Search results

Pre pandemic there used to be a 23.00 Euston to Piccadilly which ran slow all the way and was set down only at stoke , macc and Stockport , I assume it was some stock movement ??? I used it once after West Ham v macc caraboa cup match

Personally I was delighted with the mk 1 stock on the recent Scarborough trip , comfy seats and opening windows ,and still great on board staff

Dosent castle Cary serve wincanton or is my geography not very good

For many years congleton station has had a rather rundown and unloved appearance yet in the 80s it was manned from first to last train and kept lovingly winning awards iirc. Thankyou for your words regarding the pub next door where I am the chef

Glasgow central is just fab to arrive at it has such atmosphere!!! Also love York, Bristol TM, Paddington and fave little station is castle Cary , hate Euston and new st , also like Stoke - on-Trent with it NS railway architecture

This was the only non stop through stoke - on - Trent early morning i think

Pretty sure the Yorkshireman didn’t reopen after lockdown 1

So many grim lonely stations out there but rugby and it’s fallen importance yet still vast platforms is up there , changing trains at kidsgrove can be grim and my hometown station of congleton is bleak bleak bleak but the fantastic pub the queens is next door

Loughborough used to be like that didn’t it, platforms extend beyond that narrow bridge but out of bounds , all changed now of course with the extensions on the other ends

Travelodge at Macclesfield has good view , not much to see though

Macclesfield on the Manchester bound is very narrow at the ticket office exit where most people congregate, luckily passing trains are slowing for the curve anyway

Ahh Trowbridge my hometown, lovely old gwr buildings demolished in the dead of night I believe ☹️☹️

Most interesting: Highland main line , I love the old stations , aviemore is just stunning , the scenery especially over drumochter best seen while in first class on a HST while having dinner , and the glint of the moray firth as you arrive into Inverness Most nostalgic : Bristol temple meads...

A train I generally try to avoid !!!! It’s the pits

My local station of congleton isn’t the best after dark , it’s very remote being nowhere near town and unmanned past 13.00 , low patronage at night too , females must feel vulnerable,nearby queens head is a friendly gaff to wait for trains though

I can’t imagine many from carstairs itself but maybe from folk in the borders that don’t want to go into Edinburgh??? Eg Peebles

I’ve used it from kidsgrove a few times but it went via Trent valley then , I’d not bother with it now it’s via brum

Last northern stopper from stoke terminates Stockport , I assume to go in the sidings

I’ve always liked the approach’s to Inverness on the HML about 10 minutes out overlooking the moray firth and Kessock bridge in glimpses, then dropping into the city through woodland