Trivia: Largest Interchange In Each Ceremonial County

[WizCastro197]

What are the largest interchanges for services in each ceremonial county. When I mean large, I mean the variety of services the station provides and how many services it receives (per hour), not necessarily about how many platforms a station has.

For example, Berkshire's would certainly be Reading, due to the services to South West of England, to Gatwick Airport, Basingstoke even Essex etc. I hope this makes sense somehow.

 

[TrainTrackJack]

Worcestershire:
Worcester Foregate Street has the following to change between;
Hereford - Birmingham New St
Worcester Foregate St - Birmingham Snow Hill / Dorridge / Stratford/ Leamington
Hereford - London Paddington
Great Malvern - Bristol and beyond
Shrub Hill could also complete but sees marginally fewer services as New St - Herefords usually use the avoiding line.

More than the designated interchange, Worcestershire Parkway, which only has GWs Hereford - London and XCs Cardiff - Notts.

 

[PGAT]

For East and West Sussex Brighton and Gatwick respectively.

 

[busestrains]

Guildford would probably be the largest interchange station for Surrey i would imagine.

 

[WizCastro197]

Guildford would probably be the largest interchange station for Surrey i would imagine.

Hmm not sure, perhaps, although, Woking and Redhill compete rather well. Guildford receives services to Portsmouth, Haslemere, Farnham and Gatwick and Waterloo via a multitude of different ways. Woking, has services to Exeter, Weymouth, Portsmouth (different routes), Basingstoke, Alton, Haslemere, so they are on par with each other.

 

[Bevan Price]

Lancashire (post 1974 boundaries) - Preston
(pre-1974 would have been Manchester Piccadilly)

Cheshire: Crewe.
Cumberland / Cumbria: Carlisle.

(West) Yorkshire: Leeds

 

[WizCastro197]

Dorset: Bournemouth or Weymouth?

 

[xotGD]

Northumberland - Newcastle
Durham - Darlington
North Riding of Yorkshire - Middlesbrough

 

[Grecian 1998]

For the 6 counties and 1 duchy of South-West England (as defined by the government):

Devon - Exeter St Davids

Cornwall - Truro (beating St Erth by virtue of the up Golden Hind)

Somerset - Bath Spa

Dorset - Bournemouth (XC services are more frequent in normal times than the GWR services at Weymouth and Dorchester, albeit less in it currently)

Bristol... Temple Meads probably just beats the other interchange within the city boundaries, Stapleton Road

Wiltshire - Swindon although Salisbury wouldn't be far behind

Gloucestershire - Bristol Parkway with Cheltenham Spa second

 

[childwallblues]

Merseyside - Liverpool South Parkway

 

[flitwickbeds]

Bedfordshire - Bedford

Northamptonshire - Kettering I suppose!

Hertfordshire - Stevenage

 

[danielcanning]

What are the largest interchanges for services in each county. When I mean large, I mean the variety of services the station provides and how many services it receives (per hour), not necessarily about how many platforms a station has.

For example, Berkshire's would certainly be Reading, due to the services to South West of England, to Gatwick Airport, Basingstoke even Essex etc. I hope this makes sense somehow.

Reading wouldn't be Berkshire's largest interchange because the county doesn't exist anymore...

 

[busestrains]

Reading wouldn't be Berkshire's largest interchange because the county doesn't exist anymore...

Berkshire still exists as a county. It is just Berkshire County Council that no longer exists as all of the districts have been made in to unitary authorities. A county can still exist without the county council existing. So although the county council is no longer in existence the county of Berkshire very much still exists.

 

[Kingston Dan]

Northumberland - Newcastle
Durham - Darlington
North Riding of Yorkshire - Middlesbrough

North Yorkshire (new county) is surely York? I guess it's a question of historic/current counties.

 

[steamybrian]

for Kent I nominate- Ashford International-
Regular SE services to various stations around Kent.
Regular services to 3 London terminals- St.Pancras, Charing Cross and Victoria.
Southern services to Hastings and Eastbourne.
Hopefully in the future reinstated Eurostar services to Paris, Brussels, etc.

