It's a very nice station and tram interchange...just a bit devoid of passengers!
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Bleakest / loneliest mainline station
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It's a very nice station and tram interchange...just a bit devoid of passengers!
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Wakefield Kirkgate is definitely bleak and can be quiet in the evening. The station has looked derelict for years (though it's got better recently) and the area outside the station is very run down too.
Llandudno Junction in the middle of the night was very lonely. I'd bailed off the down overnight train to pick up the up. I was the only person on the station. It was a very windy night and some of the station signs were creaking. The train didn't appear. No smart mobiles or PIS back then. After 20-30 minutes I used a signal post telephone to ask the signaller what was happening. He reassured me that the train was on its way and even told me which platform it would arrive at.
Llandudno Junction in the middle of the night was very lonely. I'd bailed off the down overnight train to pick up the up. I was the only person on the station. It was a very windy night and some of the station signs were creaking. The train didn't appear. No smart mobiles or PIS back then. After 20-30 minutes I used a signal post telephone to ask the signaller what was happening. He reassured me that the train was on its way and even told me which platform it would arrive at.
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Metrolink
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Grimsby Town is quite a bleak station. I visited at the end of 2019. The stations architecture is beautiful and so is the entranceBut on a Sunday afternoon it is very lonely without people - or trains for that matter.
Journeyman
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It's not bad, just quite exposed and windy.
Mcr Warrior
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Does this count as main line?
bramling
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I’d say so, though definitely more in the past than today.
Mordac
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Londonderry used to be a grim hole, I hear the new station is much improved though.
Metrolink
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I would think so, probably pre-COVID as a definite, and there is probably 2/3tph on Mon - Sat.
Agreed.
DorkingMain
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Corby feels pretty desolate. Blasting down the MML to suddenly turn off and terminate on a single platform in the middle of some woods
ChrisC
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Worksop. When the wind blows through the platforms in winter it is absolutely freezing. Not helped when each hour the Robin Hood Line train arrives just a few minutes after the connection to Sheffield has just departed meaning a wait of over 50 minutes in this desolate place.
Good points are it’s a lovely old station which has recently been restored and very good cafe and pub. It’s just the platforms which are desolate to wait on.
Good points are it’s a lovely old station which has recently been restored and very good cafe and pub. It’s just the platforms which are desolate to wait on.
birchesgreen
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Rugeley Trent Valley, while a great spot for watching trains, is rather bleak and open on a cold day.
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Corrected that for you. Up there with Edinburgh Park in Scotland (see post #15) for being rather windswept.
birchesgreen
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I was about to disagree then I tried to remember a time I hadn't been cold thereCorrected that for you. Up there with Edinburgh Park in Scotland (see post #15) for being rather windswept.
Dr Hoo
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Another strange RailUKforums dig at the rapidly growing town of Corby.
It has a much more substantial station building than most single-platform terminating points. There is good bus and taxi interchange as well as car parking and pick-up/drop-off facilities. Presumably most people arriving there actually have somewhere in mind to go on to?
Corby was developed as a 'new town' with relatively low building density and, er, landscaping like trees in the grounds of a college near the station. In normal times there is ready access to facilities in the 'Old Village' or across the main road to a massive supermarket with cafe, etc.
If you are leaving, the fact that the station is a terminus means that the train is usually in the platform for several minutes prior to departure.
Obviously the fact that it is a single platform means that there are no footbridges or subways to negotiate.
All very handy. With the population swelling by around 1,000 per year and the best ever service about to start (half-hourly electric) I am not expecting it to be particularly lonely when I get back to using it regularly.
RobertsN
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Undoubtedly Dovey Junction...
At least give Taffy and his harmonica some credit!
steamybrian
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I nominate Dent on the Settle & Carlisle Line.
I have used the station and waited for a train there . Nice scenery but nothing else....
I have used the station and waited for a train there . Nice scenery but nothing else....
Journeyman
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Certainly has always looked quite grotty. I've always wanted to go there...
Has anyone taken over the station building yet ? It always looked impressive yet very boarded up whenever I went past it.
Journeyman
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I'm guessing it's too remote, and the surroundings too unattractive, to make it worth taking on, either as a business or a house.
A shame in some ways.
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You could always buy it yourself.
D1537
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WBQ was my initial thought as well.
I would nominate Chathill as an immediate winner, but it fails on the 1tph stopping there.
Micheldever and Northallerton are a couple that came to mind.
I would nominate Chathill as an immediate winner, but it fails on the 1tph stopping there.
Micheldever and Northallerton are a couple that came to mind.
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Lancaster is bleak at night. The walk from the city centre to the train station itself is filled with undesirables and despite its close proximity to a bustling nightlife the station itself is lonely as only a few passengers remain waiting for the last train.
During the day it can be bad if there's a 40 minute wait for a train (as is common with the amount of delays and cancellations) and in general isn't a fun place to wait. However it is quite literally night and day in difference given how bad it is after about 7pm!
During the day it can be bad if there's a 40 minute wait for a train (as is common with the amount of delays and cancellations) and in general isn't a fun place to wait. However it is quite literally night and day in difference given how bad it is after about 7pm!
You could always buy it yourself.
Actually, it might make a good second home - assuming it now has a decent train service (most of them went fast to Sandling in my day and ended after the evening rush hour). Don't think I'd want to move away from the North now.
I always find Lancaster to be a pleasant place to wait for a train. It would be nice if the buffet was open a bit later.
GatwickDepress
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Looks like it's home to an auctioneers now, although it still looks quite formidable even when open if Google Streetview is anything to go by!
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Is the Merchants pub not worth a visit if waiting for a train?
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