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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2005 9:54:01 GMT
What are opinions on the most horrible stations? For me personally Elephant and Castle and Embankment (I hate the very small passageways there) spring to mind.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2005 10:20:28 GMT
Tottenham Court Road. The ticket hall is cramped, the subways stink of p*** and the crowds using the narrow stairs make it quite uncomfortable.
Baker Street. The extra exit needs to be open all the time, as fighting your way through the crowds on the SSL footbridge to get to the Inner Rail is _not_ fun.
Covent Garden. They need to evict the bureau de change as rapidly as possible!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2005 14:58:06 GMT
The ticket hall is cramped, the subways stink of p*** and the crowds using the narrow stairs make it quite uncomfortable. Sounds a bit like Charing Cross. The journey through cardboard city at that station can be very frightening |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2005 17:39:17 GMT
The ticket hall is cramped, the subways stink of p*** and the crowds using the narrow stairs make it quite uncomfortable. Sounds a bit like Charing Cross. The journey through cardboard city at that station can be very frightening Marble Arch is equally bad, but you can access it without having to use the subways. TCR is not so lucky. |
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Post by Tomcakes on Nov 15, 2005 19:11:12 GMT
Charing Cross - smell and apperance
Covent Garden desperately needs enlargement to cope with needs of passengers, however it seems the LU option is to tell people to use Leicester Sq (which is a good short term solution but not a permanent fix!)
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Post by Colin on Nov 15, 2005 20:44:43 GMT
Elm Park, Dagenham East, Dagenham Heathway and Becontree  ;D ;D |
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Post by Tom on Nov 15, 2005 21:51:13 GMT
Waterloo (Bakerloo Line Side) always seems to smell of spilt milk or vomit (I can't work out which).
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Post by Christopher J on Nov 15, 2005 21:57:49 GMT
Old Street gets my vote... Last time I visited the station it was dark, dingy and dirty, really 'orrible!  |
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Post by edb on Nov 16, 2005 11:35:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2005 12:02:34 GMT
Elm Park, Dagenham East, Dagenham Heathway and Becontree ;D ;D When you eventually get a transfer to Upminster seeing them a couple more times a day will be a highlight  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2005 18:14:05 GMT
Yep, Old Street and Hanger Lane gets my vote, bacause the subways always smell of bodily fluids, or exhaust fumes. When you leave either of these stations, you should be issued with a gas mask upon passing through the ticket barrier!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2005 9:59:43 GMT
I'd like to add Euston Square - very dark and dingy
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Post by q8 on Dec 15, 2005 10:04:59 GMT
Oh Stepney Green gets my vote. No matter how much they tart it up or prettify it it always seems to be dark, damp and dismal. In the days of tungsten lights it was positively sinister.
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Post by Phil on Dec 15, 2005 10:12:22 GMT
Oh Stepney Green gets my vote. No matter how much they tart it up or prettify it it always seems to be dark, damp and dismal. In the days of tungsten lights it was positively sinister. Funny you should say sinister. Wasn't it Jack the Ripper land? |
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Post by stanmorek on Dec 15, 2005 11:03:19 GMT
Ladbroke Grove and Dagenham East because they were the only two stations I've feared for my safety while working late at night.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2005 15:35:10 GMT
becontree gets my vote only as my old house used to back onto the station itself
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2005 21:11:40 GMT
Mile End looks dingy and stinks.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2005 21:15:41 GMT
Camden Town. Small and too busy. Only one escalator going up most of the time.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2005 21:41:06 GMT
I'd say Oxford Circus - looks terrible, small platform (or seemed it)....
Oddly enough, i like the smell at Mile End..... disenfectanty.... remember it every time i pass there, due to countless visits to the Royal London Hosp.
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Post by Tom on Dec 15, 2005 21:49:09 GMT
Oddly enough, i like the smell at Mile End..... disenfectanty.... remember it every time i pass there, due to countless visits to the Royal London Hosp. I wonder if that's because it's a popular place for suicides...? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2005 21:51:30 GMT
Bank. Long f***in' walk from Central to Docklands.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2005 8:10:30 GMT
Bank. Long f***in' walk from Central to Docklands. At least if you go from the DLR to the W&C you get to walk through part of a Greathead shield |
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Post by Chris M on Dec 16, 2005 10:13:03 GMT
Bank. Long f***in' walk from Central to Docklands. Its also a long walk from the Bakerloo to the Central at Oxford Circus. It would have been easier on my legs if I'd taken a Circle from Paddington to Tower Hill and walked to Tower Gateway! Chris |
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Post by ejitrafik on Dec 16, 2005 21:07:22 GMT
Anything east of West Ham...
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Post by rpi on Dec 16, 2005 21:31:06 GMT
Shadwell is a horrid station, smelly lifts and clastrophobic platforms.
Nice trains though
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Post by TMBA on Dec 16, 2005 23:23:46 GMT
Stepney Green - ****hole |
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Post by traveller1030 on Dec 17, 2005 6:31:23 GMT
Stepney Green - ****hole Character my friend, it's what you call character... alright, it's a pit, but it has a fairly unique charm in the days of metal hoardings to cover leaking brickwork...  Notting Hill Gate (especially the Central platforms) always seems like a bit of a hole to me whenever I'm passing through. |
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Post by TMBA on Dec 19, 2005 8:47:59 GMT
Im sorry about the expression I used but I remember Stepney before they modified it, not the 1980s modification but even before that in the seventies and it was a dark scary hole.
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