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December 2013

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Walks around Staines

Staines and the Railway to West Drayton. 24 Dec 2013


 

 
 Three of Staines's scupltures and the Old town hall, sold for pennies and now disused

 A few trees were blown down in the storm a few days earlier

 and the Thames was flooding this landing area where I used to swim as a boy

Buffers on the line on the embankment just north of Staines bypass probably were put here when a short
section of the line close to Staines West was linked to the nearby Windsor line for traffic to an oil depot. Before
closure a diesel railcar service ran from Staines to West Drayton.

 Low-lying areas between the Wyradisbury River and the railway embankment

 The Wyradisbury, a branch of the Colne is glimpsed in the background behind the ponds

 Trees growing in the middle of the railway line

 The railway went under the Staines bypass

 where half of the track is still there. The graffiti seemed fairly recent

 

 

 

 

 This was the best piece and is dated 2013

 

  We walked back along the line
 
 

To the Wyradisbury River, where the bridge here was demolished years ago 

We crossed the Windsor line on the footpath and came to the gate and looked over  

 

There was around a foot of water on the path and we decided to take another route home 

   

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