[Trivia] Termini stations with least facilities

[Seacook]

Blaenau Ffestiniog is something of a wasteland.

 

[PHILIPE]

Coryton
Falmouth Dock

 

[Chris M]

Cockfosters I think has to take the prize on LU as there is almost nothing there.
West Ruislip, Stanmore and Epping are not too far behind.

I don't recall there being much of anything at South Hylton on the T&W Metro but it's been quite a few years since I was there last so it may have changed.

Cardiff Bay and Severn Beach were my first thoughts for NR but they've been mentioned already.

Smallbrook Junction as a terminus for the IOWSR is very basic - two platforms, each with a shelter and that's about it.

 

[6Gman]

Morecambe.



Just ... Morecambe.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Another vote for Blackpool South here, though Colne at the other end of the service is similarly sparse.

 

[philthetube]

Blaenau Ffestiniog is something of a wasteland.

probably the only one in the list with terminating services from 2 directions.

 

[endecotp]

Tweedbank.

 

[route101]

East Kilbride is pretty sparse for the size of town , does have a ticket office though.

 

[trainmania100]

Seaford is pretty bare.
There is a ticket hall one platform and a toilet.

 

[Penmorfa]

Heysham Harbour, though for one train a day what do you expect?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

probably the only one in the list with terminating services from 2 directions.

Apart from Ellesmere Port...

 

[swt class 450]

Shalford is quite a basic unstaffed station.

 

[Whistler40145]

I can imagine that somewhere like Teesside Airport has little or sparse facilities.

Can someone confirm this?

 

[JN114]

Shalford is quite a basic unstaffed station.

It is, but it isn't a terminus.

Suggestion out of left field - Heathrow Terminal 4 (HEX)

2 platforms, no seating. Nearest ticketing or toilet facilities are in the terminal, which is a long walk and a lift ride away.

 

[Whistler40145]

I wonder what facilities Stranraer Harbour Station has since the discontinuation of the ferry service?

 

[ChathillMan]

Harwich Town, the most depressing station in the UK

 

[tsr]

Not a lot more at Snowdon Summit station.

Must be a while since you've been up there! The station is part of quite an impressive structure on the top (the fact that it is basically a bog-standard visitor centre does not diminish the fact that it's relatively large building perched right on top of Snowdon).

http://www.snowdonrailway.co.uk/hafod-eryri-snowdon-summit-visitor-centre

Blaenau Ffestiniog is something of a wasteland.

The immediate surroundings of generic back gardens and a car park aren't brilliant, but there are at least a few shops and suchlike in the town centre, which is only a couple of minutes' walk away, if you need them.

Seaford is pretty bare.
There is a ticket hall one platform and a toilet.

If we're going down that route, Uckfield also counts. The station building is open for far fewer hours than the train service runs (even on RMT strike days!), covering neither first nor last trains on weekdays, and only has a ticket office, toilet and a coffee stall which operates during entirely random hours. When it's closed, there's a TVM and that's about it. The shelters aren't up to much and they're perched above a river.

Shalford is quite a basic unstaffed station.

It is, but it isn't a terminus.

A few weekday services run from Reading to Shalford, terminate there, shunt to the other platform and run back in service. I'd hardly describe it as a terminus, though.

I can imagine that somewhere like Teesside Airport has little or sparse facilities.

Can someone confirm this?

It does, I believe, but the chances of a train terminating there are virtually nil. This thread is about termini!

 

[Trainfan344]

Sheringham, not the best places to wait in the cold and wet at the end of a long day diesel bashing on the NNR.

 

[fowler9]

Kirkby station is a pretty sordid little grief hole.

 

[507021]

Ellesmere Port isn't great, in my view.

 

[Chris M]

I don't recall much of anything at Thurso station when I was there, but that was 11 years ago.

 

[mrcheek]

Pembroke Dock must be the most sparse station where HSTs ever terminate.

I cant remember anything being there. apart from a cat

 

[Bromley boy]

Hayes (Kent) is pretty spartan for a two platform terminal station. A ticket office (not always manned) and that's about it. No waiting room.

Generally a bit of an armpit of a place!

 

[Kentish Paul]

Hayes (Kent) is pretty spartan for a two platform terminal station. A ticket office (not always manned) and that's about it. No waiting room.

Generally a bit of an armpit of a place!

Agreed about the station but just walk outside. Try the "New Inn".

 

[sk688]

Kentish Town is pretty spartan and I believe some TL trains terminate there

 

[Bromley boy]

Agreed about the station but just walk outside. Try the "New Inn".

That's the place that used to be a Havester? I've not been into it, I must confess.

The Costa opposite the station is very welcome.

 

[Poolie]

Hartlepool on a Sunday for the Darlington terminating services. A waiting room, but everything else is closed........even the Rat Race :cry:

 

[PHILIPE]

Hartlepool on a Sunday for the Darlington terminating services. A waiting room, but everything else is closed........even the Rat Race :cry:

It'ts not a terminus station

 

[Iskra]

Heysham Port

 

[topydre]

Pwllheli has to be a contender - not even a ticket machine, and only 1 platform in use.

Though Newhaven Marine would probably win this thread given recent developments...