grounds and their nearest/furthest train station

aido87 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:56 am

and you tell me i need to get out more !!!

sweet baby jesus :roll:

dawlishmonkey · **Joined:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:53 am **Posts:** 1588

exeter have got their own train station,st James Park.

Hangem · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:23 am

Barnet and millwall are pretty close to the train station. Millwall have there own stop.

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

Firstly, yes Chip you need to get out more!

But while I'm here I may as well reply!

I've never gone by train to Walsall but there is a stop called Bescot Stadium and it drops you off about 3 inches from the away end. Exeters is close but not as close as that.

I did Rochdale on the train before and the taxi journey to the ground probably cost more than the train ticket.

I'm sure Craven Cottage is a good half hour walk from any tube too.

Do tubes fall into your line of interest or is it just trains?! :grin:

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

aido is chuffed to bits he has found out how to use colours.

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

chip fireball wrote:

i did say im not talking tube stations. :roll:

most london grounds are fairly close to a public transport link.

didnt shrewsbury used to be next to the train station ?

Am surprised I missed the bit about tube stations considering how engrossed I was in the post!

Shrewsburys was a 15-20 minute walk. Their new ground is probably out of town somewhere, ie in Wales

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

chip fireball wrote:

gillingham then, thats deffo near the train station.

seem to remember wycombe and scunny being a fair old trek from the station.

wheres statto when you need him. :roll:

Gillingham- 10 minute walk.

The nearest pub to Wycombe is about 11 miles away so can't see the station being too close

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

This is probably the most boring conversation I've had. Ever.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

I just read this thread to a mate...

He's now dead!

That's how boring this is!

parmopooly · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:24 am

Oxford and Wycombe both have bus services between the ground and railway stations on matchdays. I've used them both, Brighton has a bus shuttle service from the main Brighton station, although Preston Park is quite a close train halt to their ground.
More clubs should have this.

I reckon Rushden has to be the furthest away one, as Wellingborough station is over 5 miles away and that's the nearest stop.

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:37 pm

Hull used to have a railway station right behind the stand at Boothferry Park (the big often empty stand on the left as you looked from the away end) up til about the 1960s.

West Brom was about a 15-20 minute walk from the station last time we played there but they've built a new station right near the ground now which I believe is primarily for the footie.

In the general scheme of things The Vic is well close to Hartlepool station, it's just a shame that no trains bother going to the fker.

parmopooly · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:59 pm

aye, the locality of the station is only as good as the train service that goes through it.
I nominate Hartlepool to have the worst train service in the country for any equivalent sized town.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:42 pm

chip fireball wrote:

seem to remember wycombe and scunny being a fair old trek from the station.

I do my shopping just over the road from Glanny Park and I don't live anywhere near Scunny! (well, not near enough to admit :uhoh:

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garthwd · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:23 am **Posts:** 793

I am pretty sure Bury doesn't have a mainline train station. I think they only have links with the metro that runs to Manchester.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:07 pm

Orient doesn't have a British Rail station, just a Tube station.

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6473

Is Barnsleys close to their station, I remember walking from the car park near the ground to the pub for a few beers and we crossed some railway lines but I don't know if the station is near there though

Mute Witness · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:10 am **Posts:** 3572

I would like to nominate Wrexham's as a ground close to a train station.

Mute Witness · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:10 am **Posts:** 3572

chip fireball wrote:

wrexham is a ground ive never been to by train. is it close like ?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&saddr ... 3&t=h&z=16

parmopooly · **Posted:** Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:24 pm

right next to the Cae Ras

grounds and their nearest/furthest train station

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