Station association

[LE Greys]

Slightly tenuous, Ipswich might soon be bypassed by the Bacon chord

 

[ValleyLines142]

Witham is another NXEA station with 4 platforms.

 

[150222]

Not to be confused with WITLEY!

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not to be confused with WITLEY!

Really? I can see that with say Rhoose Cardiff Airport in Wales and Roose in Cumbria, but I think that's quite obvious :P

 

[150222]

Ignore it then.

 

[TheJRB]

So we're starting from Witham then?

Sittingbourne is another station on a main line where a branch line begins.

 

[150222]

...As is Preston.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Crewe is also served by the Caledonian Sleeper

 

[150222]

YORK is the ECML equivelent of Crewe.

 

[TheJRB]

EDIT: Beaten to it...

 

[Eagle]

Leamington Spa is also a point where two hourly Crosscountry routes diverge only to meet again at another station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheadle Hulme and Leamington Spa are both four-platform stations.

 

[Eagle]

Virginia Water is another V-shaped station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Botley and Virginia Water were stations opened by the London and South Western Railway

 

[Class172]

Haywards Heath was also opened in 1841.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bognor Regis and Haywards Heath are four-platform stations that are managed by Southern.

 

[Class172]

Barnt Green and Bognor Regis are both electrified stations (partially in the case of Barnt Green) with 4 platforms.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Marston Green and Bognor Regis are both electrified stations with 4 platforms.

When did Marston Green become a 4-platform station ?

 

[Class172]

When did Marston Green become a 4-platform station ?

Je ne sais pas, c'était un accident.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oui, c'est vrai. Un autre, s'il vous plait. C'est moi, eh bien.....

Wilmslow and Barnt Green are four-platform stations.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Oh I say, we're going lingual! How exciting, I speak 7 languages so now I can get into my element! Haha!

Haymarket in Edinburgh also opened in 1842 and is also served by Virgin and CrossCountry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bishopbriggs and Haymarket were early stations opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Alloa is one of the termini of the line (the Croy Line) that Bishopbriggs sits on.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buckshaw Parkway and Alloa are relatively new stations on the rail network.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Chorley also probably suffered delays last night with the fire at Leyland!!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Adlington (Lancs) and Chorley were stations of the Bolton and Preston Railway.

 

[Robinson]

Preston also has the suffix "Lancs" albeit used far less often.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Doncaster and Preston are both eight-platform stations on main line routes running north from London

(Preston has six through and two bay platforms)

 

[Class172]

Crewe and Doncaster have many routes radiating out from them.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newcastle and Crewe are both twelve-platform stations