Station association

[EbbwJunction1]

Another station originally opened by the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway is Croston.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kirton Lindsey is also a single platform station that was opened in 1849 and currently the holder of the lowest DfT category rating of F2.

 

[A Challenge]

Brigg is also only served by Northern services, and only on Saturdays at that!

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Another station covered by the Brigg Line Group (formerly known as Friends Of The Brigg & Lincoln Lines) is Kirton In Lindsey.

Apparently, my last posting duplicates the station that Paul named in his post no. 12242. I didn't realise that it was the same place, but apparently it is; my apologies. I've deleted it, so here's a new one:

Another station covered by the Brigg Line Group (formerly known as Friends Of The Brigg & Lincoln Lines) is Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wateringbury is also a railway station with a Grade II listing.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Just as Wateringbury station is mentioned in 'Hop Picking Diary' by George Orwell, the "Jim Stringer: Steam Detective" series of mystery novels by Andrew Martin are set on various British railway lines, but our hero is based at York for many of the books.

 

[A Challenge]

Manchester Airport is also served by direct services Elton Glasgow and Edinburgh.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Trans Pennine Express also have a train crew depot with no drivers at Glasgow Central

 

[A Challenge]

Haymarket is also served by six TOCS, with five the same, ScotRail, XC, VTWC, VETC and TPX.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester Oxford Road is also a five-platform station.

 

[Whistler40145]

Prestbury is another station served by Northern Rail.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Adlington (Cheshire) was also opened in 1845 by the London and North Western Railway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

There is also an Adlington station in Lancashire, but this one is staffed, unlike it's Cheshire counterpart.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackrod was also opened by the Bolton and Preston Railway in 1841.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Green Lane station in Birkenhead also has a colour as part of it's name.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sandhills is also a Merseyrail managed station with a DfT category rating of E.

 

[A Challenge]

Liverpool Lime Street is also, under normal circumstances, served by Merseyrail trains to four different terminus destinations.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leeds is also managed by Network Rail.

 

[Springs Branch]

Stoke-on-Trent is also served by five TOCs.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Carlisle is also a Grade II* railway station.

 

[A Challenge]

Lincoln has also now lost a suffix.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The adjoining station at Hykeham also features a level crossing, although this one separates the two platforms, which are staggered.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fiskerton is another station opened by the Midland Railway in 1846 on its Nottingham to Lincoln line.

 

[A Challenge]

Langwith-Whaley Thorns is also served by EMT trains terminating at Nottingham.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Drumfrochar station in the south-western part of Greenock, Scotland was also opened in May 1998.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I am really struggling to come up with an association, so forgive me if all that I can say is that.....

IBM is another station on the Inverclyde Line.

 

[A Challenge]

Ash is another station that is its station code.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gorton is another station that saw its four platforms reduced to two.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Chester-le-Street station was also mentioned in "Slow Train", the famous song by Flanders and Swann, written in July 1963.

"No churns, no porter, no cat on a seat,
At Chorlton-cum-Hardy or Chester-le-Street."

(Gorton was referred to as "Openshaw", part of the station's previous name of Gorton and Openshaw)

(Your struggles to find an association for Drumfrochar have my sympathy - I hope that this one will be easier!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Ayton was also opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1868.