the tunnel is not in good condition and is now a bat sanctuary.

@simonbradshaw3708 2 месяца назад

I would agree with some other comments that the building at the top of the steps looks like an old pillbox.

@wrichard11 2 месяца назад

The mystery building is a WW2 gun emplacemet. It's cammoflaged

@_wood 2 месяца назад

I wonder if the gated access point at the foot of the steps led to a stairway up to the PILL box / guard post there doesn't seem to be any other doorway.

@JAYSADVENTURES50 Месяц назад

hi mate the building is a WW2 pill box it would of had a machine gun covering the bend on the road

@Peter-MH 2 месяца назад

Believe there are remnants of a disused canal behind where the wooden station would’ve been (Uttoxeter canal I think? Runs parallel with much of the line)

@AdventureMe 2 месяца назад

Yes there was. I saw it on the old maps