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I’d say platform three is best for viewing, if your interest is freight. Freight is normally booked for the through roads, and you’ll have the best view from there.
You sometimes get demic units in the sidings just off platform seven, along with the occasional 230 parked up there if that’s your interest.
I’d also recommend the short run to Crewe and back, sitting on the right to Crewe and on the left to Chester, as you pass Crewe electric depot, where you can see stored stored 90s in varying states of disrepair.
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I would suggest the west end of either Platform 3 or 4, but you will need an occasional walk to the east end to see trains terminating in the bay platforms at that end. No single location will let you see everything.
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Hope you're not going to spend your entire time at the station! (although obviously it's your choice!)
Having just come back from a weekend in Chester, I can recommend a walk around the city walls, very pleasant. That also has some railway interest as the railway cuts through the corner of the walls, isolating a corner tower (those Victorian vandals!). It's now linked with bridges so you can still do the complete 'wall walk'.
Very pleasant riverside walk available too, and don't miss the Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway - I believe they bring out a steam loco on special occasions.
I haven't calculated the price-per-mile, but £14.80 for an anytime single (cheapest option) for this journey (which I had to make as part of my trip home) seemed high for a 20-minute ride in an elderly DMU - but I don't really understand ticket pricing. I was sitting on the other side so I could catch a glimpse of the APT-P
Having just come back from a weekend in Chester, I can recommend a walk around the city walls, very pleasant. That also has some railway interest as the railway cuts through the corner of the walls, isolating a corner tower (those Victorian vandals!). It's now linked with bridges so you can still do the complete 'wall walk'.
Very pleasant riverside walk available too, and don't miss the Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway - I believe they bring out a steam loco on special occasions.
I haven't calculated the price-per-mile, but £14.80 for an anytime single (cheapest option) for this journey (which I had to make as part of my trip home) seemed high for a 20-minute ride in an elderly DMU - but I don't really understand ticket pricing. I was sitting on the other side so I could catch a glimpse of the APT-P
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I haven't calculated the price-per-mile, but £14.80 for an anytime single (cheapest option) for this journey (which I had to make as part of my trip home) seemed high for a 20-minute ride in an elderly DMU - but I don't really understand ticket pricing. I was sitting on the other side so I could catch a glimpse of the APT-P
The alternative is abysmal - winding roads with constant speed limits through small villages and traffic jams that can extend the journey time up to 90 minutes. Rail has (and always has had) a captive market on this route.
Strat-tastic
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If you like curry, I can highly recommend the Coconut Grove, out the station 5 mins up the road just past the Premier Inn.
Statto
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If you fancy the bus, i would recommend catching the 22 Chester to West Kirby, takes around 85 minutes end to end, but is quite scenic route some journey's through Willaston, then Neston, Parkgate & Heswall, best part of the route is around Parkgate, here's the timetable
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A walk round the City Walls is highly recommended, some excellent pubs in Chester too after you have spent some time at the station/watching the trains! Also the Zoo is superb if you are there for a couple of days, well worth a few hours of your time.
70p/mile is a bit steep. A return is only 20p more though.I haven't calculated the price-per-mile, but £14.80 for an anytime single (cheapest option) for this journey (which I had to make as part of my trip home) seemed high for a 20-minute ride in an elderly DMU - but I don't really understand ticket pricing. I was sitting on the other side so I could catch a glimpse of the APT-P
childwallblues
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When you go it is likely still to be solid 507/508 operation.
As far as location is concerned my choice is P4/7. With the PIS to hand you can cover most movements and Platforms 1 to 3 are visible. At the far side of the yard there are stored 175s and there is quite a bit of movement of new 197s. When I was there two weeks ago a pair of 153s came off the depot and went north through the station.If you are after the 230s you are likely to find most on Merseyrails Birkenhead North EMU Depot were they are based.
John Luxton
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If going through Parkgate on the bus worth breaking your journey as its an interesting historic former port and featured in a recent BBC Villages By the Sea.
Villages by the Sea - Series 3: Parkgate
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores Parkgate on the estuary of the River Dee in Cheshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
There are several pubs, restaurants and an above average Fish and Chip Shop there as well as a couple of home made ice cream outlets.
One could also walk part of the Wirral Way on the former GWR/LMS Joint branch line which runs up the Wirral Coast to West Kirby.
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