Unusual amenities at stations

[MotCO]

I've noticed that the waiting room on platform 1 at Orpington now boasts a Brio wooden train set and a dolls house. I'm sure that these are very welcome to keep younger passengers amused.

Are there any other unusual amenities at stations?

 

[Dr Hoo]

I've noticed that the waiting room on platform 1 at Orpington now boasts a Brio wooden train set and a dolls house. I'm sure that these are very welcome to keep younger passengers amused.

Are there any other unusual amenities at stations?

Hope (Derbyshire) has a ticket machine that is unshaded and faces straight into the morning sun. The other morning it kept no fewer than twenty older passengers bemused as they tried and failed to make purchases for the busy first off-peak 09XX services to Manchester and Sheffield.

 

[John Griffiths]

There used to be (and possibly still is) a stuffed dog called Laddie at Wimbledon station, with a collection box for the railway orphanage. Is he still there?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

There used to be (and possibly still is) a stuffed dog called Laddie at Wimbledon station, with a collection box for the railway orphanage. Is he still there?

He's been at the National Railway Museum for about 20 or 25 years now.

 

[John Griffiths]

Thanks, Peter.

<Feels old>

 

[Mag_seven]

I'm sure Berwick Upon Tweed has a waiting room with a selection of books in it. And isn't there some sort of museum in the platform building at Dumbarton Central?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

<Feels old>

So do I... I can remember him in place on the platform with his collections box...

 

[RichT54]

There used to be (and possibly still is) a stuffed dog called Laddie at Wimbledon station, with a collection box for the railway orphanage. Is he still there?

There was another stuffed dog on one of the platforms at Slough station when I changed trains there last year.

 

[alangla]

Shettleston has a library in the waiting room

 

[MotCO]

Shettleston has a library in the waiting room

Is this a reflection of the frequency of the service?

 

[Trainfan2019]

Dog water bowls at Stockport and I'm sure I've seen a selection of books to read at Stockport too.

 

[westralian]

Dog water bowls at Stockport and I'm sure I've seen a selection of books to read at Stockport too.

Glasgow Central has water bowls for dogs.

 

[route101]

Shettleston has a library in the waiting room

Of all places a library in Shettleston ha .

 

[Parallel]

Bath Spa has a chapel on the Platform 1 side, but I think it is permanently locked now.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

Bath Spa has a chapel on the Platform 1 side, but I think it is permanently locked now.

As does Verona in Italy , open when I was there - and dedicated personally by the Pope.

 

[hwl]

The picture framers on the York bound platform at Knaresborough.

 

[Llanigraham]

Model Railway Club on one of the platforms at Shrewsbury.
Small museum in the Signalbox and a book shop in the main building at Llandrindod Wells.
There was a model railway, as used in the programme Hinterland/Yr Wyllt, at Borth but I think it may have been moved.

 

[LewFinnis]

Martin Mill has a lot of items of local interest (photos, articles etc). Not that all that many can see it as the station building is only open until 1030 Monday to Friday! In the good old days it was the only station in the country where the ticket office, signal box and post office were all in the same room and had the same staff.

 

[sheff1]

Widnes has a beauty salon. It has longer opening hours than the ticket office.

 

[Melancholia]

Last time I visited Thames Ditton a few months back, the waiting room there had a jigsaw puzzle. Helped by putting a few pieces.

 

[sw1ller]

Nantwich has an Indian restaurant. Seems quite busy most times I pass.

 

[chefchenko]

Is there still a museum type thing at Kyle of Lochalsh ?

 

[Craig2601]

Aviemore has an Australian restaurant with an entrance from the platform.

 

[LOL The Irony]

Dog water bowls at Stockport and I'm sure I've seen a selection of books to read at Stockport too.

All Virgin managed stations have dog water bowls.

 

[geoffk]

Quite a few stations have libraries of paperbacks - Todmorden and Hebden Bridge both do. Also Chathill, useful if you miss your train and have a 12-hour wait for the next. There is a small museum at Borth, not visited as I was only there in the evening, art gallery at Clitheroe and recently also at Bolton.

 

[bionic]

There is a barbers in Otford station.

 

[Ted172]

Great Malvern has an Age UK branch on platform 1.

 

[Ken H]

Brussel centraal has a royal waiting room.

I went to some special event there and saw the royal waiting room - there are huge caverns under the area there from when the inter-connection was built. They had a pop up cinema down there.

 

[Lemmy99uk]

As well as a museum with a large model railway, Millom has an Upholstery and Antique Restoration shop allowing you to drop your sofa off before your morning commute.

 

[Revilo]

Worcester foregate street platform 1 (?) has an art gallery, complete with (ex) London Midland sign pointing the way