Save Histon Station!

Histon station hasn't seen a passenger for thirty five or so years!
This doesn't stop it being wonderful, and worth keeping as a historical monument.
MORE than 2,000 people have signed a petition to save Histon railway station from the bulldozers.
The station is under threat from the guided bus scheme, but villagers say there is no reason why the building cannot remain.
A local paper reported....
"....Pene Nudds, one of the organisers, said: "Histon station is part of the very fabric of its people, part of our heritage. It has played a major role in local community life and in the development of both Chivers and the railway itself.
"We are not trying to stop the guided busway, merely to ask that the most is made of the new opportunities presented by its construction.
"No case has been made for demolition. A stay of execution is needed to allow the community to decide its fate.
"We cannot believe the lack of vision regarding a key site within the villages. Is a car park really the most creative use for it? This area has real potential for the community.
"Many people are really angry about the erosion of democracy here and with the arrogant way the matter is being handled. It seems we are constantly being dictated to."
She said it was another in a long line of developments that paid "little heed" to local views.
She added: "Sympathetic handling of this historic site could be a real opportunity for the council to get the support of the local community."
Why do we want a car park any way, ask most people. Carparks encourage traffic, the exact thing the guided busway is meant to help put an end to.
SIGN THE PETITION AT:-
http://www.hisimp.net/sos.htm

TRAMS ARE TOPS SAYS SAVE HISTON STATION

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[plymouthrule]

What is the point in a railway station if trains don't stop there?

[NODDINGCAT]

you tell me......

[scottishlowoflow]

uuuuh no can you put "trains are tops" since trams are definatley not tops

[NODDINGCAT]

what are these words?

[kazerboss]

Smashing video , such a shame it has come to this breaks my heart..

[fenlandtiger]

If Histon Station is demolished it will be a disgrace.

Well done to those who have opposed this act of state vandalism directed towards a heritage site.

Is there any further news? If there is any further demo planned I will try and schedule a flying visit to add moral support.

[andyg3]

do up the station, chop down some of the weeds, get a little steam tank engine and have some fun!

[soundnicetome]

Ever since the sixties,there has been a ongoing preference to kill the railway,period.If history is a judge,many more bad decisions will be made under the banner of progress.Just think,if all our closed lines were operational,we would be the envy of the world !!! so sad to see this sort of thing still going on.WHEN will this country learn,if this form of travel is what people want,WHY destroy it !! Our goverments simply do not like railways,they like PROFIT.

[chrisrussell1]

Many thanks for taking a walk around this fine old station, although the place may be demolished now you have preserved it here on you tube.

As a railway modeller of 34 years I have built many buildings of real stations and indeed based the entire model layout on them, my latest was thrapston sw of peterborough some movies are available on my homepage of the model.

But now I am recreating this building and starting a new layout based loosely on this station, Fine details aquired here, thanks.

[LoisJAbel]

Save Histon railway station from demolition!

[tvestrella]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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good ok may frynds good = muito bom o seu video

no brasil tamben destruiram todas a s ferrovias é lamentavel ..

tvestrella julio gilberto

[NSMerryweather4771]

Bastards they cant demolish it. Me and my mates at the Great Eastern Railway Predervation Soceity will save to buy it or the contents of the site if we have to.

[grumpmonk]

Congratulations Histon on beating Leeeds Utd.

From every Man Utd fan in the land