Weston From Above.

Thanks to modern technology here is a view of the state of play at Weston at the beginning of June.

For those not familar with the site a few words of explanation. The line to Oswestry is to the top of the picture and this is pointing towards the north. Just out of sight at the bottom is the road overbridge, which leads to the A483 off to the right. Just out of shot to the left is Weston Pools.

At the left of the picture is a stone house, now better known as the home of an aptly named brewery.

Stonehouse Brewery is a small independent brewery  who have won awards for their products.  If you have not tried one give it a go.

The actual brewery is in the sheds to the rear of the house and behind that is the garden where you can sit and enjoy a peaceful drink. The garden adjoins the CHR Weston site and we look forward to further collaboration as both sites develop.

On the station site you can see the goods shed. There was never an official passenger station at Weston, the primary purpose was goods traffic.

When Weston becomes an operational station the goods shed will become a display space. 

Just to the north of the shed you can see the toilet block, a modern and very necessary addition. The external cladding is still to be completed and this will give the building a more vintage appearance.  To the north of the toilet block you can see the two sidings, these will be used to house vehicles for display and for activities related to the station such as retail space.

So far not much has been laid of the main platform road and run round loop. From roughly the end of the right hand track there will be a point for the northern end of the loop. The southern point will be out of shot at the bottom of the picture on the other side of the overbridge.

Alongside the shed will be the prefabricated concrete platform, parts for which can be seen laid in position. On the right hand side of the station site is the sleeper pile, waiting to be used where necessary.  The eagle-eyed will also see the newly rolled rail waiting to be laid through the station on the main line 

Work will resume shortly at Weston and we will keep you up to date with progress.

A special thank you goes to Les W for the picture.

Until next time.