Trivia: Most attractive out of London station?

[Ladder23]

I really like the "most attractive station in London" thread, but feel this would be just as if not more interesting to read also!?

Maybe even with some photos?

 

[backontrack]

York:

Edinburgh Waverley:

Glasgow Central:

Carlisle:

and Aberdeen:

are all contenders.

 

[Ladder23]

York yes, great looking station!

 

[backontrack]

York yes, great looking station!

And my favourite - for many reasons.

 

[bnm]

Windsor & Eton Riverside:

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bnm/IMGP0698_1_zps8d0qbw0d.jpg

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bnm/IMGP0700_1_zps5sv9klu3.jpg

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bnm/IMGP0703_1_zpsd4txkft6.jpg

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Huddersfield.

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[Iskra]

Huddersfield.

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Certainly one of the better ones.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Certainly one of the better ones.

That's a brilliant photo of it, you did well to get there before they turned the spotlights on!

 

[Nym]

And my favourite - for many reasons.

Ditto, for what was above at least.

 

[RichmondCommu]

Dent station. Whilst it still looks a lonely place without the signal box at least the Station Masters house is now occupied. On a nice day the whole station looks beautiful.

 

[Harbornite]

Birmingham New Street, hands down.

Nah, I'd say the most attractive stations I've been to are Worcester Shrub Hill

York

And Bristol Temple Meads.

I also think Leamington Spa is quite photogenic.

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York:

Edinburgh Waverley:


Glasgow Central:


Carlisle:

and Aberdeen:

are all contenders.

Some good contenders there, I definitely want to go back to Edinburgh Waverley and spend a decent amount of time there.

 

[Ladder23]

I quite like my local, Leagrave!

 

[Mutant Lemming]

http://www.train-photos.com/picture/number14371.asp

http://www.train-photos.net/picture/show/22024/Liverpool-Lime-Street

 

[Philip Phlopp]

Rennie Mackintosh's railway terminus. That's possibly because it only exists in model form, and remains in the eye of the beholder exactly as Rennie Mackintosh intended - i.e it never succumbed to British Rail's brutalist loving architects.

I'm firmly of the opinion a massive opportunity has been missed by not using the frontage for the new Glasgow Queen Street station, but sadly B&Q had a massive greenhouse on sale and it will be bolted on to the trainshed instead.

 

[TheEdge]

The remarkably good looking Norwich

 

[Gathursty]

As much as I am tempted to pick a random halt with a stunning good landscape to back it up, it has to be St Pancras with Wemyss Bay being a close second.

 

[swt_passenger]

As much as I am tempted to pick a random halt with a stunning good landscape to back it up, it has to be St Pancras with Wemyss Bay being a close second.

I think that St Pancras is still in London, hence the other thread.

Meanwhile, I'd add Newcastle Central.

 

[backontrack]

Huddersfield.

How on earth did I miss that out?

 

[Gutfright]

Singer station...Phwoar...Just look at that stunner...

 

[All Line Rover]

I'm going by architecturally attractive and ignoring the facilities available to passengers.

Quite keen on Preston, myself. Nothing spectacular externally but rather grand internally.

But while this is a non-London thread, St Pancras remains my favourite by far.

 

[me123]

To me, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley have to be up there. Have to strongly disagree wth the suggestion of Aberdeen - perhaps grand in its day, I genuinely dislike traveling through Aberdeen station, which has a feeling of being drab, dated and generally quite an unpleasant station to travel through. You exit either into a new shopping centre, a dank alley with syringes leading to an old shopping centre, or the worlds most dismal car park.

Looking outwith Scotland, I'll give my points to York and Newcastle.

 

[Antman]

Another vote for York, even people who have no interest in the railway can't fail to be impressed.

 

[racklam]

+1 for York.

I've always liked Hull with its arches, and with the redeveloped entrance.

 

[Requeststop]

Having travelled over most of the UK rail system I have to say that the most attractive station outside of London is by far Weymess Bay.

Also, and I am biased, but I still like the smallness and design and layout of St Erth. I also like Troon when I visited earlier this year.

 

[Clip]

Newcastle.


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[CaptainHaddock]

I'm a bit of a traditionalist so favour old-fashioned rural stations that haven't succumbed to those dreadful metal and glass waiting shelters. My favourites are;

Stamford

Grange-over-Sands

Acle

 

[Ladder23]

Grange over sands looks lovely! Thanks for sharing.

 

[matchmaker]

Stirling was nice until they built that God-awful footbridge.

 

[TheEdge]

Always the somewhat over the top Shrewsbury

 

[DarloRich]

Any North Eastern Railway train shed station for a large station

Small station i would allow Grange over Sands or Acle. I also like the MR stations on the S&C

Huddersfield.

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Perhaps for the exterior but not the interior
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Having travelled over most of the UK rail system I have to say that the most attractive station outside of London is by far Weymess Bay.

immediately outside is basically a turning circle for the ferry! The rotunda thing and the buildings are superb mind