Trivia: Settlements with a train and/or coach service but no local buses

[PTR 444]

How many settlements are there in the UK which have a train service but no local bus provision?

For example, the Heart of Wessex Line villages of Maiden Newton, Chetnole, Yetminster and Thornford are only served by the train.

Settlements with coach services (National Express, Megabus etc) but no local buses are also valid.

 

[RDP]

Places in Kent which have no bus service apart from possibly the odd school service include Selling, Adisham, Shepherdswell, and Westenhanger (actually in Stanford) all of which have railway stations

 

[RELL6L]

There’s going to be a lot here! Millom and lots of places on the Cumbria coast and the Settle-Carlisle line to mention just a couple, probably several other rural lines… Whitby line.. Barnstaple line, Berney Arms….

 

[Man of Kent]

And if you exclude school buses, five stations between Faversham and Dover Priory in rural East Kent.

 

[steamybrian]

Cowden and Ashurst lost their bus service (Tunbridge Wells to Edenbridge bus service) a few years ago.

 

[InOban]

In Scotland, there are no buses after Luss until you reach Dalmally or Glencoe village, or between Lix Toll and Crianlarich. Or along the Great Glen between Spean Bridge and Drumnadrochit or along the road to Skye. All covered by Citylink

 

[Ken H]

No buses between Knaresborough and York. So Cattal.

 

[mm333]

Barrow Haven has a railway station but no buses.

 

[steamybrian]

The reason the Middlesborough - Whitby line was kept open because the roads serving some of the intermediate stations were inadequate for buses. Those with local knowledge can name them.

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

Places in Kent which have no bus service apart from possibly the odd school service include Selling, Adisham, Shepherdswell, and Westenhanger (actually in Stanford) all of which have railway stations

Isn't the bus service through Pluckley (Stagecoach 123) planned for withdrawal? If so, you can soon add Pluckley to that list.

 

[Flange Squeal]

Winchfield on the London Waterloo to Basingstoke and beyond mainline usually enjoys two trains per hour but no stage carriage public bus services these days (two days a week sees a pre-bookable community minibus type thing though, if you include those?).

Longcross on the London Waterloo to Reading line has a whole new “garden village” being built around it, but has no public bus service.

I don’t believe the village of Micheldever Station (it’s genuine name and about 2.5 miles distant from the separate settlement of Micheldever) on the London Waterloo to Southampton mainline has a public bus service either - normal stage carriage nor community type.

 

[W-on-Sea]

In Oxfordshire, Appleford is, I think, the only settlement to qualify, although some of the places on the North Cotswolds line have fairly or very limited bus services. Notably Kingham village, some way from the station is without buses, although the station itself has a few.

 

[liamf656]

The small village of Rolleston in Nottinghamshire has a rail service but no buses or coaches. I believe the same goes for Elton & Orston

 

[MadMarsupial]

Edale?

 

[liamf656]

Over in East Yorkshire we also have Broomfleet and Saltmarshe

 

[Cambus731]

Somerleyton?

Or does it still have a twice weekly bus to Great Yarmouth?

 

[danm14]

Helen's Bay, a seaside village in Northern Ireland, has a regular train service - but the nearest bus service, which is much less frequent than the train, is around a mile away in the village of Crawfordsburn.

 

[dgl]

I believe Moreton in Dorset has no bus services but a regular train service.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Edale?

Think you're right. To access local bus connections, you now need to travel by rail (or walk!) from Edale, to one of the next stations along the Hope Valley, such as Hope.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

The reason the Middlesborough - Whitby line was kept open because the roads serving some of the intermediate stations were inadequate for buses. Those with local knowledge can name them.

That was the one that immediately sprang to mind. However, it's not that buses can't get to Danby, Commondale or Castleton - they do in summer as part of Moorsbus and there historically was a United 259 that ran there until deregulation (Saturdays only). Just that the train is more resilient in winter and as it's already there, it makes more sense to use that than have a bus.

Other stations (Kildale, Battersby) have a once a week volunteer minibus.

 

[sannox]

The village of Thorntonhall in South Lanarkshire has a station with hourly service but no bus services through the village, nearest services being outside the village.

In Scotland, there are no buses after Luss until you reach Dalmally or Glencoe village, or between Lix Toll and Crianlarich. Or along the Great Glen between Spean Bridge and Drumnadrochit or along the road to Skye. All covered by Citylink

There is a bus service north of Luss to Tarbet - the 302 from Helensburgh.

In terms of Lix Toll to Crianlarich it is not frequent but there is a bi-monthly Saturday Midland Bluebird S60/160 service to Tyndrum from Stirling, the daily C60 stops at Killin.

 

[Typhoon]

Isn't the bus service through Pluckley (Stagecoach 123) planned for withdrawal? If so, you can soon add Pluckley to that list.

A week today - and I'm not too sure I would want to walk from the village to the station.

 

[InOban]

The village of Thorntonhall in South Lanarkshire has a station with hourly service but no bus services through the village, nearest services being outside the village.



There is a bus service north of Luss to Tarbet - the 302 from Helensburgh.

In terms of Lix Toll to Crianlarich it is not frequent but there is a bi-monthly Saturday Midland Bluebird S60/160 service to Tyndrum from Stirling, the daily C60 stops at Killin.

Forgot the 302!
I'm surprised that the S60 to Tyndrum has survived the launch of the 978 Citylink from Edinburgh to Oban. It's schedule is ideal for a day trip to Stirling.

 

[Zamracene749]

The reason the Middlesborough - Whitby line was kept open because the roads serving some of the intermediate stations were inadequate for buses. Those with local knowledge can name them.

Battersby, Kildale and Commondale. Castleton and Danby only see seasonal moorsbus services and a schoolbus. Also in the north east, Chathill on the ECML.

 

[duncanp]

On the West Highland Line, there are a few houses and a hotel at Rannoch, and no other public transport.

 

[route101]

You cant get a local bus from Aviemore to Pitlochry on the A9. You can on Citylink.

 

[Whistler40145]

Is Sugar Loaf served by any buses?

 

[leytongabriel]

The reason the Middlesborough - Whitby line was kept open because the roads serving some of the intermediate stations were inadequate for buses. Those with local knowledge can name them.

Isn't the same true of the Tamar Valley line? So guess Calstock might come into this category

 

[30907]

Keasden (nearest settlement to Clapham ) - while Cononley has hardly any these days.
I imagine there are a few on the Cumbrian Coast, but Googlemaps doesn't show bus times in that area ATM.

PS Calstock does have buses, just not to Bere Alston!

 

[NorthOxonian]

Isn't the same true of the Tamar Valley line? So guess Calstock might come into this category

No - Calstock has a few buses every day to Callington and Tavistock. You're right that the railway there survived in part because of the difficulty of providing bus services - but it wasn't a general difficulty as much as it was a specific issue with running a bus to Plymouth (which is the big city around those parts).