Best view from a station platform

[W230]

I quite like that.

I really like it. Yes it's industrial but it's still interesting.

I like the view from Nunhead.

Also a very good view of London and probably a far less common place to be sightseeing.

I also see it every day, so that probably doesn't help matters.

That's the problem for the commuters out there!

 

[nag67]

I would suggest Montrose, looking west at about sunset, over the mudflats of the Basin with the tide out.

At this time of year, it is accompanied by the sight and sound of migrating geese.

 

[Gathursty]

You may giggle but I actually like East Midlands Parkway's scenery. The power plant is very imposing!

 

[fowler9]

You may giggle but I actually like East Midlands Parkway's scenery. The power plant is very imposing!

Nothing wrong with that. I remember the first time I got a train from Middlesbrough out to Redcar and I was very impressed with the industrial landscape.

 

[Buttsy]

Nothing wrong with that. I remember the first time I got a train from Middlesbrough out to Redcar and I was very impressed with the industrial landscape.

The industrial landscape around the Tees at night was Ridley Scott's inspiration for the start of Blade Runner. Ridley is a smog-monster, so not surprising really.

 

[fowler9]

The industrial landscape around the Tees at night was Ridley Scott's inspiration for the start of Blade Runner. Ridley is a smog-monster, so not surprising really.

I thought I had read that somewhere before, as you say Ridley Scott is from around that way so I can understand the inspiration. I used to love coming home from days out with the family around the Weston Point Expressway by Runcorn after dark. That ICI plant is very impressive.

 

[W230]

You may giggle but I actually like East Midlands Parkway's scenery. The power plant is very imposing!

As you power on through the list of British stations, which is your favourite (for the view not the pies)?

 

[Eagle]

You may giggle but I actually like East Midlands Parkway's scenery. The power plant is very imposing!

And there are no passengers on the platform to impede your view...

 

[fowler9]

I quite like Corrour. Its been in a film as well! Well, just down the footpath was in the film Trainspotting.

 

[Gathursty]

As you power on through the list of British stations, which is your favourite (for the view not the pies)?

Bear in mind I've not yet gone beyond the M3-M25-M4-River Thames line, my opinion may change as time goes by but my favourite view is from Achnasheen or from a couple of metres from the station, Barrow Haven (for the Humber Bridge).

 

[bAzTNM]

I must be the only one that likes the view from Platform 1 of Crosshill Station in Glasgow. Lovely.

Bowling is another one.

 

[ANDYS]

My favourites:-
1. Edale or Bamford on the Hope Valley Line. Stunning views and, in the case of Edale, right next door to a decent pub.
2. Lelant, Carbis Bay and St.Ives on the branch line from St.Erth. Beautiful whatever the weather and time of year.

Andy S

 

[Spaceflower]

Some of the west Cumbrian stations.

 

[RichmondCommu]

My favourites:-
1. Edale or Bamford on the Hope Valley Line. Stunning views and, in the case of Edale, right next door to a decent pub.
Andy S

I concur but the pub up the lane (the Nags Head) is much nicer. Spot on when you come off Kinder having run out of water.

 

[gnolife]

I think Knaresborough is a pretty good one, if you stand at the Leeds end of the York Platform, looking towards Leeds.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Wemyss Bay (or any of the Clyde coastal stations).
Oban (view across to Mull).
Whitby.
Any of the Cambrian coastal stations (views across to the Lleyn peninsula).
Colwyn Bay had a good view until BR bricked off the northern platform.
Sheffield is pretty good too.

Warrington Bank Quay has a fantastic industrial view westwards and that je ne sais quoi aroma of expensive cosmetics (ie soap ).

 

[trentside]

I was quite impressed by Blaenau Ffestiniog when I was there earlier in the year, quite a unique landscape. When it comes to urban landscapes I quite liked Battersea Park, and for pure railway views I think Clapham Junction takes some beating. I've also got to agree about Blackfriars - though it was freezing cold over the river when I was there last December.

 

[sheff1]

Sheffield is pretty good too.

Clearly I have been missing something for all these years. Whereabouts should I be standing to take in the view?

 

[davetheguard]

Clearly I have been missing something for all these years. Whereabouts should I be standing to take in the view?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has not been able to see the view from inside a cutting.....

However, the view of trains is not bad; I particularly like seeing them from inside the Sheffield Tap pub!

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Clearly I have been missing something for all these years. Whereabouts should I be standing to take in the view?

I just think the sandstone frontage is splendid, plus all that cascading water.
Much better than most grimy forecourts.
And better than, say, Leeds, despite all the money spent there.

 

[EssexGonzo]

Dawlish is quite nice.

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[Starmill]

Dovey Junction is impressive I think. Just an example from Geograph:

Enjoyed this quote too:

When I told the train conductor that I wished to get off at Dovey Junction, his response was "Are you sure?".

 

[SemaphoreSam]

Every time I pass through (as a tourist), I try to stop for up to an hour at Durham...beautiful setting overlooking the city and the viaduct, with the park area rising above the station with even more spectacular views. Sam

 

[sheff1]

I just think the sandstone frontage is splendid, plus all that cascading water.

but you can't see that from any of the platforms.

 

[davetheguard]

Rannoch?

 

[Gathursty]

From the south east and London, I'd say that Cooden Beach, Swale, Amberley and Barnes Bridge come out on top.

 

[nowananorack]

Perhaps slightly biased, but every so often I'm staggered by the views from Pont Croesor (on the Welsh Highland Railway) and Tanygrisiau (on the Ffestiniog)...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/petesykes/6905272174/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7541633@N08/5771511639/lightbox/

I'll allow you to be biased

How about this one from the WHR at Caernarfon or Tanygrisiau station viewed from the other end of the reservoir

 

[Strathclyder]

A few of my favorites:
Dalmuir: The Anniesland platforms offer good, distant views looking in the direction of Singer.
Maxwell Park: A downsized version of Gleneages in the suburbs of Glasgow. Also has some splendid tenements in full view.
Kennishead: This might not appeal to everyone, but the sight of five 22 story tower blocks looming over the station never fails to impose.
Glasgow Central: Platform 11 is the best vantage point to watch the comings & goings, of which there is no shortage. The architecture is a definite bonus.
Corrour: Need anything be said?
Dalmany: Spectacular views of the Forth Rail Bridge make this one a winner in my book.
That's all for now.

 

[rugbymidland]

Lymington Pier ?

 

[fowler9]

A few of my favorites:
Dalmuir: The Anniesland platforms offer good, distant views looking in the direction of Singer.
Maxwell Park: A downsized version of Gleneages in the suburbs of Glasgow. Also has some splendid tenements in full view.
Kennishead: This might not appeal to everyone, but the sight of five 22 story tower blocks looming over the station never fails to impose.
Glasgow Central: Platform 11 is the best vantage point to watch the comings & goings, of which there is no shortage. The architecture is a definite bonus.
Corrour: Need anything be said?
Dalmany: Spectacular views of the Forth Rail Bridge make this one a winner in my book.
That's all for now.

Corrour is ace, and surely not many people change trains there, or maybe they do like I did back in the day. Ha ha.