[Brighton] Would you live IN a Railway Station?

[Guinness Boy]

I know we have a housing crisis but, on the face of it this is batshit mental isn't it?

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/04/29/architect-signals-new-future-for-portslade-station/

Taking people who need "more transient, shorter-term accommodation" and sticking them somewhere that is constantly noisy from 5.30am to late at night and / or putting people who have potentially got mental health needs or criminal records right on top of a commuter station doesn't seem to suit either party on the face of it. Although people are quite happy to live in Hallyburton or Portland, with only a garden between them and the trains, so who knows?

No, I'm not one of the objectors either

 

[AmexRuislip]

I think people do literally live in rail stations, as to the amount of delayed trains there's been!

 

[rippleman]

Yes. But a nice Victorian station master's cottage on a decommissioned line or where a steam train chugs through a few times a day.

Something like this would suit

https://www.railwaystationcottages.co.uk/dent-station/

But Portslade station? Hell no.

 

[lawros left foot]

If it kept me from going off the rails, I’d consider it.

It’s a train of thought that I couldn’t really hitch my wagon to,though.

 

[Stat Brother]

If I can't park right outside the front door, it's a no from me.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Yes. But a nice Victorian station master's cottage on a decommissioned line or where a steam train chugs through a few times a day.

Something like this would suit

https://www.railwaystationcottages.co.uk/dent-station/

But Portslade station? Hell no.

I hear you.

I particularly like the fact that the cottage at Dent railway station is near to Dent.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

It's a big Yes from Tom Hark, Preston Park Station

 

[East Staffs Gull]

If it kept me from going off the rails, I’d consider it.

It’s a train of thought that I couldn’t really hitch my wagon to,though.

Posting that must have taken some carriage.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

My uncle and aunty did for decades. Henfield Station on the Shoreham to Horsham line. He had to take early retirement in 1964 (two years before he was 65) when the line closed.

My maternal grandmother and grandfather had the railway at the bottom of their garden in Cooksbridge.

 

[severnside gull]

The West Somerset steam train line is at the bottom of our garden. Only runs 10am to 6pm though.

 

[GT49er]

'Lack of outdoor space' - so just like living in a flat then. Excellent idea.

At my age I wouldn't fancy living in shared accommodation - that's more suitable for students and the like - but living on a station? Fine by me - I did for most of my chidhood.

 

[Chicken Run]

Well at least the residents can say they live in Hove (Actually).


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[Guinness Boy]

My uncle and aunty did for decades. Henfield Station on the Shoreham to Horsham line. He had to take early retirement in 1964 (two years before he was 65) when the line closed.

My maternal grandmother and grandfather had the railway at the bottom of their garden in Cooksbridge.

I bet they didn't share shower rooms and cooking facilities with other transients whilst being serenaded by the people getting off the last train from Brighton though

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

I don't know, if it was a steam engine line and you were a clumsy sort then I imagine you would be chuffed to bits.

 

[chaileyjem]

PS: I really liked this film from 2003 starring a young Peter Dinklage and a young Michelle Williams about living in an (abandoned) railway station/depot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F4K8U5l--o

 

[el punal]

I think people do literally live in rail stations, as to the amount of delayed trains there's been!

Barnham would fit the bill. Apparently two skeletons were found in the waiting room.

 

[Badger Boy]

I would live there, no irony at all. I would happily sit there and watch the train activity. You'd get used to the sound of the trains early in the morning and late at night.

 

[zefarelly]

I'd prefer an old petrol station/garage myself . .





https://youtu.be/F6UfMyBsaV8

 

[Brovion]

My uncle and aunty did for decades. Henfield Station on the Shoreham to Horsham line. He had to take early retirement in 1964 (two years before he was 65) when the line closed.

My maternal grandmother and grandfather had the railway at the bottom of their garden in Cooksbridge.

A pedant writes ...

The line actually closed in 1966. 7th March to be precise.

But yes, that is interesting. Did they have to move out when the station was demolished? (There's a housing estate called 'The Beechings' now on the site).

 

[AmexRuislip]

Barnham would fit the bill. Apparently two skeletons were found in the waiting room.

I won't pick the bones out of that one!

Bexhill rail Station is older than water.