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Station Platform (Bottom)

The station platform was a large rectangular area stretching about 50m in length and 10m in width. Dominating the room were a number of railway engines that were lined up end to end along the railway track that ran through the center of the station.

Situated around the platform area were a couple of other smaller engines, display cabinets and oddities. There were also a couple of areas which could be entered by people.

At the bottom end of the platform where two areas that seemed to draw people to. Firstly, there was an original passenger carriage that we could enter and sit in. It consisted of 4 long benches that ran the entire width of the carriage and inside it was, surprisingly, pitch black.

Another area that seemd to draw people was a stairway and footbridge that crossed over the railway tracks and allowed access from one side of the platfrom to the other.

Group 1 Report : Kris Sharon Carl Sue Jay

Again, we were split into the 2 groups for the first part of the vigil in this location. Sharon and Carl found a nice quiet area in the corner of station, while Sue, Jay and Kris took a comfy seat in an original passenger carriage that dated to the 1800s.

Sharon, whilst calling out, got the name George and both Carl and Sharon heard a few noises which sounded like clicks in response to their requests.

In the carriage after a period of sitting silent and then a short period of calling out: Sue, Jay and Kris then began to hear small taps coming from a corner of the carriage. After a while of sitting, Sue reported that she could see a man sitting in the corner from where the noises were evident.

Sharon and Carl joined the others and confirmed that the noises where coming from the corner (they sat nearer the spot).

Sue, Jay and Kris then left the carriage and took a place on the public footbridge that spanned the tracks. Each of them had an urge of wanting to jump off onto the tracks below (difficult due to safety restrictions. We later heard that a previous group who had investigated the DRM had had strong impressions that were very similar to our own on that bridge.

Group 2 Report : Mike Andrea Mark Heather David Gemma

We sat in the carriage and could hear a few taps from within. We were then joined by our team medium Chris. He sensed a man standing who was holding a machine, he said he could of been selling tickets or something to do with tickets, maybe a ticket man.

Also there was a woman in her 40's who was sitting she looked pretty. Chris says she was not English, maybe Dutch. He said she was smiling. We stayed here a bit longer but got no other indication that anything or anyone was present.

Group 3 Report : Dave Nikki Jean Sharon Craig

We called out here and had some quiet time as well. Sharon got a cold spot at the steel gates. Nikki got the name Jack next to the Ticket office. The name Jack keeps coming to Nikki.

We tried our own small seance and kept getting the name Jack and something to do with a fire. Jean also felt very hot. Nikki asked Jack to make a noise, Sharon heard three steps down the stairs.

We felt lots of people had died. Jack said to Nikki he was the Ticket Man. He yelled Jack angrily in Nikki's Face. It felt like he was stood near the Ticket office in a navy blazer with yellow on and a hat with a peak.

Group 4 Report : Bruce Pam Ian Julie

We decided to walk along the bridge. Pam connected with the name Timothy - he was a young man and also sensed hundreds of soldiers walking around getting of the train. She also sensed there was 7 soldiers standing on the bridge. She got the name Sgt John Porter/Mortimer and she sensed he was a dominant man.

She felt the bridge had been relocated. Pam felt she was getting tapped on her leg, the EMF then went off and gave a high reading. Sgt John, Pam felt had a scar on his face due to wounds, he was just passing through he is not grounded here. We then heard a knocking sound.

Group 5 Report : Danny Kate Ian Paul Andrew

We didn't really get anything at first in this location so we decided to move onto the side room and we did feel some cold spots and one of the guests felt a cold breeze right across his face.

On our way out of the side room we heard the room's door handle been turned but this room was actually locked and there was no one else on the other side. There was no EMF or TEMP drops or rises to note down.