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There's a bit of an argument about that. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c794pdy1jgjo Great Western Railway has been accused by the Welsh government of trying to "disrupt" plans for new direct train services between west Wales and Bristol. Transport for Wales (TfW), which is owned by the...

ORR were also involved see https://www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/how-orrs-heritage-safety-team-helped-make-action-scene-reality-safely

The word "station" existed long before the railways and was used to describe a variety of features, such as military posts, stopping places for stage coaches, and so on. See https://www.etymonline.com/word/station. So it would seem very plausible that some Station Roads take their name from...

Bearing in mind the OP's comments above about routes through industrial sites, I suspect it would once have been possible to get from Whitchurch, Cardiff to Newport without reversing by going through Cardiff docks. It would therefore have been possible to do Whitchurch Cardiff - Newport -...

They want to do Seaton - Luffenham. See https://wvr.org.uk/how

NR have indeed referred to them as carriages. See the last paragraph of this https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/major-disruption-at-sheffield-station

It's in the Welsh Government press release https://gov.wales/new-trains-will-be-boost-north-wales-rail-passengers