1 item in your basket | View Basket | Checkout
Hatfield-Hertford (Great Northern Railway)
1st January 1990
<-- Index | Showing 1-9 of 9 pictures | Index -->
A selection of images taken on the Hatfield-Hertford branchline after closure. The locations featured include Cole Green and Hertingfordbury stations, as well as Birch Green crossing.
01 In 1990 an unusual cast iron bollard with the initials GNR on it could be found next to the rail overbridge at Cole Green station.
01 In 1990 an unusual cast iron bollard with the initials GNR on it could be found next to the rail overbridge at Cole Green station.
 Buy Print
02 Close up of the bollard at Cole Green station. My next visit was ten years later and there was no trace of this relic.
02 Close up of the bollard at Cole Green station. My next visit was ten years later and there was no trace of this relic.
 Buy Print
03 Looking east to Hertingfordbury at Cole Green in March 1990.  Two platforms were provided here, and a substantial shelter existed on the right hand side platform at one time.
03 Looking east to Hertingfordbury at Cole Green in March 1990. Two platforms were provided here, and a substantial shelter existed on the right hand side platform at one time.
 Buy Print
04 A closer view of the site of one of the station buildings at Cole Green.  This view is looking towards Hertford.
04 A closer view of the site of one of the station buildings at Cole Green. This view is looking towards Hertford.
 Buy Print
05 Ten years later on a damp spring Saturday in 2000 and the site is more overgrown. Cole Green station viewed looking towards Hatfield as Mr Claude Harris leads the Enfield Chace foxhounds.
05 Ten years later on a damp spring Saturday in 2000 and the site is more overgrown. Cole Green station viewed looking towards Hatfield as Mr Claude Harris leads the Enfield Chace foxhounds.
 Buy Print
06. Heading east along the old trackbed, there was a foot crossing just beyond Cole Green.  In 1990 the remains of a cast iron sign could still be found attached to a concrete post.
06. Heading east along the old trackbed, there was a foot crossing just beyond Cole Green. In 1990 the remains of a cast iron sign could still be found attached to a concrete post.
 Buy Print
07 A closer view of the cast iron sign, the image has been edited to make the remaining lettering easier to read.  By 2000 this relic had gone.
07 A closer view of the cast iron sign, the image has been edited to make the remaining lettering easier to read. By 2000 this relic had gone.
 Buy Print
08 Near Birch Green village a small crossing existed.  By 2000 the old railway was an established walk, a metalled track crosses the old line, here with the Enfield Chace hounds enjoying a breather.
08 Near Birch Green village a small crossing existed. By 2000 the old railway was an established walk, a metalled track crosses the old line, here with the Enfield Chace hounds enjoying a breather.
 Buy Print
09 Hertingfordbury Station in March 1990 as a private residence.
09 Hertingfordbury Station in March 1990 as a private residence.
 Buy Print