Welcome to the New Station page of the
FSMR
website
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PAGE LAST UPDATED
This page has been created to follow the construction of the new station
building and acknowledge the companies that have kindly donated materials
The Railway has used a converted shed since reopening in 1995, as a
souvenir and gift shop/ café but its suitability became an issue due to fatigue
etc and also aesthetics!!!
It was therefore decided to construct a purpose built building;
plans were drawn up and submitted for planning approval, which were passed.
Construction began in autumn 2005 and is expected to be fully completed by end
of summer 2008
It is also scheduled to replace the rusted platform canopy covering
roof sheeting, and de-rust / replace and paint the supporting RSJ,s
The new building will be of brick and stone with slate roof and is
loosely based on Settle station of the
Below is a plan drawing of the finished building, work has now
commenced and pictures are added as it progresses.
During Mid
September 2005, the SMR’s building contractor commences the start of foundation
construction of the new station. The footings have been marked out, and
hardcore from the old timber building base removed to subsoil level.
Note the cream
and crimson building to the right is the historic donated original Sutton
Miniature Railway ticket office
The foundations are then excavated ready for the concrete footings and once these have been completed, it is then handed over to the FSMR team for the main building work to commence
Things
slowed a bit in 2006 awaiting all the materials including door frames and
windows to arrive on site, but work then started at pace over new year 2007
with one of the FSMR members, a tradesman builder leading the bricklaying team
This picture were taken in Over March 2 as the external brick
walls and stone detailing are laid by FSMR members stion
build project team
At this point,
the old canopy roof was still in place but was removed in May 07 to allow the
final brick courses to be built to roof height. All this cladding is to renewed
and profiled into the new structure as part of the project
Taken in Mid Feb
2008, the roof structure is now taking shape ready for felting and then the
slates to be laid
The distinct
During the first
May BH weekend 2008, the roofers moved in and put the slate roof on
At the same time,
FSMR members removed the remaining track canopy sheeting in order to allow
refurbishment and raising of the RSJ supports in
preparation for the new steel sheeting.
As of June, our
resident electricians have completed internal wiring and the walls and ceilings
are plastered. External doors to be fitted, floor screeded
and internal fitting out to complete
The project is
now moving at pace through summer 2008 and is likely to be fully complete by
the end of the summer
The majority of
the materials have been donated by various companies, for which the whole FSMR
are indebted
The companies
that have donated towards the station so far are:
Supplier
of new Station roofing slates
Supplier
steel sheeting work for the station canopy renewal
Supplier
of the new station bricks
Supplier
of the fast flooring “beam and block” solution for the new station
Supplier
of insulated blocks for the new station internal walls
Consolidated Manufacturing
Corporation LTD
Suppliers
of architectural corner stone detailing and stooled cills for the new station
More pictures of
work in progress to follow.