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This question does seem a little difficult, it has to be said.
 
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OK, a clue then: The line this town is on was once all double track, but has now got some short sections of single, due to an engineering issue. The station was once a junction with another line, long closed, and the preserved items are in connection with that former line
 
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Well, it must be the Hastings line. What was the junction on that line for the Kent & East Sussex Railway?
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Robertsbridge?
 
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Ok. Here's two:

Station One:
One of the first stations to be built to serve more than one company (three in fact) and initially was a major junction on lines from London to the North East. It still is a major station on a railway "crossroads"

Station Two:
This station no longer exists. The town it served and for which it was named was actually a couple of hundred feet above the two track main line which passed (and passes) beneath it. A ventilation shaft comes up in the middle of the town and the council have built a seat around it.
 
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Is station 2 Clay Cross? I'm still thinking about number 1.
 
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Clay Cross it is :)

Station one was the first to try steel rails.
 
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OK, continuing the theme set by Clay Cross, this town (or rather large village) had a station a couple of hundred feet below the level of the settlement itself, almost a mile's walk from the centre. The station had a very unusual layout, which only exists at two stations on today's network. Coincidentally one of these two is nearby. After the station, the line passed under the town in a tunnel. Today the line is closed and there is no station serving the town at all, although some remains of the track formation are still present.
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As I'm going away for a few days over Christmas, the answer's Queensbury.
 
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This station used to have more than 3x the number of platforms, was a junction station and now shares its name with another station that is not on the national rail network. It also partially featured in a film about gangsters.
 
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Waddon said:
OK, a clue then: The line this town is on was once all double track, but has now got some short sections of single, due to an engineering issue. The station was once a junction with another line, long closed, and the preserved items are in connection with that former line
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Was this one answered?
 
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Waddon said:
OK, a clue then: The line this town is on was once all double track, but has now got some short sections of single, due to an engineering issue. The station was once a junction with another line, long closed, and the preserved items are in connection with that former line
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Is it Tunbridge Wells, the preserved items being from the Spa Valley?
 
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As there's currently no question in play, how about this:

Town is at the end of a single line. There are two stations, one bearing the town's name, and the other having on syllable only out of the town's name in it.
 
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OK, a very easy one.

The town has three stations, though only one bears the name of the town and this is not the town's original station. The main station has three platforms, though only two are used for trains in service.
 
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Another easy one, I think:

Two mainline stations which are close together. One has four platforms which used to be numbered 1,2, 5 & 6 and are now 1 - 4. The other has seven platforms numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7.

Where are they?

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Capybara said:
OK, a very easy one.

The town has three stations, though only one bears the name of the town and this is not the town's original station. The main station has three platforms, though only two are used for trains in service.
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Harrogate?
 
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