Shortly after LMS 45379 arrived at Ropley, the "down" train led by Southern Railway Schools Class number 925, Cheltenham, stopped to entrain and detrain passengers. The grassy picnic area and tables behind the trains contains the footpath paralleling the tracks leading east to the Handyside footbridge and the Carriage Works. The roof and end of the newly awarded waiting shelter at Platform 1 is also visible above the carriages. Ropley Station's familiar topiary shrubs line Platform 2.