A Cross Country Voyager approaches Yatton station with the 16:53 Exeter St Davids - Manchester Piccadilly on Wednesday 28th September 2011. An unremarkable sight, given that these trains pass here at least once an hour in each direction, except for the services worked by HSTs. They don't half come through at speed, though. A recorded announcement reminds waiting passengers to stand behind the yellow line, now supplemented by new computer monitors warning that the next train doesn't stop. We can see a couple of interesting GWR artefacts here that enhance the station's character: the splendid rivetted canopy (was it brought here from somewhere else?) and the bench seat sporting its distinctive Art Deco logo. That logo still seems modern to me now, so I think it must have caused a sensation when first unveiled in the 1930s.
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