The Waiting Room, Durham

Located on one of the railway station platforms, the Waiting Room is a nice-looking space with a wooden floor and traditional curved serving counter up the right with a tiled back bar. Unfortunately, the three hand pumps were unused, so the draught options were three craft keg beers alongside Aspell’s cider, the latter being £3 for a half. There were a couple of other customers, but no way near enough when compared to the amount of people stood on the platform. The service was polite and it was much better in here than standing on a cold platform, but I wouldn’t purposely venture from outside the station again to revisit.

Nice station building conversion, on north bound platform, small but well done inside and good beer. Nice stop when waiting for a train

Micropub on the northbound platform of Durham station. It has only just re-opened with limited opening hours, as demand from railway travellers had been much reduced during these uncertain times. I had walked up the hill from the town. But I guess I was in the minority, with most customers being rail travellers. Just the single real ale was on - Hadrian Border Tyneside Blonde. But I needed a drink after the steep uphill climb. The former waiting room itself is nicely done out and there is a further seating area on the platform itself. Certainly handy if using the train. But I was expecting a little more than just the one real ale.

Converted railway waiting room nicely finished with bare boards, dark wood and old fashioned furnishings. The cream and chocolate tilework is very BR as is a lot of the signage, the green walls also have an old railway fell about them. Three pulls but only two from Hadrian Border on this visit and I was disturbed to pay £4 for 3.5% brown beer, no matter how good. Micro sized, with outside seating on the platform, but it sells a full range of drinks including four kegs.