Station association

[D6130]

Shrewsbury station was designed by Oswestry architect Thomas Mainwaring Penson, who also designed the distinctive buildings at other stations on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, including the Florentine villa-style building at Gobowen.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

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

 

[SteveyBee131]

Shipley also has 5 platforms currently in use, although laid out very differently.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The station buildings at Carnforth were also designed by Sir William Tite.

Beaten to it ....

Mr A W Bell was Station Master at Shipley between 1936 and 1943; he had previously held the same post at Wem,

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Prees was also opened by the Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway in 1858.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Wrenbury is also an unstaffed, request-stop station with two platforms on the Welsh Marches Line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bricket Wood was also opened in 1858 and also holds the lowest DfT category rating of F2.

As a matter of interest, near to the area of the station is a nuclear bomb-proof control centre, constructed in the early 1950s against the felt threat of Soviet aggression.

 

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Bricket Wood station has been used during production of a number of films.
Another station well know for its appearance on the "silver screen" (specifically the classic Brief Encounter of 1945) is Carnforth.

 

[D6130]

Another station with a modern-style micro-pub on the premises is Doncaster.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ford was also the scene of a rail accident with fatalities in 1951.

 

[D6130]

Branksome was also situated at one apex of a triangular junction.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The junction referred to above was with the Somerset & Dorset Railway. Another current station which once had a junction to it is at Templecombe.

 

[D6130]

The junction referred to above was with the Somerset & Dorset Railway.

Err....not quite. I think you may be confusing it with Broadstone....although trains to/from the S&DJR did run through Branksome en route to/from Bournemouth West.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Looking at the two postings above, which is the station that we now have to find an association with?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I'm sorry for my mistake ... I have deleted my previous post, so the station remains as Branksome.

 

[D6130]

Looking at the two postings above, which is the station that we now have to find an association with?

Perhaps another association with Branksome?

 

[D6130]

I'm sorry for my mistake ... I have deleted my previous post, so the station remains as Branksome.

No worries! You should see some of the cock-ups that I've made on some of these games!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I'm sorry for my mistake ... I have deleted my previous post, so the station remains as Branksome.

Parkstone is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened by the London and South Western Railway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Parkstone station has a car park, whereas Hamworthy station does not.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wool is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway in 1847.

 

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The three-letter station code for Wool is WOO.
Another four-letter station using the same pattern for its code is LOO - Looe

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heysham Port is also a single-platform branch line terminal station.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Fishguard Harbour is another station which only sees limited rail services timed to connect with boat services.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Carshalton Beeches is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1906.

 

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Suburban train services at Carshalton Beeches were among the last to be electrified using the LB&SCR's 6600V AC overhead system, before the Southern Railway adopted 3rd rail DC as its standard.
The first route to be electrified by the LB&SCR at 6600V AC was London Bridge to Victoria via Denmark Hill.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Marple is also a DfT category "D" station that was opened in 1865.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Until 2018, Marple was among the reversal points for Northern local services from Manchester Piccadilly. Since then, they were extended along the Hope Valley to give a more or less hourly stopping service between Piccadilly and Sheffield.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dore & Totley was also built to the design of the railway architect John Holloway Sanders.

 

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Bidston was also opened in 1872.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Meols is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened by the Hoylake Railway.