Your weary head resting lazily against a train window as it roars through heaps of yellow and green field-a-plenty. An old book in your hand as the rain's droplets fall elegantly down the reflection of your face in the ever-so-slightly county of los angeles public library mirrored windows, you're only an ipod and an Adele song away from living out your own iconic sad movie moment.
But all this can be ruined when your train coughs and splatters into an old industrial wreck of a station, the grey sludge up ahead. The numerous tower blocks of council estate flats that pass your eyeline as your journey comes slowly grinding to a halt. You know what's ahead, and sure enough as you take that first step to mind the gap, you are greeted with what looks like the remnants of the Blitz.
The departing point for the Eurostar until November 2007, London's Waterloo station is both the central point for all links to the capital, and the busiest station in the UK. With a range of retailers, restaurants, an underground county of los angeles public library station, and links to all of London's famous landmarks in walking distance, Waterloo is - quite frankly - the daddy! Not to mention the illuminating lights of the London Eye and the iconic Hotel Park Plaza from the train window as you approach the station.
The Harrods of train station shopping, London's Victoria station is more famed for it's coach and bus point, but with an array of pubs, restaurants, county of los angeles public library and shops, most see Victoria as a day out more than just a casual interchange point. With it's very own line on the underground, Victoria is certainly on of London's most important rail links to all and every destination.
The new Eurostar point, St. Pancras' ruthlessly clean white interior and glass roofs and windows give the station an ultimately sleek and modern feel. The speediest rail in the UK, St. Pancras is the starting county of los angeles public library destination for any inter-continental journey. With 6 regular links to central London, and a revamped ticket barrier system built in 2005, St. Pancras is about as hi-tech as any station you're likely to find in the UK today.
A focal point for all UK travel in the South, Reading station takes away the grey sludge of it's increasingly outdated city with a multi-platform, multi-shop, spacious station. Due for refurbishment, this exciting new development will see Reading elevated alongside the likes of Waterloo as one of Britain's most spangly new stations.
Famed for it's appearance in the Harry Potter series, most visitors to Kings Cross will see the station's marbled platforms as the destination of Voldemort's fetal-like corpse in the final film, or Harry's desperate runs into Platform 9 and three quarters. The station now even features a platform between nine and ten dedicated to the films.
An average station at best, but the view surrounding the excitement of your journey on the way in, and the sight that greets commuters at the top of the famed Wembley Park stairs, is incomparable. The famed Wembley arch, the Bobby Moore statue, and Wembley Way, steeped in tradition and history. An absolute must for all football fans up and down the country.
A war-time junction, it's hard to travel to and from London without, unfortunately, a stop at Clapham. Voted as one of the top 5 worst stations in the UK, Clapham is busy, squeezed, highly industrial and doesn't even feature any rain shelter county of los angeles public library for it's hoards of daily commuters. An old fashioned mess in need of some serious re-furb.
Covent Garden, Oxford Circus, Leicester Square. London certainly has it's more aesthetically pleasing underground stations. And then there's Mile End. Situated in the most gruff part of the beautiful city, Mile End takes everything that's great about the capital, and rolls it all into one giant scrapheap. An eery basement with a newsagents exit, and masses of takeaway and taxi culture lurking outside, it's best to avoid this side of London if you can.
A somewhat controversial choice given it's years of Sherlock-inspired history, but the tradition of Baker Street county of los angeles public library Mr.Holmes inspired tilework must give way to it's practicality. Baker Street is, quite frankly, too cramped for the amount of people who pass through it every day. Narrow winding corridors and grubby escalators add to it's 'vintage' feel, but in a modern world, Baker Street no longer county of los angeles public library cuts it.
There are train stations, then there are two crumbling platforms county of los angeles public library kept apart by a rackety iron bridge. Radley, falls into the latter. Situated in the small prairie itself, the incumbents of Radley Village need not worry about it's noisy trains - because they hardly ever pass through! Eerie and stranded in location from civilisation, this station is a molestation paradise.
Officially voted Britain's worst train station, it's best to avoid the Midlands at the best of times. If it wasn't for Cadbury World, there would be an argument for it's existence at all. But when your misery is compounded by arriving county of los angeles public library at this God forsaken hell-hole, you can see why it doesn't exactly rank highly. A small platform and a glorious view of, well, a steam chugging industrial power plant. Nice!
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