The Station Cat: A Story of Kindness and Hope

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uk, which helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase, has had some recent improvements, including PlusBus support. He frequented both the pub and the station, where he would be found either in the office or out on the platform overseeing operations.

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This soft kitty certainly deserves lots of furry cuddles and tasty titbits next time you find yourself at the station. Unported, Felix by CatsDogs Photography with permission from Felix the Huddersfield Station Cat Facebook Page. In March 2012, a young female cat appeared at the station and was named Hi-Vis by station staff, who took a liking to the ginger feline.

Yes, you can become friends with Felix on social media and join her fans from all over the world – all 112,000 of them. Local celebrity moggy Hector has been living in Redruth Train Station since 2013 and this sassy whiskered puss attracts lots of attention from commuters and holidaymakers alike. London's underground 'tube' network — longer even than the New York City subway — has had cats at some stations from time to time. We believe Jess reached the ripe old age of 19 and was well loved and cared for by Tracey and Chris in the ticket office as well as all the other staff members who had the pleasure of working in the ticket office alongside Jess. She was enshrined at a nearby Shinto cat shrine as spirit goddess Tama Daimyōjin ( たま大明神) on August 11, 2015.

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A fund inviting donations for the local Cats Protection branch so that other, needy cats might benefit from her passing quickly and handsomely exceeded the target amount. He was provided with a cat-flap in the mess-room door, and stayed for 13 years, making many friends.In the summer of 1994 a group of wild kittens appeared at Brewery Sidings, for which it's thought Marmalade might have been responsible. Hector originally belonged to a family living nearby but soon his love of trains gave him the title of station mascot and with blessing from his human family, he was adopted by station staff. He died the following year aged 13, having been almost literally fed to death, although the actual cause of his death was fluid on the lungs.

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She was very affectionate and often to be found purring and greeting people from her perch on top of one of the Oyster-card readers. In summer 2016 she contracted cat flu and, sadly, as quite an old cat she hadn't the strength to fight it and by late July it was decided best to put her to sleep. There is word around the village that she was poisoned after she left the station on her last evening on Sunday 14 January and that that is what led to her death the next day from sudden kidney failure.

She was fed and looked after by the staff, and the local Cats Protection branch looked after her health needs. The cats are buried together in a favourite spot at the end of Platform 6, where they used to like sunning themselves, and there's a small shrine to their memory. Popular George isn't the only one giving presents, because his large fanbase often bring him toys and treats. Kettering seems to have a stationc at too, and there is a long history of heritage lines having station cats.

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Tiddles was a station cat from an earlier era; he lived at London's busy main-line Paddington station in the 1970s and became very well known to passengers, even boasting his own fan club.MAFS UK viewers SHOCKED after Thomas and Roz engage in X-rated shenanigans during group dinner party: 'He's turned into Mr Grey!