Английская Википедия:GWR pagoda platform shelter

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Inside the preserved example at Doniford Halt

The archetypal Pagoda Platform Shelter was a distinctively-shaped corrugated iron structure used by passengers waiting at railway stations in Wales and southern England.

Origins

In Britain Pagoda shelters are associated with the Great Western Railway (GWR) who introduced them in 1907 and erected a patchwork of them across their network. They were manufactured by an outside supplier and delivered in kit form.Шаблон:Sfn They could therefore be assembled offsite, delivered on standard well wagons and craned into position,^[1]^[2] or assembled onsite, according to circumstances.

The GWR opened its first "Haltes" on 12 October 1903, anglicising the name to "Halt" in 1905. They were prime candidates for Pagoda shelters, but the market was crowded: finance, tradition, knowledge, skills and materials to hand meant that some lines had pagodas aplenty, some one or two and others none at all. The Bala to Ffestiniog Line in upland Wales, for example, had six halts erected at remote, virgin sites between the World Wars, Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws had pagoda shelters, but Шаблон:Rws, Шаблон:Rws, Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws had shelters with other designs.

Opening halts and standardising cheap to install and cheap to buy infrastructure in the face of competition firstly from trams, then buses and ultimately cars overlapped with other initiatives such as the railmotor.^[3]

Spread

Pagoda shelters were generally associated with branch lines, but many were erected next to regional arteries and some were erected next to main lines; Шаблон:Rws being an example on what was and remains a high speed route out of Шаблон:Rws.Шаблон:Sfn

Specifications

Although they were renowned for their shape, their greatest virtues were their cost, simplicity and durability, coupled with the fact that the GWR "took them seriously". They were built to precise working drawings with materials to exact engineering specifications. The example installed at the remote Шаблон:Rws, for example, had a roof made of "No. 18 SWG Galvanised 3 inch Corrugated Sheeting [...] with a floor of specially prepared timber."Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn

Suitability

Many small halts used wooden platforms on a timber frame, rather than masonry or earth. The pagoda shelter could be used for these because of its light weight.^[4]Шаблон:Sfn

Platform configurations

A pagoda shelter was typically provided for each platform, as, for example, at Шаблон:Rws.Шаблон:Sfn As the halts where they were used were mostly on single-track lines, there was only one shelter, though Шаблон:Rws had only one platform with two pagoda shelters.^[5] Stations such as Шаблон:Rws and Ruislip Gardens with two platforms, had two, one on each platform,^[6]Шаблон:Sfn as did Шаблон:Stnlnk.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Rws^[7]^[8]Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn and Шаблон:Rws Шаблон:Sfn had two platforms but a pagoda shelter opposite the masonry station building only. Perivale Halt had several on each platform.^[9] Defiance Halt (later Defiance Platform) had one on each platform initially, but two more were added to the Up platform during the station's life.^[10] Шаблон:Rws had three platform faces with a pagoda shelter only on the most southerly.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn

Variations

Most pagoda shelters were simple structures with one doorway leading into one room. At Шаблон:Rws, however, the station building was a "Pagoda Building", with three doors and four windows facing the platform and rooms inside for different purposes.^[11] Шаблон:Rws still has a pagoda shelter which used to incorporate a "lean-to" staff cabin at the Aberdyfi end.^[12]Шаблон:Sfn The lean-to appears to have been incorporated into the overall building since it was de-staffed. The shelter differs from most pagodas in that it is either built of or clad with timber.^[13]

Although the standard pagoda shelter measured Шаблон:Convert by Шаблон:Convert,Шаблон:Sfn they could be erected to different dimensions, occasionally at the same location, such as Шаблон:Rws.^[14]

Uses

The shelters were mainly used by passengers waiting for trains, but at least two - at Шаблон:Rws Шаблон:Sfn and Шаблон:Rws Шаблон:Sfn - were "Pagoda lamp huts", whilst one at Шаблон:Rws was a shed.^[15] Шаблон:Rws Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn and Шаблон:Rws each had a "Pagoda bike shed". Pagoda huts existed next to Weymouth Junction signalbox,^[16] and in Шаблон:Rws station goods yard,^[17] neither was for passenger use. A Pagoda shelter was erected at right angles to the track next to the down platform at Шаблон:Rws, unsigned and painted black;Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn research continues into its purpose. It was still there in 1989, 28 years after the station closed and long after all other buildings had been demolished.^[18]^[19]^[20]

Other railways' pagoda shelters

The GWR did not have a complete monopoly of pagoda shelters; Шаблон:Rws, Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws Шаблон:Sfn on the former LSWR branch near Bodmin in Cornwall had one each,Шаблон:Sfn and the Highland Railway had at least one, at the remote Borrobol on its main line to Wick.Шаблон:Sfn In the USA Pagoda shelters were adopted on a grand scale by at least one railroad.^[21]

The present

By 2015

a few, such as Шаблон:Rws, survived in ordinary use
some survived on preserved railways
some have been erected as new builds on such lines^[22]^[23]
at least one has been rescued from a derelict site and installed on a preserved railway^[24] and
the shelter and other platform furniture at Шаблон:Rws have been preserved, but not the railway.

Most, however, have been demolished

either to be replaced with a more modern structure, as at Шаблон:Rws, or
demolished along with the station, as at Шаблон:Rws, or
obliterated along with the line and station, as at Mount Hawke and Goonhavern Halts.Шаблон:Sfn

Gallery

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Fairford, 1950

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Bowbridge Crossing Halt railway station in 1961

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Further material

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External links

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