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Birmingham Newstreet, any of the Outer London surface train stations, Woodgrange Park in particular."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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I agree Stratford is bad but it is not as bad as it used to be and its future does look pretty bright.Originally posted by Halo Jones View PostStratford london: not a nice place
All the East London overland stations used to be pretty horrible. Silvertown stands out to me as being pretty grim, not just the station but the whole process of travelling to and from it. It doesn't really look any worse now it is no longer in use.

I used to think that one wasn't too bad, it was just up the road from me 20 years ago but I only used it once or twice because I rarely had cause to use the route it is on.Originally posted by DaveB View Postany of the Outer London surface train stations, Woodgrange Park in particular.
For pure grimness I don't think you will beat changing trains at Westbury on a dark and cold winter's night.Comment
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Katowice in Poland.
Tried to get a ticket to Warsaw from there, and on the floor directly adjacent to the one ticket booth that was open, lay a drunken Polish couple. They had clearly been there for quite some time, had consumed presumably litres of industrial strength Vodka, and had deemed the need to de-slurry themselves in the toilets a step too far, preferring to let matters take their course!
That said, once aboard the train it was punctual if rather spartan, and very well priced. So not all bad.“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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I've actually used Katowice train station and it is way better than Swindon.Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostKatowice in Poland.
Tried to get a ticket to Warsaw from there, and on the floor directly adjacent to the one ticket booth that was open, lay a drunken Polish couple. They had clearly been there for quite some time, had consumed presumably litres of industrial strength Vodka, and had deemed the need to de-slurry themselves in the toilets a step too far, preferring to let matters take their course!
That said, once aboard the train it was punctual if rather spartan, and very well priced. So not all bad.Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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I too have used both. You may well be right.Originally posted by threaded View PostI've actually used Katowice train station and it is way better than Swindon.“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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Is that the station where the bridge over the road proudly boasts "Welcome to Oldham - Home of the Tubular Bandage"Originally posted by Churchill View PostComment
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