Most miserable train/tube/bus station in london?

[Andy the Don]

South Bermondsey was without a doubt the grimmest station I've ever had to use. I'm not a wuss but I always felt really fucking nervous there when I was there at night and it's the only place I've ever had any hassle Not used it for about 6 years though so it may be better now (but I doubt it!)

I use South Bermondsey most days, if I do not get the tube to Bermondsey. yes it is grim, with its platform views of the recycling depot, New Den & travellers encampment. But if you want to cross Rotherhithe New Road, to go up Galleywall Road, you really have to take your life in your hands. But on days like this there is no shelter on the platform apart from one tiny vandalised shed like structure.

 

[hipipol]

South Berondsey is a NIGHTMARE
I trave thru it most days, its not just the aspect of the station, its the long creepy payhways to get out, AND the starnge half civilsed peeps who get on and off there- well scary

look here so see a really nice looking old staion that is a nightmare now....

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Gunnersbury station on the North London line is quite grim. The station sides are made of this weird 'corrugated concrete'. It was probably meant to look arty but it doesn't.

 

[alfajobrob]

Nothing wrong with South Bermondsey.....at least you get a good view of the Den

 

[laptop]

weird 'corrugated concrete'. It was probably meant to look arty but it doesn't.

I always assumed it was an anti-flyposting surface.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Platform 5 at London Bridge deserves a mention all of it's own.

It's grim, the one male loo of the station reeks disinfectant over the masses, the 12 seats evenly spread among the three hundred waiting for the last train to Croydon, the "gasp" as the train, late as always, arrives along with an apology for only being four carriages.

And why don't trains stop at the start of the platform? You're running for a train, you make it up the tunnel and think you're there, but there's still a good twenty or thirty metres to reach where the trains actually stop.

 

[PacificOcean]

Pah! You don't know miserable!

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Angel Road

Between an empty factory and a scrapyard. Approached, IIRC, by a metre-wide footpath with two-metre wire fences on either side.



Obviously, someone may be able to find someting grimmer in Sarflunnun - but I doubt it

That is on my line from Enfield Lock to Liverpool Street.

You are right that is one of the grimest stations in London, only saved by the fact that I think only three trains a day stop there (as with Northumerbland Park for some reason), also the entrance is on an acutal flyover miles from anywhere.

I wonder why they keep it open?

 

[Stobart Stopper]

Silverlink from Stratford to Richmond. HOOOOOORIBLE: No really can't say how bad but here goes. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

 

[PacificOcean]

Silverlink from Stratford to Richmond. HOOOOOORIBLE: No really can't say how bad but here goes. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

Don't diss Hackney Central

 

[zoltan]

Dagenham dock

it makes you want to cry when you get off here

 

[Star Dove]

Nothing wrong with South Bermondsey.....at least you get a good view of the Den

I prefer the view of the incinerator.

It's certainly a fucking horrible looking place but due to the heavy CCTV it's also one of the safest stations in London.

If you have the misfortune of having to visit the New Den it's the best way to get there. The walk from Surrey Quays through a partly derelict estate and along a path under some creepy railway bridges is much worse.

 

[learydeary]

Dalston Kingsland just for the smell

I have to wait at the top of the stairs sometimes & dash down when the train arrives holding my breath

 

[tom_craggs]

London Bridge and Euston are pretty bad...

 

[tom_craggs]

I still reckon Homerton would edge it over Hackney Wick, though it's a close contest admittedly - would probably go to penalties.

Homerton gets my vote from these too.

 

[peel_acres]

It's the Silverlink out East that's horrible, all of it. THe trains are stupidly shaped, you can't see the station name from inside, slow, crowded, stinky, scary.

I agree wholeheartedly. I avoid wherever possible, Stratford and Hackney Wick are the worst IMO.

 

[5t3IIa]

I agree wholeheartedly. I avoid wherever possible, Stratford and Hackney Wick are the worst IMO.

How sensible to spend your 2nd ever post agreeing with me

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Yeah, plenty of time for fighting later.

 

[marty21]

Dalston Kingsland just for the smell

I have to wait at the top of the stairs sometimes & dash down when the train arrives holding my breath

not been so bad lately, but there was a sewage problem there for a while

 

[Melinda]

Someone prod Crispy into collating the data on this thread.
There are graphs and tables galore in this.

Homerton or Dalston Kingsland FTW.