A damp day in the East End
Docklands
© Geoff’s Rail Diaries 2017
Geoff’s Rail Diaries
17 May 2017
After we’d completed our explorations on
this rainy afternoon, we retired to the Doric
Arch, a Fuller’s pub near
Euston station, to await our
trains home. Our tickets from
Birmingham Moor Street to
Marylebone had cost us £3.65
each. The fare back to
Wolverhampton was £4.00.
Our pints cost £4.40 each. There’s something
not quite right somewhere..
The seeds for this trip were sown back in December, when we
rode on one of the Chiltern “Silver” trains from Moor Street
to Leamington (See “A short day out”). “We ought to take a
ride down to Marylebone some time”. Yes, in the summer
perhaps when the days are longer. We could maybe explore
the Docklands Light Railway. By booking well in advance, and
travelling off-peak, we were able to take advantage of some
exceptional fare offers. The inevitable downside seems to be
that the weather misbehaves.
In the event, the rain held off until mid-
afternoon (just as well - our train, the 10.55
from Moor Street, didn’t get into London
until 12.42). By the time I
took my last photo, of
Avonside “Robert” at
Stratford, it was truly a wet
day. Sunshine and blue sky
would have been great for
those little red trains
amongst those modern buildings around
Canary Wharf. Another time perhaps...
