21st June 2007

 

On arrival, Orient Express passengers enjoyed an orchestra, some of the members of which can be seen in this 21st June 2007 view. Depicted is the entrance to the remaining operational platform: this is constituted almost entirely of horizontally-laid timber planks. By the following Summer, the picture was not as rosy, and this entrance has seen been taken out of use. On the left is the redundant ferry terminal office, whilst in the foreground is an area which was once awash with goods sidings. © David Glasspool

 

21st June 2007

 

Although the ''down'' platform remained in use for excursions, and the iron framework had been treated to Orient Express colours, this section of canopy still lacked roof cladding. It is at this point where the SER platform canopy of 1893 joins the Southern Railway canopy of 1938; the latter can be identified by its horizontally laying roof timbers, contrasting with the V-shape of the earlier frame. © David Glasspool

 

21st June 2007

 

The luxury Pullman vehicles make quite a contrast to the rusting BR canopy framework of the disused ''up'' platform. A sudden change in the rail level is observed: the furthest two Pullman cars from the camera have tilted to the right. From the level crossing southwards, the harbour station extends some two fifths of a mile, of which the last ¼ mile is wholly surrounded by the sea. The footbridge covered in tarpaulin in the background is that erected by the SR during 1938. © David Glasspool