Trivia: Railway station hotels?

[lobby ludd]

The hotels situated at Glasgow Central, Newcastle, and York stations have an entrance/exit that leads directly onto the station. At which other hotels can one do this ?

 

[RichmondCommu]

St Pancras?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I think the Queens Hotel at Leeds station has a physical connection with the Western (1920s) concourse, but it is only in use as a fire exit I think.

 

[Diplodicus]

London Victoria

 

[BurtonM]

The Radisson at Manchester Airport is accessible from the same link bridge system as the railway station, does that count?

 

[Ash Bridge]

I believe when first built there was a direct entrance from the Crewe Arms Hotel directly onto the station, although possibly intended only for use by royalty and other special guests.

 

[sheff1]

Hull.

 

[Kite159]

Crawley

Although I believe that is a path from the station which only leads to the hotel

 

[Murph]

Edinburgh Caledonian Hotel / Edinburgh Princes Street Station, back in the black and white era. St Pancras similarly.

Did the North British Hotel originally have an entrance inside Waverley?

 

[Mag_seven]

Paddington (Hilton)

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Hull.

Indeed so

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

There's a hotel in Saltburn on Sea with it's own platform, but it's got no trains to it.

 

[Murph]

Did the North British Hotel originally have an entrance inside Waverley?

I did some reading, and it seems there was a direct entrance to the hotel from Waverley. There was a lift down into the basement from the booking hall, tunnel/basement across (under the northern through tracks) to a reception desk in the basement of the hotel, then lift up to ground level and rooms. Presumably mostly lost in the mists of time, and certainly no longer public access.

 

[kevconnor]

Did/Does York Royal Hotel have direct access?

 

[lobby ludd]

Yes.....as I said in my first post. When working in York and commuting by train, I used it, as a useful short-cut....from the platform through the hotel, exciting out of the main entrance.

 

[thenorthern]

At Beeston the Victoria Hotel used to have a gate onto the platform which apparently they paid 50p per year rent for, not sure how true that is.

 

[ld0595]

Dundee (in 2018!)

 

[Murph]

Just had a thought, you might want to look at the list of all of the British Transport Commission / British Rail hotels. Many already mentioned here, but probably a few more that may be of interest.

British Transport Hotels

 

[JamesP]

The Hallmark in Carlisle doesn't have a direct entrance to the station but it's literally no more than about 30 seconds walk.

 

[mark-h]

Did the North British Hotel originally have an entrance inside Waverley?

I have seen laundry deliveries to the Balmoral (NB) hotel from the main concourse at Waverley.

This was in the mid 2000s (I no longer pass through Waverley in the late evenings so I don't know if it still happens).

 

[mirodo]

I think the Queens Hotel at Leeds station has a physical connection with the Western (1920s) concourse, but it is only in use as a fire exit I think.

It's a regular entrance

 

[BurtonM]

The Hallmark in Carlisle doesn't have a direct entrance to the station but it's literally no more than about 30 seconds walk.

The Midland in Manchester is directly opposite the old Manchester Central, in a similar respect.

 

[Dr Hoo]

Marylebone. Hotel is across the road but there is a cover.

 

[Whistler40145]

Would Inverness count?

 

[simonw]

Keswick did until the station closed and now parts of the station are incorporated into the hotel.

Charring Cross

 

[thenorthern]

The Midland in Manchester is directly opposite the old Manchester Central, in a similar respect.

So is the North Stafford Hotel in Stoke-on-Trent.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Would Inverness count?

Are you referring to the sleeper? In which case Fort William qualifies too.

 

[Whistler40145]

No, there's a hotel I think is built onto the station but not sure it has access to the concourse or platforms.

 

[najaB]

No, there's a hotel I think is built onto the station but not sure it has access to the concourse or platforms.

I don't think it does - certainly none that I can see.

 

[Whistler40145]

Ok sorry