The first station north of the Thames to serve southern England, ... the area we now call ‘King’s Cross’ is home to not one but two of London’s finest train stations. The gateway to Britain's National Rail network. Train tickets to London. Anne: For your safety and comfort, this station operates a no smoking policy. It was designed by William Henry Barlow, the Midland Railway’s Chief Engineer, with the help of Rowland Mason Ordish, an expert on iron construction who had worked at the Crystal Palace, and the Royal Albert Hall. Four trains an hour still serve Battle in East Sussex, which has “a Gothic-style to evoke the former splendours of the famous Battle Abbey nearby”. Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s trainshed at Paddington is one of the wonders of British architecture. This is one of the most famous trains in the world because it is actually an electric train that runs from Paris to Lyon. Great Malvern, “one of the most characterful stations of the 1860s”, is ninth. London is a city with twelve major railway stations around the central area of the city. Paddington, in the limelight thanks to the eponymous new film, is included as “the first real cathedral of the railway age”. York is missing … I can’t believe it. The Tudor-style station was closed down in the 1960s, like so much of the British railway network, in the Beeching cuts. Call in to Oxford’s quirky Pitt Rivers Museum to see its shrunken heads before catching the train to Stratford-upon-Avon (1.5 hours). The following is a list of railway stations (also known as railroad stations in the United States), which is indexed by country. On some rural services, particularly those in Wales, Scotland and the south-west of England, have smaller stations … The station and the neighbouring towns still offer walking tours of the area and regular steam train journeys to transport you back in time. Despite being England’s largest station, overcrowding led to the opening of the eight original platforms (some of which were intended for train storage), plus three brand new ones, which actually didn’t help much as demand continued to increase. It does not include stations on heritage railways, except for those shared with the National Rail … The metro train network serves Greater London and the surrounding areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Great curved station, designed by Brunel. All railway stations in and around London are shown on the non-geographic copyright London Connections map. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Hidden pipes drained rainwater underneath the concourse floor, while the roof’s iron beams were pierced with geometric shapes to help the cleaners fit the scaffolding necessary to clean this complex structure. Some of the world’s most beloved rail lines travel through the scenic Scottish Highlands, including the Jacobite Steam Train that crosses the Glenfinnan Viaduct, featured in the Harry Potter films. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Top 10 Famous Trains in the World:- In pictures: English Heritage Train Stations Show all 5 Huddersfield, “fronted by a magnificent classical portico”, is fifth. York is indeed at least as a grand as Newcastle Central but it was certainly not designed by Brunel – wrong part of the country! From these railway stations, travellers can catch a connecting service with train operators such as Virgin Trains, CrossCountry, Great Western Railway … The result resembled the large Yorkshire country house Wentworth Woodhouse. (No longer in use) Ruth "All our trains and stations are no smoking areas. Liverpool Lime Street, with its stygian approach cutting, magnificent train sheds fronted by Waterhouse’s equally magnificent North Western Hotel, as impressive as any London terminus. In other parts of England, airports with their own train stations are Manchester, Birmingham, and Southampton Airport Parkway. What about the old North Staffordshire Railway Station at Stoke on Trent? We invented the railways, they changed and created the world we live in and it's right that we should care for and continue to use and enjoy them.”, Last word to Sir John Betjeman: “Railways were born in England,” he wrote in 1960.