Whistler40145
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You can see Euxton Balshaw Lane from the Fast Lines.
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Trivia: Stations that can be seen from the train that are not on that route
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DynamicSpirit
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I mentioned Brixton
lol. I guess it's inevitable that I'd miss something on a quick scan of the thread.
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Canary Wharf tube station is visible from the DLR between Heron Quays and Canary Wharf DLR
IanD
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And Walthamstow Queens Road from the Chingford branch.
wensley
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Knottingley on GC services routed via the Askern Branch
ATW Alex 101
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Is St Beaudeux Ferry Road seen from St Beaudux Victoria Road? I went on that line 2 years ago, but can't remember.
Buttsy
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Unfortunately not, both are in cuttings
Buttsy
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Barnhill from a Cumbernauld train?
Cathcart from a Newton via Maxwell Park train?
Aylesbury Vale Parkway on a Quainton Road train.
Oulton Broad North from a Lowestoft train
Cathcart from a Newton via Maxwell Park train?
Aylesbury Vale Parkway on a Quainton Road train.
Oulton Broad North from a Lowestoft train
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Ash Bridge
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On a similar theme, I think you can see Furness Vale Station on the LNW route to Buxton from a train travelling on the former Midland route.
Buttsy
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Strood from a Rochester - Victoria train
Trainfan344
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Surely that should be from an Ipswich train?
Buttsy
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Brockley, on the London Bridge to East Croydon line, actually has its platforms bridged by the Victoria/Peckham to Lewisham line, but it takes two changes and the best part of an hour to get from one level to the other.
Aldgate, on the London Underground Ciccle and Met, must be the nearest "miss", the Hammersmith & City Line junction is right at the north end of the platforms, so much that you could actually step from a westbound H&C train down onto the end of the platform ramp.
Having been up on the roof of the station building at West Kirby we discussed when up there whether you could see, on a clear night, the lights of trains on the North Wales main line at Talacre, although that's not a station. You can certainly see them, and occasionally faintly hear them, from the West Kirby seafront a couple of roads away.
I wonder if, with good binoculars, you can see any part of the Sangatte station structure in France from the line between Folkestone and Dover.
Aldgate, on the London Underground Ciccle and Met, must be the nearest "miss", the Hammersmith & City Line junction is right at the north end of the platforms, so much that you could actually step from a westbound H&C train down onto the end of the platform ramp.
Having been up on the roof of the station building at West Kirby we discussed when up there whether you could see, on a clear night, the lights of trains on the North Wales main line at Talacre, although that's not a station. You can certainly see them, and occasionally faintly hear them, from the West Kirby seafront a couple of roads away.
I wonder if, with good binoculars, you can see any part of the Sangatte station structure in France from the line between Folkestone and Dover.
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61653 HTAFC
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I'd have thought places like Dunbar wouldn't qualify for this topic, as while the platform is on a loop off the mains it is immediately adjacent so is essentially part of the same alignment. Likewise I wouldn't include Levenshulme/Heaton Chapel from fast Manchester-Stockport services. The DC-lines are tricky, though I'd say stations from Euston heading North to Watford High Street would qualify (providing they can be seen from the AC lines!) with the exception of Wembley Central; Harrow & Wealdstone; and Bushey which all are essentially part of the same station and would provide interchange for any services that called on the 'mainline'.
Harbon 1
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Lichfield Trent Valley from between Burton on Trent and Tamworth
dcsprior
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Perhaps stretching the definition slightly, but: Bruntsane from the Edinburgh South Suburban Railway. The reason I say its stretching it is:
- I believe there is only one scheduled passenger service a day on the South Sub - the 2105 Glasgow Central -> Edinburgh Waverley
- The line goes right past/through Bruntsane Station, but there is no way for the train to get to the line alongside the platform without going past the station and reversing
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Not fully mentioned is Wilsden Junction. Even if ignoring the low level part of the station, the higher level can be seen from mainline services and DC/underground services.
If including avoiding stations then there is Didcot but I don't think they should count, given the junction is classed as part of the station for routing and ticketing purposes.
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If including avoiding stations then there is Didcot but I don't think they should count, given the junction is classed as part of the station for routing and ticketing purposes.
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PaulLothian
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I like the trip from Glasgow Central to Newton via the west side of the Cathcart Circle - you go straight past the end of the platform of Cathcart Station, crossing the outer circle at the tip of the platform.
Strathclyder
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You can see Rutherglen from trains on the line out of Glasgow Central High Level.
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On approaching Euston station on a virgin a few years back I remember seeing a 'hole' in the ground with a tube line or something running under it like a tunnel with an opening in the roof to let in light. It was like a big diamond shaped hole with railings around it. Just wondered what this line is that runs though it?
Cherry_Picker
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I've been around all three sides of the triangle at Hatton this week, you can't see the station from the North/West curve which the Stratford via Dorridge trains take. Too many trees in the way.
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Carnforth from they west coast mainline
contrex
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A few I remember... I don't know if vegetation has changed the first two:
Between North Dulwich and Tulse Hill you can see Herne Hill
Between West Norwood and Streatham Hill you can see Tulse Hill
On the way into Victoria (Eastern) you can see Queenstown Road (or Queens Road Battersea as I still think of it)
I don't know if this would count but what about Bethnal Green from a London Liverpool Street-Norwich train?
moogal
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Another Overground one: Dalston Kingsland from the ELL just as you veer off towards Dalston Junction.
You can also see Shadwell Overground from Shadwell DLR (no physical connection between them, just an OSI)
You can also see Shadwell Overground from Shadwell DLR (no physical connection between them, just an OSI)
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