Tickets: Odd/funny "from" and "to" locations

[Jordy]

Alexandra Palace to Alexandra Parade

To fully understand how good this one is you need to see it written how it is on tickets:

ALEXANDRA PALACE
ALEXANDRA PARADE

Looks practically identical!

 

[Mojo]

Given the price of it, it isn't one I shall be buying in a hurry!

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Given the price of it, it isn't one I shall be buying in a hurry!

£38.25 Single for me :P

Strangely tempting...

 

[philjo]

Berwick upon tweed to Berwick (Sussex) or north Berwick

Ashwell&morden to morden

Betchworth to Letchworth ( garden city)

Slough to brough (!)


West ham to sandwich

Norwich to northwich

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Ashwell&morden to morden

Slough to brough (!)

(Pedantic mode) It's Morden South, not Morden (/Pedantic mode)

(Pedantic mode again) Slough is pronounced 'Sloww', Brough is pronounced 'Bruff' (/Pedantic mode)

 

[150222]

Goring By Sea to Goring And Streatly. Thurso to Penzance. Norwich to Northwich. Rochdale to Rochester. Thatcham to Barnham.

 

[Eagle]

Hayes to Harlington.

Route: Hayes & Harlington.

(According to NRE this requires seven changes:

Hayes–London Bridge–Paddington–Slough–Windsor Central–Windsor Riverside–Vauxhall– Kings Cross St Pancras–Harlington

I can do it in five:

Hayes–Waterloo East–Waterloo–Reading–Paddington–Kings Cross St Pancras–Harlington)

 

[Mutant Lemming]

not quite all NR

James St to St.James

Bangor to Bangor (maybe even via Holyhead)

New Steet to Old Street

Cherry Tree to Pear Tree

Brighton to Dullingham

Derby to Epsom

Wrexham to Hexham

Malton to Walton

Derby to Derby Road

Ince & Elton to Ince

Ince & Elton to Elton & Orswell

Preston to Preston Park

 

[Dewedin]

Preston to Prestonpans
Appleby to Appleford
Keith to Keighley

 

[12CSVT]

Waterloo (Merseyside) to Waterloo (London)
Lye to Leigh
Sandy to Sandplace
Looe to Bognor Regis
Portsmouth Harbour to Portsmouth Arms
Any of the Acton stations in London to Acton Bridge
Shipley to Shiplake
Any station with Church / Chapel etc in its name (eg Church Fenton or Heaton Chapel) to Holytown

 

[Eagle]

Lye to Lee, or to Ely, or to Leigh

London Fields to London Terminals

 

[heart-of-wessex]

or:

Witchurch - Witchurch via Witchurch

 

[Lampshade]

Clapham - Clapham Junction

 

[Eagle]

St Budeaux Ferry Road to St Budeaux Victoria Road. Especially if you use it on the 18.12, which is direct(!) between the two.

(This StreetView location will show how bizarre a ticket this is.)

 

[Statto]

Liverpool Street to Liverpool Lime Street, although the ticket will probably have London Terminals to Liverpool Stations.
West Hampstead to Hamstead
Preston Road to Preston
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Clapham - Clapham Junction

Or Clapham, North Yorkshire

 

[WillPS]

Nottingham to Kangaroo always makes me laugh

 

[bb21]

Golf Street - Rugby

 

[Deerfold]

I once sold myself a Wakefield Westgate to Wakefield Kirkgate priv single just because I could for the grand old sum of 5p! It was the cheapest station to station with the same name I could find! Me, bored... narrrr!

Interesting what happens when you put that into Eastcoast.co.uk

Although quite happy to sell you a ticket (which has gone up a bit since your sale) most of the suggestions it gives once you click on them suggest you walk.

 

[gg1]

Ford - Vauxhall

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Ashford Middx to Ashford Kent,
Lon Waterloo to Waterloo LPL

 

[cjohnson]

Ford - Vauxhall

On that theme...
Aston - Martin (Mill)

 

[philjo]

York - Minster

Goole - Poole

The number is wrong but:
Beverley - Seven Sisters

 

[Smudger105e]

Am surprised the Ashford to Ashford and Rainham to Rainham ones haven't been mentioned.
The Ashford's football teams played each other in some cup competition a year or two back - both teams being called Ashford Town. How would you know which fans were chanting for which team ?

I was a football referee a while back, and referee'd two teams, Three Horseshoes (Ilkeston) and Leebrooks (Three Horseshores). Was mighty confusing when the players kept shouting, "come on Horseshoes".

Back on track...

Cosham to Bosham (and I know that Bosham is pronounced Bozzam)

 

[Strat-tastic]

Bowling to Bat & Ball

Ticket of the day!

 

[d9009alycidon]

Cockermouth to Shirley

That one will get pulled!!

Jim

 

[Buttsy]

Bath - Bathgate

 

[stut]

Amberley - Camberley

Sandwich - Deal (just so you could present it at Boots)

 

[island]

Green Lane to Green Road
Aberdour to Aberdare
Stone Crossing to Stone Staffs
Broome to High Brooms
Lye to Wye

 

[gg1]

Sandwich - Deal (just so you could present it at Boots)

...and if you make that journey on a regular basis you may be given a free one way ticket to Broadbottom.

 

[Mutant Lemming]

Apologies for any already mentioned -

There seem to be three kinds of category


(1 The same (or nearly same) names

BRAMPTON to BRAMPTON

SALFORD to SALFORDS

LAKE to THE LAKES


(2 The (kind of) rhyming couplet

BRIGG to DRIGG

LISS to DISS

COMBE to COOMBE

EARLEY to PURLEY

SHELFORD to SHALFORD

BECCLES to ECCLES (via Eccles Road even)


(3 The (sort of) guilt by association type

ANGEL ROAD to DEVILS BRIDGE

FRESHFORD to STALYBRIDGE

MARCH to BATTLE

THURSTON to HUNGERFORD

WIGTON to BALDOCK

WORKINGTON to DOLEHAM (seems to be mainly one way for this one these days)

My missus reckons I need to get out more......