 

[PTR 444]

Based on 1974 English counties (the most sensible for geographical reference IMO)

Avon - Bristol Temple Meads
Bedfordshire - Bedford
Berkshire - Reading
Buckinghamshire - Milton Keynes Central
Cambridgeshire - Cambridge
Cheshire - Crewe
Cornwall - Truro
Cumbria - Carlisle
Derbyshire - Derby
Devon - Exeter St David’s
Dorset - Bournemouth
Durham - Darlington
East Sussex - Brighton
Essex - Colchester
Gloucestershire - Cheltenham Spa
Greater London - Clapham Junction
Greater Manchester - Manchester Piccadilly
Hampshire - Southampton Central
Herefordshire - Hereford
Hertfordshire - Stevenage
Humberside/East Yorkshire - Hull
Kent - Ashford International
Lancashire - Preston
Leicestershire - Leicester
Lincolnshire - Grantham
Merseyside - Liverpool Lime Street
Norfolk - Norwich
North Yorkshire - York
Northamptonshire - Kettering
Northumberland/Tyne & Wear - Newcastle
Nottinghamshire - Nottingham
Oxfordshire - Oxford
Redcar & Cleveland - Middlesbrough
Rutland - Oakham (although it isn’t really an interchange!)
Shropshire - Shrewsbury
Somerset - Taunton
South Yorkshire - Sheffield
Staffordshire - Stafford
Suffolk - Ipswich
Surrey - Woking
Warwickshire - Leamington Spa
West Midlands - Birmingham New Street
West Sussex - Gatwick Airport
West Yorkshire - Leeds
Wiltshire - Swindon
Worcestershire - Worcester Foregate Street

 

[Grecian 1998]

Avon didn't exist before 1974 and hasn't existed since 1997, so it's a bit of a stretch to call it a county. Same with Humberside.

Neither of them were much liked for the two decades when they did exist. I doubt anyone ever referred to themselves as an Avonite or a Humbersider.

Somerset's biggest interchange is Bath Spa.

 

[WizCastro197]

By ‘County’, I mean ceremonial county. Thanks. Sorry for confusion.

 

[Western Sunset]

And Bournemouth used to be in Hampshire before the 1974 changes. At one point, many moons ago, Wimborne was considered the main interchange station in Dorset.

 

[d70g]

Isle of Wight - Smallbrook Junction

 

[swt_passenger]

Northumberland - Newcastle
Durham - Darlington
North Riding of Yorkshire - Middlesbrough

Tyne and Wear is still the ceremonial county for Newcastle, isn’t it, there’s still a Lord Lieutenant.

I don’t think any station in Northumberland provides much interchange. Presumably Morpeth by default.

 

[D6130]

Tyne and Wear is still the ceremonial county for Newcastle, isn’t it, there’s still a Lord Lieutenant.

I don’t think any station in Northumberland provides much interchange. Presumably Morpeth by default.

Or Hexham?

 

[Peter0124]

I'd imagine Motherwell wins it for North Lanarkshire

 

[D6130]

I'd imagine Motherwell wins it for North Lanarkshire

....and Lanark for South Lanarkshire.

 

[PeterC]

For Essex, without checking timetables, I imagine that the Elizabeth Line frequency will give the prize to Shenfield.

 

[Doctor Fegg]

Rutland - Oakham (although it isn’t really an interchange!)

For journeys from southern MML stations to Stamford at certain times of day, I guess?

 

[Snow1964]

Wiltshire - Swindon although Salisbury wouldn't be far behind

I think Westbury beats Salisbury, with its local services to Frome, Weymouth, and via Melksham. Plus it's west of England services and same Cardiff-Portsmouth trains

 

[Anonymous10]

Dyfed would be Carmarthen or Llanelli

 

[Western Sunset]

I think Westbury beats Salisbury, with its local services to Frome, Weymouth, and via Melksham. Plus it's west of England services and same Cardiff-Portsmouth trains

Certainly, Westbury is the largest freight interchange in Wilts.

 

[Tester]

I think Watford Junction beats Stevenage for Hertfordshire.