Station Appreciation

We, as a family, have had tremendous fun visiting all the stations appearing on this web-site and, have all got our own particular favourites. We have grouped our preferred stations into three size categories and come up with our "Top 10" for each, which you can see listed below. Our choices have evolved, not out of the stations meeting any set "criteria" as such, they may not always be the most "beautiful" of locations, but purely because these individual stations have "wowed" each one of us in some way and therefore hold extra special memories of treasured visits.

After reading about our most "appreciated stations", we would love to hear about your favourites too, along with your reasons for nominating them. Please do take the time to contact us, remembering to include the name of your "home" station too.

Thank you - we really look forward to hearing from you!

Kay

Kev

Freddy

Large Stations
1	London St. Pancras
2	Venezia Santa Lucia
3	Trieste Centrale
4	Sheffield
5	London Paddington
6	Carlisle
7	London Liverpool Street
8	Cardiff Central
9	Crewe
10	London Waterloo

Large Stations
1	London St. Pancras
2	Sheffield
3	Carlisle
4	Chester
5	Bristol Temple Meads
6	Crewe
7	Leeds
8	Trieste Centrale
9	York
10	London Waterloo

Large Stations
1	Stratford (London)
2	Sheffield
3	Bristol Temple Meads
4	London Waterloo
5	Crewe
6	York
7	London Euston
8	Reading
9	London King's Cross
10	Clapham Junction

Medium Stations
1	Huddersfield
2	Llandudno
3	Penzance
4	Ely
5	Darlington
6	Crystal Palace
7	Haymarket
8	East Midlands Parkway
9	Battersea Park
10	Harrow & Wealdstone

Medium Stations
1	Huddersfield
2	Darlington
3	Ely
4	Portsmouth & Southsea
5	Manchester Victoria
6	East Midlands Parkway
7	Penzance
8	Bognor Regis
9	London Marylebone
10	Llandudno

Medium Stations
1	London Marylebone
2	Darlington
3	East Midlands Parkway
4	Exeter Central
5	Wakefield Kirkgate
6	Vauxhall
7	Portsmouth Harbour
8	Basingstoke
9	Cambridge
10	Ascot

Small Stations
1	Ribblehead
2	Berwick-upon-Tweed
3	Matlock Bath
4	Goathland
5	Saltash
6	Dent
7	Imperial Wharf
8	Betws-y-Coed
9	Grosmont
10	Whitby

Small Stations
1	Ribblehead
2	Dent
3	Berwick-upon-Tweed
4	Matlock Bath
5	Morfa Mawddach
6	Betws-y-Coed
7	Grosmont
8	Brading
9	Corby
10	Dawlish

Small Stations
1	Llanfairpwll
2	Whitby
3	Hamble
4	Castleford
5	Arley
6	Porthmadog Harbour
7	Oakworth
8	Ribblehead
9	Dawlish Warren
10	Sandown

Remember, please do take the time to contact us with your favourite station(s), here are a selection of your choices.

Name

Home Station

Favourite Station(s)

Comments

Christopher Peacock

Whitchurch (Hampshire)

A bleary eyed commuter rushing for the early morning six thirteen to London could be forgiven for missing one of the joys of a rural railway station.

Whitchurch is a marvel, a picture of tidily swept platforms, crisp early morning papers freshly laid out for the benefit of commuters needing their daily news fix en route to Basingstoke and London.

The station has also just been freshly painted and Whitchurch is once again properly spelled on the sign boards.

But there is much more to be surprised at.
Enter the waiting room and you are transported back to a station of yesteryear.

There on the table a jigsaw puzzle depicting old and new scenes of the station is laid out out, inviting customers to fill in the pieces.

On the walls a cannon of old sepia photos tells the story of the early days of Whitchurch station when trains put on a head of steam as they passed through the station.
There are framed histories of the town's links with the railway.

Indeed you are living in a world where for a moment you almost expect a tea bar to appear from Brief Encounter and a lady passenger to be helped by a kindly doctor who is removing a grit from her eye and sparking something much more dramatic.

Janice Boxall

Whitchurch (Hampshire)

My husband and I have lived in Whitchurch all our lives (40+ years) and have started many a good day/night out at the station! My step-grandad helped to build parts the station many years ago before the closure of the DN&SR station, Whitchurch Town.

Andrew Smith

Whitchurch (Hampshire)

Nantmor

Nantmor is a beautiful halt on the Welsh Highland Railway.

Jennifer Pope

Whitchurch (Hampshire)

My favourite station, is Whitchurch in Hampshire where we live. My son has autism can walk over there with me at any time and watch the trains come through and wave to all the drivers as they whoosh past us.

'Mac' McLaughlin

Charlton Marshall (Disused)

Castlerock

When I was a boy, my Dad used to travel to work by train each morning. We lived close to the railway and my Dad was well known to the drivers. So much so, that if he was running late for work they would sound their whistles to make him get a move on and wait for him to come running to the station!

Derek Durant

Havant

Medium - Salisbury

Money was tight when I was growing up in the late 1950’s. I was a keen 'train spotter' and my mother managed to find the cash to buy a Railway Runabout ticket entitling me to free travel for a week in an area which included Salisbury. I loved standing at the end of the busy platform, with lots of other boys, watching the West Country, Battle of Britain and Merchant Navy steam trains pulling into the station. Compared to the electric trains I was used to these were magnificent machines. Then home to transfer the numbers I had collected into my Ian Allan Combined Volume. I still have a soft spot for Salisbury; it conjures nostalgic memories of happy days.

Small - Bedhampton

I stand on the footbridge and watch the trains go through the station with my dog Ruby. This is her preferred station for 'train spotting'!

Cyril Lineham

Charlton Marshall (Disused)

Aachen

In 1947, I was on the platform waiting for my connecting train here and two German soldiers took me for a drink, I was a bit worried at first but they were friendly. they then put me on my train. Also the height of the glass roof was immense, great memories.

Bob Wallis

Pontefract Stations

Woodlesford

A pretty little station with trees all around it.

Patricia Wallis

Pontefract Stations

Leeds

When I was a teacher, I used to take my classes up there. We liked to see where all the big express trains were going in the country.