Ted172
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Weymouth really needs a refurb. Looks really grubby and also very poor building for a terminus at the end of the South Western Mainline. The facilities are not good either.
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but that would not have made a shed load of cash for Network Rail and the developers. New St wasn't about rail passengers, it was about retail income
Another shout for both Perth and Fort William.
Ideally both would be rebuilt. Perth needs rationalised - it feels very disjointed and as mentioned up thread it is dark and dingy.
Fort William was rebuilt in the 70s and looks it. It could do with being a bit bigger, with more seating / circulation space.
Ideally both would be rebuilt. Perth needs rationalised - it feels very disjointed and as mentioned up thread it is dark and dingy.
Fort William was rebuilt in the 70s and looks it. It could do with being a bit bigger, with more seating / circulation space.
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London Euston, a grotty and poorly designed station that isn't fit for purpose as a 21st century London terminus. Constant stampedes with conflicting movements from people coming onto and off trains. It isn't aesthetically pleasing and can be incredibly slow to board a train at times.
Well, the original plan for HS2 was a much needed total rebuild of Euston but due to budget cuts it is still going to get a refurb but a much more limited one.
I've always had a spot spot for Temple Meads as I spent a lot of time passing through when I was a student in the city but I was recently back for the first time in years and it really is showing signs of neglect especially when you consider the big improvements to other major stations on the network.
I always find it fascinating people go on about London Euston but never seem to mention St Pancras, Broad Street, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, etc., all of which have been altered beyond recognition since the Victorian era. Even King's Cross has only recently lost its 1970s extension.
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Barnsley: Drab and cold ...and yes, I am referring to the station.
Batley: could be a nice station with some TLC but it is instead semi-ruined internally. The platforms are okay though.
Meadowhall: I find it messy and cramped to use for the number of people it serves and it reminds me of the old 'kop' style football stands with all the uncovered steps outside built into the bankings. The covered walkways are too narrow.
Batley: could be a nice station with some TLC but it is instead semi-ruined internally. The platforms are okay though.
Meadowhall: I find it messy and cramped to use for the number of people it serves and it reminds me of the old 'kop' style football stands with all the uncovered steps outside built into the bankings. The covered walkways are too narrow.
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You’re certainly right about Broad Street having changed. I think you mean Liverpool Street. The main difference between Euston and the others you mention is Euston is largely an InterCity route station with some other services and the others are mainly localish service stations with some longer distance services. Therefore, a lot of people will spend more time at Euston than the others as people on longer journeys are going to get to the station earlier, and waiting at Euston for 30 – 40 minutes is a pretty depressing experience. That’s before you get kettled into the funnels for a ticket inspection.
At Charing Cross, the hotel still provides a beautiful frontage, and the concourse is still nice and airey.
And in my imaginings, it will always be full of lovely slammers.
satisnek
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Euston, as built, had a spacious, airy concourse with lots of natural light. You can blame Network Rail for the purgatory that it is today.
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Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Piccadilly platforms 13 and 14. Way too many trains on only a double track.
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When did you last catch a train at Broad Street?
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Or Fenchurch Street. No way could it be said Liverpool Street has changed little since the Victorian era. It's been nothing like it since the late 1980s & has recently undergone more transformation with the relocation of the booking office.
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When Halifax was last referbished, both doors worked but over time some of the locals have forced the door open and again has busted the doors mechanism. It'd be pointless repairing it until platform three gets built and the entire station gets rebuilt into an interchange, at least they'd be a proper waiting room then.
Personally I would say it was far more important to refurbish and re-glaze the canopies than paint over a small pink line....
I suppose to be fair, Broad Street station has indeed deteriorated greatly since the days when its train shed was complete.
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Indeed, has Hertford North had its canopy re-glazed as that was needed back in 2006 so doubt any work has been done.
But yes you’re quite right, far better to ensure glazing is of acceptable standards then worry about a pink line, after all if that line was so much of a big deal then wouldn’t all the ticket machines with FCC branding be done by now?
I'm not familiar with Liverpool Street. I do mean Broad Street, which has been altered from a fairly large terminus to an office block with no rail connection.
mm333
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I recently walked from Seascale to Sellafield and caught the train there. The entire station is rusty, dirty and decrepit. But given, I presume, that the vast majority of its users work at the nuclear facilities, I don't think the ROI on improving it would be that great.
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The underground stations on the Great Northern are dismal but I quite like them being that way, it's a strange one.
Seconding Weymouth. It's a terminus in a resort town with nothing to show for it. I understand the lack of room, but it's really disappointing to see Weymouth the way it is. Blackpool North has similar issues, and Bournemouth needs a good clean. Is Skegness still dire? Remember it being decrepit about a decade ago.
Seconding Weymouth. It's a terminus in a resort town with nothing to show for it. I understand the lack of room, but it's really disappointing to see Weymouth the way it is. Blackpool North has similar issues, and Bournemouth needs a good clean. Is Skegness still dire? Remember it being decrepit about a decade ago.
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Is it just me or does that FCC decor now look *so* dated?!
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Agree with the first part of the sentence, not the second.
Another borderline NR/Underground station are the subterranean tunnels between Charing Cross and its Underground station which are very 1970s, and pretty unpleasant really.
I'm going to say Dundee - while the entrance area is on the surface very good, at platform level it's very congested - ay busy times, platform 1 is a right pain to get onto because everyone congregates at the doors. (Side note: I don't think that anyone would miss the rest of Dundee if it got a refurbishment using bulldozers)
Nobody mentioned Gatwick Airport yet? That station is a complete mess. Cramped and dark platforms. Changing between platforms is considerably annoying to/from all the platforms EXCEPT 1 & 2. Why Platform 7 wasn't connected to both bridges still blows my mind.
Lewisham also needs a mention as access is so cramped especially in the morning peak.
Charing X is ugly I think it just needs modernisation and a little cleanse with a new layout maybe.
Lewisham also needs a mention as access is so cramped especially in the morning peak.
Charing X is ugly I think it just needs modernisation and a little cleanse with a new layout maybe.
Not a refurbishment as such, but maybe Feltham Station (my local station) may need to be remodelled, now that the notorious level crossing has closed. Certainly better routes needed to get to Platform 1 from the high street without having to traverse a load of stairs and ramps, maybe utilising the old 1930's entrance which was closed during the last re-model. (I am aware there is a new ramp being constructed on the east side, but that may still be too far)
I lived in wealdstone for all my life until around 10 years ago, and I can tell you it wasnt always like what it is like now. Having visited last weekend, i was truely saddened, it seems like the council no longer gives a damn about it.
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Tring station is pretty underwhelming when compared to some of the other on the line, even if they are making some improvements now. Was quite surprised to find no toilets there, indeed there's the station building has nothing other than a booking office. It's not as if there's anything outside the station either!
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The intermediate stations on the Windermere branch need a bit of TLC, Kendle looked very unloved as I passed today, hardly major stations I know, just an observation.
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Most of the heavy rail underground stations in central Glasgow would benefit greatly from a total and complete refurbishment: Anderston, Charing Cross, Glasgow Central Low Level, Argyle Street & High Street.
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