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Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations
Having been given a copy of Simon Jenkins “Britain’s 100 Best Railway Stations” it was decreed that we should set ourselves the task of visting them. We had visited about a third of them previously, but not for this purpose. As of 16th October 2023 we had visited 73 of the stations.
Stations visited prior to 2023 are in the previous version of the website, for the time being.
Worksop
Saturday 20th Apri. The second station of the day was Worksop in Nottinghamshire.
According to my list we have now visited 80 of the “100 Best Stations”...
Sheffield
A family wedding near Worksop gave us the excuse to visit Sheffield Midland and Worksop. As I was born and brought up in Shefield I had travelled from...
Cardiff Central
Easter Day 2024. Having stayed across the channel for a few days we went to Heath Evangelical Church in Cardiff for the Easter Day service and stopped...
Bristol Temple Meads
Tuesday 26th March 2024 - The second station of the day was Bristol Temple Meads including the statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
This...
Bath Spa
Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Unusually for us we travelled to Bristol and Bath by train in a round from Bristol Parkway
Leicester
We visited Leicester station on 1st March, the main attraction appeared to be the facade onto London Road and we didn’t go on to the platforms
Loughborough
With 27 stations still to go we made our first visit of 2024 at Loughborough Central on the Great Central preserved railway. Unfortunately I forgot to...
Shrewsbury
In Augst we had a short break in Shrewsbury in order to add it to the list of those visited. This may be out of order in the list.
Porhtmadog Harbour
Porthmadog Harbour visited whilst on a trip to Bala. This made 19 stations visited in 2023 - 6 in London, 5 in Essex and around, 4 in Scotland, 3 in...
Aberystwyth
A short trip to Aberystwyth in very wet weather whilst staying at Bala. 13th October 2023. Station number 70 on our list.
Part of the station is now...
Pitlochry
Pitlochry - 17th July 2023
Second station of the day, more than an hour from Rannoch. It still has the good secondhand bookshop mentioned in the Best...
Rannoch
Rannoch - 17th July 2023
After a long winding drive we enjoyed refreshments at Rannoch station, though it is apparently no longer the most remote...
Aviemore
Aviemore - 15th July 2023
Having visited the Inverness Highland Games, and leaving after the heavy rain and lightning began, we stopped at Aviemore...
Glenfinnan station and viaduct
Glenfinnan station and viaduct 14th July 2023
We did a short trip in order to visit the four Scottish stations we had not previously seen. Â First,...
Chappel & Wakes Colne
Chappel and Wakes Colen visited whilst on a trip to Essex and surrounding area
Gants Hill Underground
Gants Hill, Underground, East London - visited 10th April 2023 on a trip to Essex.
Ingatestone
Ingatestone near Chelmsford, Essex - visited 10th April 2023 on a trip to Essex. We visited on a day when the station was closed to northbound trains...
Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street, London - visited on a second day, 30th January 2023, as part of our trip to London.
We have now completed 60 of the 100 stations....
Westminster
Westminster station - visited on a second day, 30th Jan 2023, as part of our trip to London - with a couple of bonus stations from the Bond Street platforms...
Battersea Park
Battersea Park - visited on a second day, 30th January 2023, as part of our trip to London
Waterloo
Waterloo, London - visited 27th Jan 2023, the third station in one day as part of our trip to London
Southwark
Southwark, London - visited 27th January 2023 as part of a visit to London.
Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf, London - visited 27th January 2023 as part of a trip to London during which we managed six stations.