So how many stations *are* there in the UK?

[hexagon789]

There are 83 heritage/preserved railway railway stations in Great Britain and 5 in Northern Ireland, so 88 in the whole of the UK.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

There are 83 heritage/preserved railway railway stations in Great Britain and 5 in Northern Ireland, so 88 in the whole of the UK.

Do you have a source for that, or a clarification of the parameters used? If we are going off any form of preserved, heritage or tourist railway then there's a lot more than 83 stations!

 

[Deerfold]

Wow, so I was quite a way out there- a whole order of magnitude in fact.

As the old cliche goes, you learn something new everyday.

And today you could learn the difference between "everyday" and "every day". Although everyday is a word, it doesn't make sense in that sentence, though it is an increasingly common error.

 

[Stewart2887]

This forum, and this thread in particular, is pedantry corner...Please keep going

 

[kevjs]

Those in the centre are. Some of the others are (IMHO) more like unmanned stations. But it's certainly a grey area, and there are probably a lot more than 50 shades between the simple flag at the side of the road and something with ticket machines, shelters, platforms and information displays. I think either the Clifton or Toton terminus on NET (maybe both?) has toilets and a kiosk selling newspapers etc.

Station Street (Disused) and Nottingham Station are arguably more substantial too - but then again both could count as part of the train station itself, and IIRC doesn't Hucknall share the same platform as National Rail (opposite sides obviously).

"ticket machines, shelters, platforms and information displays." - I think all of Nottingham's have those, plus customer service points too - and cycle parking at a fair few of them as well.

 

[Comstock]

And today you could learn the difference between "everyday" and "every day". Although everyday is a word, it doesn't make sense in that sentence, though it is an increasingly common error.

Jeez. I obviously didn't press the space bar down hard enough, and because "everyday" is a word my browser didn't highlight it. Hardly the crime of the century.

These are contributions to a bulletin board, not university final papers. Whilst I take reasonable care to spell stuff properly and use correct grammar, I'm not going to triple proof read everything as you would for a dissertation or job application.

(sorry to rant, and thanks to everyone else for their replies)

 

[bluenoxid]

Do you have a source for that, or a clarification of the parameters used? If we are going off any form of preserved, heritage or tourist railway then there's a lot more than 83 stations!

I agree. That seems low

KWVR is five plus Keighley
Embsay is three (I think)
Middleton is two
ELR is seven IIRC (they have just opened one as well)
NRM, Locomotion and MOSI Manchester all have platforms for short runs.

There are plenty more to go at

 

[Deerfold]

Jeez. I obviously didn't press the space bar down hard enough, and because "everyday" is a word my browser didn't highlight it. Hardly the crime of the century.

These are contributions to a bulletin board, not university final papers. Whilst I take reasonable care to spell stuff properly and use correct grammar, I'm not going to triple proof read everything as you would for a dissertation or job application.

(sorry to rant, and thanks to everyone else for their replies)

Sorry, I was trying to help with your aim to learn something new every day. I'd hoped that with the smiley I added you'd take it in the light hearted sense it was meant.

 

[greatkingrat]

Do you have a source for that, or a clarification of the parameters used? If we are going off any form of preserved, heritage or tourist railway then there's a lot more than 83 stations!

I think he means there are 83 heritage railways in the UK, not 83 stations. That sounds about right if you are only counting standard gauge railways.