A thread of train stations

hip_young_gunslinger · 2019-05-06T11:49:18.487Z

Crofton Park?

Steved · 2019-05-06T13:42:56.146Z

Oldfield Park?

fappable · 2019-05-06T14:24:22.293Z

I’m not Richard Osman, guys.

NotEvenDreams · 2019-05-06T14:35:00.041Z

Elmstead Woods is a cool small station - they’ve built a little garden with a fish pond on the central two platforms, and it has a bug house on one of the others.The staff are also very nice and get lots of postcards from their commuters which are up on the wall.

colinzealuk · 2019-05-06T14:39:08.294Z

Thankfully.

hip_young_gunslinger · 2019-10-10T09:03:37.944Z

@Epimer worth keeping an eye on the potential toilet ramifications

the Guardian – 10 Oct 19

'A serious urban mistake': why Paris went sour on the new Gare du Nord

As developers aim to turn France’s busiest train station into a gargantuan airport-style mall, Parisians fear for the local neighbourhood – and the station’s soul

Epimer · 2019-10-10T09:10:55.643Z

Patrica knows the score.

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saps · 2019-10-10T09:21:56.373Z

A song of train stations.

Timeless classic inspired by the Beeching Cuts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts

colinfilth · 2019-10-10T09:32:08.157Z

They should redo this with Stephanie Flanders and Graeme Swann. And that would probably only be slightly worse.

[And yes I do know]

saps · 2019-10-10T09:36:06.632Z

It would be infinitely worse, filth.

If I ever catch you trash talking F&S again I’ll knock you from arseholes to breakfast time.

colinfilth · 2019-10-10T09:37:03.162Z

Looks like Vardy v Rooney is yesterday’s news.

GoFasterStripes · 2019-10-10T10:24:41.539Z

Not quite the same level of grandeur, but this is what happened to Cardiff Queen Street Station. It’s the busiest station in Wales, you know.

marckee · 2019-10-10T10:34:43.438Z

It’s all finished now!

andyvine · 2019-10-10T10:37:16.514Z

AtTheBorderGuy · 2019-10-10T10:51:15.205Z

My favourite station: Duirinish. Proper middle of nowhere, one platform, nice views, you have to hail down the train.

Least favourite: Glasgow Queen Street. As with King’s Cross, they never announce the platform until about 1 minute before the train is due to leave. Unlike King’s Cross, it’s still an utter hole.

saps · 2019-10-10T10:57:07.076Z

I’ve never listened to an ILikeTrains song before. I liked it.

andyvine · 2019-10-10T10:59:14.691Z

thats my favourite of their stuff, the other stuff that ive heard (this EP and their first album basically) is more mogwai-ish with lyrics about old stuff

hip_young_gunslinger · 2019-10-10T11:40:15.938Z

GoFasterStripes:

It’s the busiest station in Wales

I had no idea of that. Busier than Cardiff Central?

GoFasterStripes · 2019-10-10T11:50:11.135Z

I’m wrong, Cardiff Central has the most passenger movements, but I think Queen Street has the most train movements (Valley Lines and the wee train that goes to the Bay)

Raanraals · 2019-10-10T11:51:37.270Z

Epimer:

below average toilets

And yer average toilet ain’t great.