At its height in the 1930s more than 400 trains passed through the station every day.
"I believe the last train passed by here nearly a week ago, and the next wagons aren't due for days."
In this familiar environment the men quickly began to remember the old calls, and especially so when a train passed by blowing its whistle.
A cable laying train passed through the tunnel on 2 July 1993 - nearly four months after the line was officially closed.
As the train passed through Minsk, the family was able to look up at the prison where their father was being held.
As many as 70 trains passed through Valley Park on any given day.
The facility to pass northbound and southbound trains is used daily.
The first train passed through the new station site on 15 March 2010: a freight service delivering concrete sleepers.
The trains passed through a chasm cut into the parkland of the hill's western flank.
The external design takes into account the minimisation of pressure pulses when passing other trains.