Calling At St Johns

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Calling At St Johns
Calling At St Johns

Southeastern 'Citybeam' 707 010 calls at St Johns Station with the new towers of Lewisham in the background. These 707s are ex Southwestern Railway cast offs, rewrapped for Southeastern and given a funky name like 'Citybeam'. The seats made headlines in the railway press for being little better than ironing boards and toilets are a non existent. The trains they are replacing, now going to the breakers, had better seats and toilets...

St Johns is one of those stations that I've passed and travelled through thousands of times in my life but never used. Being an island platform it's accessed by a long footbridge from St Johns Vale and the near by St Johns Church. The bridge gives good views towards Lewisham but it's just a shame that unless your a unit fan, every train is the same. The towers in the background didn't exist a few years ago and below them is the once temporary, now permanent rail bridge, the site of one of the worst railway disasters in the UK in 1957.

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Taken on: March 8, 2025
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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ1000, f/3.4, 1/640 sec, 20.2mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ1000
Aperture: f/3.4
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length: 20.2mm
ISO: 125
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Metering Mode: Center-weighted average
White Balance: Auto
Gain Control: Low gain up
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