Trivia: lines without a new railway station for a century

[A S Leib]

"The first [new] railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line in over 100 years" is a phrase I've seen describing Beaulieu Park station. Which other lines (the more major the better; I'd suspect there's lots of shorter and more rural lines where this is the case) have gone a century without a new railway station having been built?

Milton Keynes Central rules out the WCML, Bristol Parkway rules out the GWML and CrossCountry route and the Brighton Main Line, South Western Main Line and WCML all have airport stations which disqualifies them.

Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City were both opened less than a century ago, replacing stations older than a century, but I'd say the ECML still counts unless there's any stations younger than a century elsewhere on the route. Maybe the TransPennine route as a candidate, until White Rose opens?

 

[Halish Railway]

Would the definition of ‘new’ exclude reopenings such as Arlesey on the ECML in 1988?

Regarding the TransPennine route, Cottingley, the station being replaced by White Rose was built on a sight never previously used for a station and there was no previous station called Cottingley, although it could be argued that it was a new incarnation of Churwell, a station on the other side of the viaduct to the new White Rose station.

The first line I could think of that hasn’t had any new stations built or reopened in 100 years is York to Scarborough, with the oldest being York, dating back to 1877.

 

[Cach17]

Unless you count the resited Rochester, the Chatham Main Line will join the list when Chestfield & Swalecliffe celebrates its centenary in 2030. Otherwise, the SEML between Charing Cross and Dover easily qualifies!

 

[scatterkeir]

the ECML had East Linton last year and Reston the year before.

 

[GW43125]

Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City were both opened less than a century ago, replacing stations older than a century, but I'd say the ECML still counts unless there's any stations younger than a century elsewhere on the route. Maybe the TransPennine route as a candidate, until White Rose opens?

Welham Green opened 1986.

 

[Purple Train]

"The first [new] railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line in over 100 years" is a phrase I've seen describing Beaulieu Park station. Which other lines (the more major the better; I'd suspect there's lots of shorter and more rural lines where this is the case) have gone a century without a new railway station having been built?

Milton Keynes Central rules out the WCML, Bristol Parkway rules out the GWML and CrossCountry route and the Brighton Main Line, South Western Main Line and WCML all have airport stations which disqualifies them.

Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City were both opened less than a century ago, replacing stations older than a century, but I'd say the ECML still counts unless there's any stations younger than a century elsewhere on the route. Maybe the TransPennine route as a candidate, until White Rose opens?

The ECML doesn't count: Brookmans Park opened in 1926 for one!

 

[A S Leib]

the ECML had East Linton last year and Reston the year before.

I evidently forgot about those.

Welham Green opened 1986.

How Wood opened in 1988, so slightly surprisingly to me, that still isn't the youngest station in Hertfordshire.

 

[Purple Train]

The first line I could think of that hasn’t had any new stations built or reopened in 100 years is York to Scarborough, with the oldest being York, dating back to 1877.

I don't think there are any newer ones between Hull and Scarborough either, although I am willing to be corrected. What's the youngest station on the Heart of Wales?

 

[A S Leib]

Would the definition of ‘new’ exclude reopenings such as Arlesey on the ECML in 1988?

I'd say that reopenings after prolonged closures are new stations; resitings aren't.

 

[DarloRich]

Marston Vale Line: Most stations opened 1845 or 1905. Some closed for the first world war but reopened in 1919 . No stations added since the line first opened.

 

[scrapy]

Regarding the TransPennine route, Cottingley, the station being replaced by White Rose was built on a sight never previously used for a station and there was no previous station called Cottingley, although it could be argued that it was a new incarnation of Churwell, a station on the other side of the viaduct to the new White Rose station.

There is also Deighton which opened in 1982.

 

[Railsigns]

The first line I could think of that hasn’t had any new stations built or reopened in 100 years is York to Scarborough, with the oldest being York, dating back to 1877.

Strensall Halt opened just under 100 years ago.

 

[Acfb]

Hope Valley? (Not via Brinnington which opened in 1977).

 

[aliceh]

The Wessex Mainline is getting there, with Dilton Marsh being the newest at 87 years old

 

[A S Leib]

What are the youngest stations on the Highland Main and West of England lines?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

What are the youngest stations on the Highland Main and West of England lines?

Carrbridge on the Highland main line didn't open until mid 1892, I believe. Think that was the last section of the Highland main line to be opened.

 

[aliceh]

What are the youngest stations on the Highland Main and West of England lines?

Cranbrook on the WoE line is a 2015 addition. Whimple and Templecombe were 1980s reopenings

 

[Railsigns]

What are the youngest stations on the Highland Main and West of England lines?

Muirton station on the HML opened in 1936.

 

[gazthomas]

How about the North Wales Coast? Llanfairpwll, Conwy and Shotton (at least) closed and reopened during the period in question though!

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Muirton station on the HML opened in 1936.

It did, but then closed in late 1959. Presume this was primarily only ever a match day halt for St. Johnstone FC

 

[DelW]

Conveniently the grouping was just over a century ago. The Pre Grouping Atlas shows all the stations on the Portsmouth Direct, which implies that would count.

 

[Snow1964]

What are the youngest stations on the Highland Main and West of England lines?

On South West mainline, Berrylands was added in 1933

Conveniently the grouping was just over a century ago. The Pre Grouping Atlas shows all the stations on the Portsmouth Direct, which implies that would count.

I would include Berrylands on Waterloo-Portsmouth too, not just the section south of Woking

 

[Lockwood]

Waterloo and City?

 

[Cowley]

The Exeter to Barnstaple line?

 

[imagination]

On the Reading-Taunton line, every station in use is over 100 years old... but:
- Newbury Racecourse, despite opening in 1905, got regular services for the first time in the 1990s
- Wootton Rivers Halt opened in 1928, less than 100 years ago, but closed again in 1966

Does this count or not?

 

[RobertsN]

Does the Isle of Wight count in any way?

 

[A S Leib]

On the Reading-Taunton line, every station in use is over 100 years old... but:
- Newbury Racecourse, despite opening in 1905, got regular services for the first time in the 1990s
- Wootton Rivers Halt opened in 1928, less than 100 years ago, but closed again in 1966

Does this count or not?

I'd say it counts.

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Does the Isle of Wight count in any way?

No, as Smallbrook Junction opened in 1991.

 

[barbette165]

A common contender to many trivia threads, Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town

 

[Snow1964]

A common contender to many trivia threads, Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town

Wasn't Stourbridge Town resited (and bus station built on old site), so strictly it has a replacement station which bends the rules.

 

[steamybrian]

Otherwise, the SEML between Charing Cross and Dover easily qualifies!

Petts Wood opened in 1928.