VTPreston_Tez
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Bethnal Green to Liverpool Street via Greater Anglia wins for me.
Merseyrail Wirral line Ellesmere Port and Chester branches. Absolutely nothing and just boring. Plain boring, probably the worst line in Britain. The only good bit is passing through the disused Upton-by-Chester station near Bache.
The only good bit is passing through the disused Upton-by-Chester station near Bache.
Bristol Stapleton Road (or is it Lawrence Hill?)
Merseyrail Wirral line Ellesmere Port and Chester branches. Absolutely nothing and just boring. Plain boring, probably the worst line in Britain.
Most of Merseyrail Northern Line. I'd say Liverpool to Manchester via Chat moss & Warrington, also Liverpool to Wigan via St Helens is not very scenic either.
Manchester to Manchester Airport & Stockport, not too fussy on Leeds to Huddersfield either.
Doncaster - Scunthorpe....
the blooody bus!
Most of Merseyrail Northern Line. I'd say Liverpool to Manchester via Chat moss & Warrington, also Liverpool to Wigan via St Helens is not very scenic either.
Manchester to Manchester Airport & Stockport, not too fussy on Leeds to Huddersfield either.
most of the east coast main line, its not horrible but very uninspireing scenery.
Disagree strongly with both of these. Peterborough to Lincoln is great, when the sun is out and the fields are full of tulips and misty hills can be seen looking west it is like being on holiday :P
Ipswich to Cambridge is really pretty I think, it is hilly for East Anglia, and is pretty for quite a lot of it's length. Crossing Newmarket Heath is certainly nice. The rolling stock situation is much improved, with almost all services being worked by 170s, which GA keep MUCH cleaner than NXEA ever did. This line is certainly prettier than the East Suffolk line.
Adam
The first few miles from Chester toward North Wales (once you're out of the city itself) is pretty grim! Tatty industrial estates, burnt out cars and general air of dereliction.
Have had to reassure American tourists more than once that - yes, they are on the right train!
To me it's Liverpool St -Tottenham Hale, but not just because of the 'scenery,' because of how slow the speeds are as that just makes it worse
Having spent a lot of time travelling around south London in recent months, I found little of merit on the loop services through Slade Green via Sidcup - the route through Bexleyheath had a couple of interesting sections, but I can't say I really enjoyed them.
I think the Waterloo-Reading line is rather under-rated in scenic terms, but the stretch between Feltham and Staines is hideous in a similar way, with burnt-out vehicles and discarded old fridges seemingly behind every bush!