Best sited stations for town/city centre.

Epsom is two minutes from the Clock Tower in the market-place - as good a measure as any of the town centre. I used to live there and now my nearest town is Dorking, which has three stations, all of which are poorly-sited. Ironically, the least well-served is probably the best-sited - Dorking West!

Manchester Oxford Road and Picc are both very central.

cholsey-choose said:

Manchester Oxford Road and Picc are both very central.

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It depends on where you define the centre of Manchester. Piccaddilly Gardens which is the start of the main shopping area is 4 minutes on the tram from Piccadilly Station and the Town Hall which is a common definition of the centre of a town or city is 12 minutes away on the tram.

DavidGrain said:

It depends on where you define the centre of Manchester. Piccaddilly Gardens which is the start of the main shopping area is 4 minutes on the tram from Piccadilly Station and the Town Hall which is a common definition of the centre of a town or city is 12 minutes away on the tram.

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If you were to class Arndale shopping centre as the main shopping area, then Victoria is more central.

Preston is about 12 minutes from the Harris (although about 1 minute from one of the main city centre shopping centres - going into town we always used to get off the bus at the train station as it was central enough!)

Nottingham about the same from the Council House.

For a decent size town or city it's going to be something hugely disruptive to the city like the old Nottingham Victoria (6 minutes) or a town which grew up around the station isn't it?

Glossop station is right in the town centre.