By train, Shrewsbury is only an hour from Birmingham and Birmingham is only 30 minutes from Coventry. My idea of a nice day out.
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| River Severn and Shrewsbury Train Station. |
No, that isn't a castle (photo below). That is Shrewsbury's mainline train station and tower built in 1848. It has a surprise..........
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| Shrewsbury Train Station |
When you go through the door and up the stairs your are not inside a magnificent building but outside again. What a surprise. The view here is looking back to the station tower (on the right) and there is a hint of Shrewsbury Castle on the left.
When we visited the station it was neat to see a very long line of Pullman Coaches soon to take visitors on a steam train adventure around Wales and England.
One more stop tomorrow and then it is back to Coventry.
7 comments:
They built it to last from the look of that stone! Great view from the castle too.
A "steam train adventure" around Wales and England! Oh I am so there. Or I would be, if I could. That sounds delightful.
wow, what a gorgeous train station!
This is amazing! I really like the design. I'm on that train trip too!
Steam trains are a passion of John's and I love going to train stations. This one blew me away. The view is beautiful but behind me was something that will appeal to castle lovers. I'm saving it for a while. So, when you all are planning your trip to England, remember to set aside a day to go on a steam train ride. PS. I get a buzz going on that train from Pasadena to LA...and wish I could do that right now! PS Somebody has a train layout in our loft with those Pullman Coaches.
I like taking the train to LA, too. Union Station is one of our more beautiful buildings.
Great perspective on that bottom shot.
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