Durham Gilesgate

Travelodge meets the Twilight Zone. This former terminus station carries all the trappings of a standardized hotel design - sapele doors, white plasterboard walls, suspended ceiling - hang on! From what parallel dimension did that cast iron roof support come? Victorian Steamworld, if you ask me...

Location: Durham Gilesgate (former)

Original line: Durham Branch (Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway)

Photographer: Ken Strachan

Contact photographer: Ken Strachan

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Date: 09/05/2009

Image number: 26651


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