We'll have to disagree on this one then. I've never seen any staff when I've been getting on or off trains at Edinburgh Park. There's no shops or toilets there, it just seems a rather windy, bleak and soulless place.
Morley isn't great, but I'd argue that on the same route Ravensthorpe, Deighton and arguably Mirfield are more bleak. RVN is literally in the middle of nowhere; MIR is horribly exposed for somewhere relatively affluent; and DHN is somewhere you don't really want to be after dark. At Morley at least if a mad axeman turns up there's a reasonable chance of an eyewitness from the nearby block of flats!Morley is quite bleak. Stuck in a deep cutting, bare platforms and the gaping mouth of Morley tunnel.
We'll have to disagree on this one then. I've never seen any staff when I've been getting on or off trains at Edinburgh Park. There's no shops or toilets there, it just seems a rather windy, bleak and soulless place.
Indeed it is, and quite handy if you want to visit TK Maxx or Halfords in between trains during store trading hours, but had thought that the thread was about stations.The Hermiston Gait retail park is just across the road.
Morley isn't great, but I'd argue that on the same route Ravensthorpe, Deighton and arguably Mirfield are more bleak. RVN is literally in the middle of nowhere; MIR is horribly exposed for somewhere relatively affluent; and DHN is somewhere you don't really want to be after dark. At Morley at least if a mad axeman turns up there's a reasonable chance of an eyewitness from the nearby block of flats!
Edinburgh Park is basically a peak time only station Mon-Fri. You could probably stop making calls there after 7pm and at weekends and few people would notice. At rush hours it is (or was) mobbed, though it’s heavily dependent on RBS and Lloyds Banking Group staff for business & who knows when or if they’ll be back in the office.Indeed it is, and quite handy if you want to visit TK Maxx or Halfords in between trains during store trading hours, but had thought that the thread was about stations.
Although it’s not that remote as Bruton is only 4 minutes away by train, Castle Cary feels quite bleak and isolated to me. Not sure it gets 3tph passing through all day though, although it can’t be far off.
I get the complete opposite feeling there. I find it cosy and it's like going back in time to a GWR country junction. It's one of my favourite stations.
East Midlands Parkway
Tamworth.
Newark Northgate, especially the island platform. I have spent far too many hours there when East Midland and whoever-was-running-the -London-service -that-week had once again failed to honour a connection - the frequent trains whistling past and failing to pick up the waiting passengers just ramming home how unimportant the operators saw the service. The facilities on platforms 2 and 3 are completely inadequate for the number of people needing them and the length of time they have to spend there.
Was just going to say.... so the UK is a bleak, depressing place. Yup, basically.Having flipped through the entries on this thread, it seems to me that practically the majority of Network Rail is a place to avoid if you are depressed!
Having flipped through the entries on this thread, it seems to me that practically the majority of Network Rail is a place to avoid if you are depressed!
Was just going to say.... so the UK is a bleak, depressing place. Yup, basically.
I often agree with you. When I'm out riding trains for interest/to see Britain I love it.I love bleak. It really cheers me up for some reason.