From 18-23 April 1977 , Cowbit Up goods loop was the location of an episode of BBC Television 's '' Life at Risk '' series . British Railways Standard Corridor Nos . W26121 and E24620 , together with Brake Standard Corridor No . E35256 , were repainted on one side in the colours of a Netherlands Railways commuter train to carry out a re-enactment of the 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis . Two Class 31 diesel-electrics from March depot provided the motive power . The station buildings all survive in private ownership , the main station building has now been fully renovated , and work on converting the signal box ( owned separately from the main building ) into a private house has been ongoing for some years . Many of the signs from the building and box survive in private ownership . The former waiting shelter on the platform opposite the main station building has been converted into a dog grooming parlour trading under the name of " Paws at the Station "
1975 Dutch train hostage crisis
1975 Dutch train hostage crisis
Cowbit railway station