Showcasing public and civic clocks around the world.
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Positioned above the public toilets at Ormskirk bus depot is this simple black and white clock.
Ormskirk bus depot
Often unnoticed by many visitors, this clock is thought to be electrically powered.
Ormskirk bus depot is positioned just off Moor Street / A577.
Buses travel in a clockwise direction around a loop road, with a car park at the centre.
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The bus station in Preston, Lancashire was built in the late 1960′s. The designer was Keith Ingham.
Preston bus station- Guild Hall exit
Local residents are currently discussing how to protect the building following a number of requests over recent years to develop the site.
A website has also been launched dedicated to the preservation of bus station memories and to act as a focal point for the campaign to save Preston’s bus station from demolition.
The clocks appear to have a Swiss style and unusually have an analogue face above a digital clock.
The story, if this is to be believed, is that this was to accommodate the recently introduced decimal 24 hr time system whilst also providing the familiar analogue clock.
Preston Bus Station clock at the town centre exit
The simple black on white analogue clocks also allowed them to be read from some distance, ideal for a busy waiting area.
Reports suggest that when the structure was built it was the largest of it’s kind in the world.
More information
‘A baroque cathedral for buses’ – The Guardian
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Viewed by many thousands of people every day the clocks of the main railway station in Newcastle are simple but informative.
Newcastle railway station - platform 10
Black hands and numerals are mounted onto a white face allowing for maximum contrast.
This clock is positioned at the terminus above platform 10, to the right of the main station entrance.
A number of similar clocks are scattered throughout the platform complex.
It opened in 1850 and is a Grade I listed building.
The railway station is connected to the adjacent underground Central Station Metro station on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
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The Haymarket bus depot is situated close to the shopping area of Newcastle. It has recently, 2004, undergone a £400,000 refurbishment.
Haymarket bus depot clock
The Haymarket bus station was opened in 1997 and replaced the original bus station which had stood on the site since 1930.
Parts of the roof are set to be replaced in early 2011 in a project costing around £1m. This work follows problems with the roof following the earlier renovations.
The Haymarket clock is positioned above the main pedestrian through route, near to the entrance to the Marks and Spencer store.
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Betws-y-Coed railway station is a passenger station on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Betws-y-Coed railway station clock
The clock is to be found at the front of the railway station.
It features the date 2003.
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Ulverston railway station clock
Looking up the approach to Ulverston railway station is the clock featured here.
Ulverston is a market town in south Cumbria.
Built around 1873 Ulverston station was a main station on the Furness line.
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