GB 1992 1hr 36mins Dir: Michael Whyte Starring: Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie
After her husband dies, a painter finds solace restoring a derelict railway station
The railway station in the title of this romantic drama is the beautifully remote Cashelnagor station, County Donegal. Regarded as the remotest of all the remote stations on the rural 3ft gauge Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway, Cashelnagor opened in 1903, and is often spelt Cashelnagore on early maps. The lonely single platform lies in the shadow of Errigal Mountain but closed to passengers as early as 1940 with an operating life of just 37 years. It became derelict after closure, but in 2018 was restored to its former glory and is now let as holiday accomodation. Prior to this, however, the main building and waiting room where cosmetically restored for the film, which is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Jennifer Johnston. There is a really interesting scene where Donald Sutherland takes Julie Christie into the restored signal box and talks here through the procedure for the use of the single line staff system complete with bell codes and working block instruments!