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Carnforth station in Lancashire,
where Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson met and fell in love in David Lean's classic film Brief
Encounter has been saved from demolition.
Volunteers from the Carnforth Station and Railway Trust have raised �900,000 to restore
the station, with Railtrack contributing a further �500,000.
Although it is currently in a state of disrepair, Trust chairman Peter Yates says:
"We want to get the station as near as possible to the way it looked in the film.It
is such a romantic destination, right on the edge of the Lake District, but the station
itself has fallen into disrepair."
In 1945, when the film was made, the tea room was the scene for much of the romance.
Although it is now boarded up, there are plans to reopen it as a visitor centre, complete
with a cast-iron stove and mahogany counter from the film.
"This could be a major tourist attraction and we think it will bring lots more
people", says Mr Yates. |
 It is hard to find the romance in the derelict station. |
