GWR pagoda platform shelter
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The archetypal Pagoda Platform Shelter was a distinctively-shaped corrugated iron structure used by passengers waiting at railway stations in Wales and southern England.
Pagoda shelter at Doniford Halt.
Fairford in 1950
Inside the preserved example at Doniford Halt
Didcot Railway Centre
Truthall Halt on the Helston branch was opened on 3 July 1905. The small station, which was located just above the 300 feet contour, served the villages of Trannack and Gwavas, and also Truthall Manor
GWR pagoda platform shelter
…The pagoda shelter could be used for these because of its light weight. A pagoda shelter was typically provided for each platform, as, for example, at Truthall Halt. As the halts where they were used were mostly on single-track lines, there was only one shelter, though Bilson Halt had only one platform with two…
The restored station taken from the road bridge to the South in May 2018.
Truthall Halt in 2017