点评:Oh dear!
This site has so much potential, but an obvious lack of money and, I suspect volunteers, mean that rather improving, this "attraction" seems to be going backwards. Too little jam spread much too thinly!
We used to bring our children here years ago but the site is in a much worse condition than it was 20 years ago - so much so that I don't think we will be returning any time soon.
A very large and expansive site but with stony paths so likely not push-chair or wheelchair friendly. On our last visit, the car park had more potholes than Sheffield's roads - more like the surface of the Moon.
The signal box, if open, is fascinating and the Matthew Kirtley Museum (also if open) is worth a look - but it isn't really an 'engaging' experience as you would find at other museums. Expect rows and rows of locomotives and rolling stock in various conditions from locomotives that look like they could be in running order to mere timber skeletons of historic railway carriages.
The overall impression of the Swanwick Junction site and the railway in general is of neglect and a desperate shortage of funds.
It is a great shame when you see what the likes of the Keighley and Worth Valley, The North Yorkshire Moors, The Severn Valley line and the Great Central can do.
Briefly VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTING and the reviews here seem to support this. Out of 445 reviews, 56 (or 12.5%, 1 in 8) are "Terrible", 47 (or 10.5%, 1 in 10) are "Poor" and 69 (or 15.5%, 1 in 6) are "Average". That's 172 (or nearly 39%, 2 in 5) are aveage, poor or terrible!
翻译:哎呀!
这个地方潜力巨大,但显然资金短缺,而且我怀疑志愿者也不够,导致这个“景点”非但没有改善,反而似乎在走下坡路。资源太少,资源分配太不合理!
几年前我们常带孩子来这里,但现在这里的情况比20年前糟糕得多——糟糕到我们短期内都不会再来了。
这里面积很大,但路面都是碎石路,可能不太适合婴儿车或轮椅通行。我们上次来的时候,停车场坑坑洼洼的,比谢菲尔德的公路还多——简直像月球表面一样。
信号塔如果开放的话,非常值得一看;马修·柯特利博物馆(如果开放的话)也值得一看——但它不像其他博物馆那样能让人“沉浸其中”。预计会看到一排排状况各异的机车和车辆,从看起来还能运行的机车到只剩下历史铁路车厢木骨架的残骸,应有尽有。
斯旺威克枢纽站以及整条铁路给人的总体印象是疏于维护,资金严重短缺。
看看基斯利和沃斯谷铁路、北约克郡沼泽铁路、塞文河谷铁路以及大中央铁路的运营状况,你会觉得这里的情况非常糟糕。
简而言之,非常非常令人失望,这里的评论似乎也印证了这一点。在445条评论中,56条(占12.5%,即八分之一)被评为“糟糕”,47条(占10.5%,即十分之一)被评为“差”,69条(占15.5%,即六分之一)被评为“一般”。其中 172 个(或近 39%,即 2/5)处于平均水平、较差或非常差的程度!