Station association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Another station where the three-letter-code correspond to the first three letters of the station's name is Stranraer.

Muir of Ord was also opened in 1862.

 

[Springs Branch]

Keith is another station originally opened by the Highland Railway which was the junction for a closed branch line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Insch was also opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway in 1854.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Insch station is located at the southern end of a double track section of the line, which runs north as far as Kennethmont before reverting to single track once more. There is however, no station there, as it was closed in 1968; the next station in a northerly direction is Huntley.

 

[D6130]

Insch station is located at the southern end of a double track section of the line, which runs north as far as Kennethmont before reverting to single track once more. There is however, no station there, as it was closed in 1968; the next station in a northerly direction is Huntley.

Sorry to be an extremely pedantic half-Scotsman, but the correct spelling is Huntly. Huntley is a small village on the A40 in Gloucestershire, about half-way between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sorry to be an extremely pedantic half-Scotsman, but the correct spelling is Huntly. Huntley is a small village on the A40 in Gloucestershire, about half-way between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye.

Sorry .... !

 

[D6130]

No worries....I'm sure you'll be able to pick me up on my Welsh place name spellings one day!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

No worries....I'm sure you'll be able to pick me up on my Welsh place name spellings one day!

Many years ago on one of the threads on this website, a member with sense of the ironic commented...."Welcome to Wales, the "Land of the Consonant" ...

 

[Springs Branch]

......... the next station in a northerly direction is Huntley.

In 1960 BR Scottish Region introduced a fleet of seven new Swindon-built Class 120 "Inter City" DMUs to the Aberdeen - Inverness line, greatly improving the speed and comfort of train services at Huntly.

A separate small fleet of 2-car Class 120's was built around the same time for the Western Region for use on the Central Wales Line, benefiting passengers at Llandrindod Wells.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

OBSERVATION....Whilst the station in the previous posting did serve the settlement that was named, the station itself only ever carried the name of Llandrindod.

New Mills Central is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1865.

 

[SteveyBee131]

New Mills Central has a siding nearby to allow terminating services to wait without blocking the line. Goole is another with such a facility, although it is not quite so frequently used.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hexham was also once served by a long-closed branch line.

 

[D6130]

OBSERVATION....Whilst the station in the previous posting did serve the settlement that was named, the station itself only ever carried the name of Llandrindod.

Sorry to be pedantic for the second time today - and I realise that nobody likes a smart***e - but my copy of the Ian Allan British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazeteer clearly shows the station name as "Llandrindod Wells"....as well as "Llangammarch Wells" and "Llanwrtyd Wells" further down the line. I'm not sure when the three stations lost their "Wells" suffixes, but I suspect that it may have happened when the "No Signalman Token Block" system - supervised from Pantyffynnon - was installed in 1986.

 

[FQ]

No idea on the names of the stations but as it doesn't affect play we continue from here:

Hexham was also once served by a long-closed branch line.

Maryport is also served by Northern trains from Carlisle

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ashchurch for Tewkesbury is also a station with the lowest DfT category rating of F2 that was opened in 1840.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

William Watkins was Station Master at the then Ashchurch station between 1900 and 1923; he had formerly had the same post at Bromsgrove.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barnt Green is at the other end of the notorious Lickey Incline.

 

[Springs Branch]

Helsby is also located in the "Y" of a junction with separate platforms on both main and branch lines.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Frodsham is also a Grade II listed railway station.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Another station situated in England, but managed by Transport for Wales, is Shrewsbury.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Shrewsbury's station buildings were originally built in October 1848 for the county's first railway, the Shrewsbury to Chester Line; the architect was Thomas Mainwaring Penson of Oswestry. Another example of original station buildings (but now not used because the station has been relocated) designed by him is at Church Stretton.

 

[Springs Branch]

Drumgelloch is also located on a different site, compared to the original station opened when the railway line was first built.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bathgate is another station on the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link that was opened in the 21st century.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ticket gates are in operation at Bathgate station, but not at the neighbouring station at Livingston North.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Winnersh Triangle was also opened by British Rail in 1986.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Winnersh Triangle station does not have any accessible facilities, i.e. step-free access, staff help etc. The nearest station with these facilities is Wokingham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

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

 

[Springs Branch]

Dorking Deepdene is another station in former Network Southeast commuterland without a direct train service to London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crediton is also a DfT category F1 station that was opened in 1851.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Crediton is the current junction of the Tarka Line to Barnstaple and the Dartmoor Line to Meldon Quarry. Although Yeoford station is technically on both lines, only trains to Barnstaple call there.