Trivia; best hotels for rail views?

[Jamesrob637]

I am surprised no one has mentioned the Sidings near York. Quite close to the railway line We have stayed there and it was very nice, apart form the coal train at 3 am.....................

Stayed there 20 years ago when there were still loads of freight including coal trains. Not as many passenger trains, mind you: the passenger frequency at least pre-COVID is pretty impressive on that stretch of line nowadays.

 

[chefchenko]

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

 

[ajrm]

The Hub by Premier Inn at King's Cross has a terrific view of the station throat from some rooms, as I discovered last year:

King's Cross 91s

A scene soon to vanish, very early in the morning of 10 September 2019 at King's Cross. Three LNER liveried Class 91s sit at the tail end of terminating services as they have done ever since the late 1980s. A single Azuma is stabled in platform 3. In the foreground, 91119 has appeared like a...

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[JWK]

Lake-facing rooms at the Hotel Seehof in Zell am See have trains passing just beneath their balconies, as well as very nice lake views. Frequent push-pull local services, a couple of loco-hauled Intercities, freight, plus some very occasional Railjets and ICEs. And if you’re prepared to stay up till some ungodly hour and if it ever runs again, the weekly Moscow-Nice sleeper.

 

[Cambus731]

I'm told the station Guest House in Lancaster has a good view of the trains

 

[raetiamann]

Lake-facing rooms at the Hotel Seehof in Zell am See have trains passing just beneath their balconies, as well as very nice lake views. Frequent push-pull local services, a couple of loco-hauled Intercities, freight, plus some very occasional Railjets and ICEs. And if you’re prepared to stay up till some ungodly hour and if it ever runs again, the weekly Moscow-Nice sleeper.
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Didn't stay there, but I can believe all you say about the views.

 

[morrisobrien]

Have stayed in nearly all of them, and as previously stated about 90% of the hotels in Germany belonging to the InterCity chain have excellent views.Especially if you ask reception for a "room with a view"if they have one available of course.

 

[Huntergreed]

Premier inn at Wembley Park has good views of the met/jubilee as well as the Chiltern mainline out towards Amersham.

Can echo the sentiments about the Harrow (Kenton) premier inn, good/bad night guaranteed (depending on how you intend to use it, of course!)