The station, Hollowmere
Rain, Steam and Speed, J. M. W. Turner, 1844. Public domain. Not a picture of Hollowmere Halt: its own painting is still to come.
Hollowmere
Halt
One platform, one lamp, one bench with a warm end. The Hollowmere & Wychwold Railway begins here, and so does everything else.
Hollowmere Halt is the first stop on the branch line. From here the single track runs to Wenbourne, on to Thornleigh for the Hall, and down to the sea at Wrenmouth.
The waiting room has a stove, and beside it the Hearth & Halt serves tea in thick cups to anyone the 6:40 has kept waiting. The stationmaster’s pocket watch hangs on a hook. A saucer by the door is empty, which means Bramble has been fed and is pretending otherwise.
You hear the train some time before you see it: the beat of the wheels across the valley, then the whistle at the embankment.
- Line
- Hollowmere & Wychwold Railway
- Next stop
- Wenbourne
- Last train up
- The 6:40, usually late
- Station cat
- Bramble
Listen in
Steady rain on the village green, heard from indoors.
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