I'm thinking of a station...

[Ivo]

Windsor Riverside (whatever the SWT one is called).

No.

that place in Essex.
Upminster? Southminster? Something like that, isn't it.

No!

Sheerness?

NO!!!!!

Rye ?

...Yes?

 

[dzug2]

Gosh - I got 4 exclamation marks.......

No - 5!!!!!

I shall treasure them.

 

[gg1]

Open floor

 

[dzug2]

This station had two platforms, then one, now two again. In recent years all trains have stopped there apart from one(?) year when one ran through non stop. From the next timetable one train will originate there - for the first time at least in recent years.

I'll add another clue later if it's not immediately guessed.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Gretna

 

[dzug2]

Gretna

Not the one I'm thinking of.

 

[Class172]

Honeybourne?

 

[dzug2]

Honeybourne?

Nope.

It has 'a' similarity with the right answer though

 

[Class172]

…Recently dualled…?

 

[dzug2]

…Recently dualled…?

Well more than one similarity then but one will do for now.

 

[martinsh]

Charlbury ?

I think Honeybourne used to have more than two platforms anyway

 

[dzug2]

Charlbury ?

I think Honeybourne used to have more than two platforms anyway

Yes - Charlbury.

The additional clue/point in common was going to be a description of the elaborate footbridge that has been built at both to serve the new/reopened platforms. At Charlbury in particular it resembles one of those water slides in a fun park and seems to twist over half the car park

 

[martinsh]

Oh, I didn't expect to get that !

Right.

This 4 platformed station was built on a junction in the early 1990s. A previous station of similar name very nearby had closed in the 1950s. It is served by 2 TOCs, one of which is 1tph, the other several more frequent services, and at least one other TOC passes through without stopping. It is not electrified

 

[gg1]

Filton Abbey Wood?

 

[martinsh]

Filton Abbey Wood?

Good guess. But Filton Junction didn't close until F A W opened. Also, the station I'm thinking of actually has platforms on both diverging lines of the junction.

 

[Eagle]

It's not Barnt Green, is it? No, obviously it isn't.

 

[martinsh]

Not Barnt Green, although the TOC that runs non-stop though this station also runs non stop through Barnt Green

 

[ole man]

Maidenhead

 

[dzug2]

Could be Meadowhall?

 

[martinsh]

Could be Meadowhall?

Yes !

Previously Wincobank and Meadowhall, to the south of the junction, closed 1956

 

[dzug2]

Yes !

Previously Wincobank and Meadowhall, to the south of the junction, closed 1956

And not far from Meadowhall and Wincobank closed 1953

Give me a few hours to think one up

 

[Eagle]

Yes !

Previously Wincobank and Meadowhall, to the south of the junction, closed 1956

Did think of Meadowhall but I forgot EMT don't call there any more so I thought there were three TOCs. (Also got confused by Brightside.)

 

[dzug2]

OK try this one

This station has two platforms and is the sole survivor of three that once served its town

Trains from two TOCs pass through, but only one of them stops

The trains are mainly DMUs (don't ask me what sort, that's too technical for me...) but there is the odd loco hauled and HST service

I'll leave it there for now.

 

[gg1]

Bridgwater?

 

[Class172]

I can think of many stations but they don't fit the three stations clue. :?

Lostwithiel?

 

[dzug2]

Neither Bridgwater nor Lostwithiel

 

[gnolife]

Selby?

 

[dzug2]

Selby?

Not Selby

 

[martinsh]

Loughborough ?

 

[dzug2]

Loughborough ?

Not that either