Station association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Alresford is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1866.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Three Letter Station Code for Alresford (ALR) corresponds to the first three letters of the station's name.
The same thing applies at LAN = Lancaster.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

New Mills Central was also once served by a now-closed short branch line.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Bamford is also a station on the Hope Valley Line where the original Station Master's House still exists, although not now used for that purpose.

 

[Springs Branch]

The handy Wayfarer day rover ticket comes in two varieties - Derbyshire and Greater Manchester.
The two versions have different areas of validity, with some overlap between them.
Stations where both types of Wayfarer are valid include Bamford and Buxton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Penistone was also the scene of a rail accident in 1897.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Although the entire Barnsley to Huddersfield route was originally double line, it is now single throughout following modernisation works in 1983 & 1989, aside from a pair of crossing loops at Penistone and between Stocksmoor and Shepley stations.

 

[Springs Branch]

Walsden is also in WY Metro Fare Zone 5.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Littleborough is also a fully accessible station with ramps to each platform on the Caldervale Line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dorking West is another railway station having staggered platforms.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Betchworth is another station on the North Downs Line without any facilities for purchasing tickets.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Reigate was also opened by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway in 1849.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Reigate is the location of one of the three signal boxes / signalling centres on the North Downs Line. One of the other two is at Wokingham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackheath is also a DfT category C2 station that was opened in 1849.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Much of the original Blackheath station, was built using London bricks to a design by the South Eastern Railway architect George Smith, who also built Greenwich station.

 

[island]

Lewisham is another Southeastern station having an interchange with the Docklands Light Railway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chapel-en-le-Frith was also the scene of a rail accident in 1957.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Furness Vale is also a station on the Buxton Line which is unstaffed, although it has a ticket machine.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whaley Bridge was also opened by the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway in 1857.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Davenport is also a station on the Buxton Line where train running information is offered by means of digital CIS displays and timetable posters.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

North Camp is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1858.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ash is also a station with step-free access on the North Downs Line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Town Green is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1849.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Maghull is also a station on Merseyrail's Northern Line that has a ticket office.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Croston was also opened in 1849 by the East Lancashire Railway who had taken over the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway.

 

[Springs Branch]

Nelson is another station on a single track, dead-end branch line today, which historically had through trains to/from Liverpool Exchange.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barton-on-Humber is also a single-platform DfT category F1 station that was opened in 1849.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

New Clee is also a station on the Barton Line which has no ticket buying facilities.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chapelton is also a single-platform station with the lowest DfT category rating of F2.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Chapleton is on the Tarka Line between Barnstaple and Exeter, which has a popular "Ale Trail" which links several stations with a pub near to it. However, Chapleton is not one of those stations, but the appropriately named Portsmouth Arms is.