Grew up alongside the Greemford Branch line during the 70s on Hathaway Gardens. That was before we had a new Ealing station and the long tunnel with the housing estate by Castlebat Halt did not exist. That section of line was open to the sky and just wild natural embankments. It reminded me of the Railway Children as we stood on the embankments watching the DMUs go by. I much preferred how it looked then to now. :(
Looks like you visited some of the quietest stations that still see use by main line trains. It's a pity there's not much to do. However, perhaps within your 50 things to see and do mission, you might like to visit Her Majesty's Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber's most scary musical story is staged there: The Phantom of the Opera. I've seen the musical for real, and it's deliciously scary. If it's not listed in the book, it won't matter. I highly recommend a visit to the theatre to watch the musical story.
I've seen Phantom several times and heading to London in October to see Six before a day at Hampton Court. I do attend the local theater a couple of time each year as well for various productions including hopefully next years Murder on the Orient Express.
South Greenford is in the top 10 least visited stations in London, the others probably aren't far behind, yet that little line forms an useful connection between the GWR line out west from Paddington and line running out of Marylebone to Buckinghamshire and beyond
Grew up alongside the Greemford Branch line during the 70s on Hathaway Gardens. That was before we had a new Ealing station and the long tunnel with the housing estate by Castlebat Halt did not exist. That section of line was open to the sky and just wild natural embankments. It reminded me of the Railway Children as we stood on the embankments watching the DMUs go by. I much preferred how it looked then to now. :(
For so few stations that's a really random way to take them in! You should at least show the routemap with the correct order of stations.
Looks like you visited some of the quietest stations that still see use by main line trains. It's a pity there's not much to do. However, perhaps within your 50 things to see and do mission, you might like to visit Her Majesty's Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber's most scary musical story is staged there: The Phantom of the Opera. I've seen the musical for real, and it's deliciously scary. If it's not listed in the book, it won't matter. I highly recommend a visit to the theatre to watch the musical story.
I've seen Phantom several times and heading to London in October to see Six before a day at Hampton Court. I do attend the local theater a couple of time each year as well for various productions including hopefully next years Murder on the Orient Express.
South Greenford is in the top 10 least visited stations in London, the others probably aren't far behind, yet that little line forms an useful connection between the GWR line out west from Paddington and line running out of Marylebone to Buckinghamshire and beyond