SideTracked - Burton On Trent Traditional Cache
SideTracked - Burton On Trent
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Access to the station is from the bridge on Borough Road that crosses the railway line.
At road level, there is a small car park, a taxi rank/shop and the entrance to the station, which contains the ticket office.
In order to reach the two platforms (Platform One is for Derby, Nottingham, London and the North, Platform Two is for Tamworth, Birmingham and the South), one must descend a broad staircase, one of the few remaining parts of the old station, which was all but demolished in the early 1970s.
Only a single building now stands at platform level (indeed, Burton is an island station, where the tracks run around a single platform), and this building incorporates a waiting room, toilets and a despatcher's office.
It has been proposed in the past that the line between Burton and Leicester, known as the Ivanhoe Line, be reopened for passenger use. However, there are no current plans for this, and it is unlikely in the short-term.
The cache is not on the platform. It's a quick cache and dash by car, or a quick jump up the stairs from the platform.
It's not in the car park directly outside the station, it's the main car park across the road and down some steps. You can park right next to the cache if required, but do it in less busy times to avoid the car park charge. Free street parking is available 2 minutes walk away.
Cache is a 35mm film container, containing log and small pencil.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vg'f oruvaq naq nobir n cnl naq qvfcynl znpuvar.