Trivia: West to West, North to North, etc

[Chris M]

Thinking about the soon-to-be-bustituted West Ealing to West Ruislip service got be wondering how many other services there are that start and finish at stations with the same geographical term in their name?

 

[zwk500]

Being annoying, London Waterloo to London Waterloo. Being slightly (but not much) less annoying, are there still London Victoria to London Bridge services?

 

[JohnRegular]

Portsmouth and Southsea to Southampton Central?

I think I might already be pushing it...

 

[BeijingDave]

I expect there have been Wigan North Western to Blackpool North services, especially at times of disruption.

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And of course, there were many timetabled London to Manchester London Road services before it changed its name to Piccadilly.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Thinking about the soon-to-be-bustituted West Ealing to West Ruislip service got be wondering how many other services there are that start and finish at stations with the same geographical term in their name?

The midweek 1513 Littlehampton -> London Victoria (Southern) train calls at both East Worthing and East Croydon. A couple in the reverse direction do so also.

 

[Dr Hoo]

Stretching it a bit but some Merseyrail services run from West Kirby to, err, West Kirby (via the Liverpool Loop).

And (deriving from the River Stour), Stourbridge Town to Stourbridge Junction.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Quite a few trains from London towards Kent coast destinations calling at East Malling, then Maidstone East. Sometimes the same train also calls at West Malling and then later at Canterbury West.

And on London Overground, there are trains out of London Euston calling both at South Hampstead and at South Kenton.

Also on London Overground, there are trains from Clapham Junction to Stratford (London) calling at West Brompton and West Hampstead and then at Kentish Town West as well.

Can anyone beat three?

 

[zwk500]

Quite a few trains from London towards Kent coast destinations calling at East Malling, then Maidstone East. Sometimes the same train also calls at West Malling and then later at Canterbury West.

And on London Overground, there are trains out of London Euston calling both at South Hampstead and at South Kenton.

Also on London Overground, there are trains from Clapham Junction to Stratford (London) calling at West Brompton and West Hampstead and then at Kentish Town West as well.

Can anyone beat three?

The OP does specify Start/End points, not intermediate calls...

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The OP does specify Start/End points, not intermediate calls...

Yep. Bin off post #7 then. Reckon this could now be a somewhat shorter thread!

 

[zwk500]

Yep. Bin off post #7 then. Reckon this could now be a somewhat shorter thread!

Indeed. It's tenuous if the Llandudno - Llandudno Junction shuttle's termini are named after the same Geographic feature.

At least we avoid the debate about a potential Liverpool Lime Street to London Liverpool Street service

Lichfield Trent Valley and Rugeley Trent Valley are of course served by the same train as intermediate stops, but I doubt there's ever been a service originate at one and terminate at the other, unless it was part of the Ill-Fated timetable that included Dividing/attaching at new Street.

 

[PTR 444]

Indeed. It's tenuous if the Llandudno - Llandudno Junction shuttle's termini are named after the same Geographic feature.

Ditto for Kings Cross to Kings Lynn

 

[zwk500]

Ditto for Kings Cross to Kings Lynn

King's Lynn is named for the person (or position), not a geographic feature.

 

[Traveller54]

Direct services from Pollokshields east to Pollokshaws east.
But not between the wests.

 

[BJames]

Being annoying, London Waterloo to London Waterloo. Being slightly (but not much) less annoying, are there still London Victoria to London Bridge services?

Yes these are still going

 

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

Thinking about the soon-to-be-bustituted West Ealing to West Ruislip service got be wondering how many other services there are that start and finish at stations with the same geographical term in their name?

Didn’t realise this was to be replaced by a bus. Guessing it will be a one bus a week affair similar to the Ealing Broadway- Wandsworth Road service a few years ago? It will presumably mean that Chiltern won’t divert to West Ealing during engineering works at Marylebone?

Bringing it back to topic, there are services which link Ryde St John’s Road with just Ryde Esplanade and others which go onto Ryde Pier Head. The latter creates a possibly unique situation of all stations having the same place name in their titles.

Has there ever been a service between Portsmouth Harbour and Fishguard Harbour?

 

[Basil Jet]

Bringing it back to topic, there are services which link Ryde St John’s Road with just Ryde Esplanade and others which go onto Ryde Pier Head. The latter creates a possibly unique situation of all stations having the same place name in their titles.

Stourbridge Town to Junction

I think there might be some trains that only go from Colchester to Colchester Town.

 

[Revilo]

St Erth to St Ives

 

[zwk500]

St Erth to St Ives

How is Saint a geographic term?

 

[norbitonflyer]

Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction

Chester General to Cardiff General?

Or, more up to date, Glasgow Central to Cardiff Central.
There must, surely, have been other Central to Central services, - Lincoln and Manchester? Liverpool and Manchester? Liverpool and Wrexham?

Did the District ever run between South Acton and South Harrow?

 

[BeijingDave]

Or, more up to date, Glasgow Central to Cardiff Central.
There must, surely, have been other Central to Central services, - Lincoln and Manchester? Liverpool and Manchester? Liverpool and Wrexham?

There are still Newcastle Central to Glasgow Central services.

 

[zwk500]

There are still Newcastle Central to Glasgow Central services.

There might be some debate over whether Newcastle is properly a 'Central' station or not https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/NCL/details.html

 

[BeijingDave]

There might be some debate over whether Newcastle is properly a 'Central' station or not https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/NCL/details.html

Well, yes, but someone has already used 'Chester General', which no-one under the age of about 70 in the local area says.

 

[scrapy]

I expect there have been Wigan North Western to Blackpool North services, especially at times of disruption.

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And of course, there were many timetabled London to Manchester London Road services before it changed its name to Piccadilly.

There is the 23.10 on a Sunday from Blackpool North terminates at Wigan North Western so not just during disruption.

 

[mrcheek]

How about the River Ex? Are there any Exeter St Davids to Exmouth services? Or do they all start elsewhere?

 

[Watershed]

How about the River Ex? Are there any Exeter St Davids to Exmouth services? Or do they all start elsewhere?

There are - the first 3 trains of the day to Exmouth, as well as (somewhat bizarrely) the last, start at Exeter St Davids.

 

[The Prisoner]

There's a train every 15 minutes of every weekday and Saturday from Chester to Chester courtesy of Merseyrail

 

[Dave W]

How about the River Ex? Are there any Exeter St Davids to Exmouth services? Or do they all start elsewhere?

IMO this is the first one that truly meets the OP's criteria of referencing the same geographical term!

 

[Western 52]

Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Bay

 

[Mikey C]

Judging from the answers, I think the answer to the original question is no

 

[Mcr Warrior]

IMO this is the first one that truly meets the OP's criteria of referencing the same geographical term!

How about @scrapy's contribution in post #23?