Granny traffickers?!A couple of good Turkish food shops and a bakery that does amazing fresh nans to take away though - and the station is bang in the middle of the shopping street.
Granny traffickers?!A couple of good Turkish food shops and a bakery that does amazing fresh nans to take away though - and the station is bang in the middle of the shopping street.
But they aren't at the end of a route? I guess you misread the question...Passing Pokesdown and the cutting just before Bournemouth station are both very drab and gloomy.
Of the Kent Coast stations I think Margate is perhaps the nicest 'main' one. Ramsgate does have a feel of an important railway hub though, but Dover Priory could certainly do with some work, as it sort of just feels like an intermediate stopping point.
I have also thought this about Weymouth, especially if you contrast with other main-line ends nearby such as Exeter or Brighton (even Portsmouth & Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour feel a little bit more important). However the atmosphere is pleasant on a sunny day.
Weymouth's station building always gives me the feeling of a 1970s leisure centre. If they're still there, the platform canopies with the glass roofs are quite nice, although they could do with a clean and a repaint.
Epsom Downs is quite odd and underwhelming. Given that it's just within the oyster zones, and bears the name of a fairly significant town, it's a single track unstaffed platform tucked behind a housing estate.
While Portsmouth Harbour station itself may be somewhat underwhelming, I wouldn't agree that you can't see anything from it. Straight across from the entrance is the magnificent sailing vessel HMS Warrior.... and from the bufferstop ends of the platforms you can watch the hustle and bustle of the Gosport and Isle of Wight ferries and the never-ending maritime traffic entering and leaving the harbour - everything from major warships, submarines and car ferries to yachts, motor launches and fishing boats.Portsmouth Harbour. A high level station where you can't see anything from the station, It's exposed and feels empty.
Littlehampton has three routes focused on it, but seems quite pedestrian.
There used to be a sign outside for "The Hard Interchange". Which I thought didn't say much for local transport integration.While Portsmouth Harbour station itself may be somewhat underwhelming, I wouldn't agree that you can't see anything from it. Straight across from the entrance is the magnificent sailing vessel HMS Warrior.... and from the bufferstop ends of the platforms you can watch the hustle and bustle of the Gosport and Isle of Wight ferries and the never-ending maritime traffic entering and leaving the harbour - everything from major warships, submarines and car ferries to yachts, motor launches and fishing boats.
I've always found Bognor Regis to be more of an impressive station down that way, but Littlehampton to be a bit under-facilitated considering it is of equal importance.But the ends of the platforms are interesting boasting semaphore signals and a working signal box
But I expect the average person doesn't notice these
But the ends of the platforms are interesting boasting semaphore signals and a working signal box
But I expect the average person doesn't notice these
I've always found Bognor Regis to be more of an impressive station down that way, but Littlehampton to be a bit under-facilitated considering it is of equal importance.
West Croydon is certainly not as impressive as the other main Croydon station but it never feels lonely or isolated, and is right near a (worryingly) cheap chicken shop and the bus station cafe which sells some impressive cake, and back in sixth form that was a heavenly combination for me!
It's at the end of the Cross-Country Trains route from Manchester...But they aren't at the end of a route? I guess you misread the question...
I still don’t think there’s much wrong with Bournemouth station itself, which seemed to be the original question...It's at the end of the Cross-Country Trains route from Manchester...
Enfield Town, boring station, boring town.
The old Promenade station looks as though it would've been slightly more fitting. What's even more interesting for me to find out is the line used to be electrified! Certainly a fall from grace if there ever was one.Has no-one mentioned Morecambe yet? Another facility-less small station with a few indoor seats in the booking hall (haha), which closes around midday I think. A flower tub and a small shelter on the platform. Thankfully Morrisons is a couple of minutes walk and they do have toilets!
Edit: My apologies, yorksrob mentioned Morecambe on page 1. Wonder why it didn't come up in "search this thread". Perhaps because it was written as "Morecambe's".
Exmouth isn't that great, no facilities except a small waiting area with not very many seats, and the toilets down the passage by M&S were closed in the summer (possibly due to the pandemic, hopefully not permanently).
Talking of toilets, are there any nearby Weymouth station if they haven't re-opened the station ones? I haven't been over to the retail park so hopefully there's suitable conveniences there if need be.
It was a through station, sounds like they've not altered the track layout since.Paignton station always feels fairly depressing, compared to the attractive stations at Torquay, Newton Abbott and Exeter St D. I also really don't understand its track layout - a terminus station with two platforms, but one only able to accommodate arrivals feels like an awful loss of flexibility for a saving of a couple of sets of points. It's also fairly odd being a terminus station without buffers, as the track carries on to the sidings
It was actually the direct line from Lancaster Green Ayre that was electrified in an early experimental setup.The old Promenade station looks as though it would've been slightly more fitting. What's even more interesting for me to find out is the line used to be electrified! Certainly a fall from grace if there ever was one.
Never been to either, but what are Abbey Wood and Shenfield like as destinations for Crossrail?
True, though there have presumably been a lot of track alterations to allow the steam railway to run on (mainly?) segregated tracks, and for them to have their own platform, so presumably there were also changes needed on the BR side as well.It was a through station, sounds like they've not altered the track layout since.