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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Truro has a cathedral, as does Hereford.

 

[Zoe]

Truro has a cathedral, as does Hereford.

Elgin, the most northerly city in Great Britain. Truro is the most southerly city.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunkeld and Birnam shares an affinity with Elgin (albeit somewhat convoluted)

Duncan 1 of Scotland was born in Dunkeld, He fought a battle with MacBeth and was defeated at Elgin

 

[Welshman]

Welshpool

Another rationalised station following the selling of the original buildings into private ownership.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ravenglass is a station with a narrow-gauge railway nearby (Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway), as has Welshpool (Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway)

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Elgin, the most northerly city in Great Britain. Truro is the most southerly city.

Elgin isn't a city. There are only six cities in Scotland and they are Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and Stirling...

 

[LE Greys]

Ravenglass is a station with a narrow-gauge railway nearby (Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway), as has Welshpool (Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway)

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Elgin isn't a city. There are only six cities in Scotland and they are Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and Stirling...

Depending on whether you count it as Scotland, there is a cathedral in Kirkwall, making it a city

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Depending on whether you count it as Scotland, there is a cathedral in Kirkwall, making it a city

Having a cathedral no longer constitutes a town becoming a city - Guildford and Blackburn both have them, but they are not cities!

 

[Welshman]

Crowborough

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quintrel Downs is on a long single track branch line, as is Crowborough

 

[Welshman]

London Waterloo

[Quintrel Downs is on the "Atlantic Coast Line" between Par & Newquay. The famous multi-portioned "Atlantic Coast Express" to this part of the British Isles left from London Waterloo.]

 

[Anon Mouse]

London Fenchurch Street, another major London Terminal

 

[Welshman]

Cambridge

The character "Fenchurch" in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish" was conceived in the booking office queue at Fenchurch St.
Adams himself, though, was born in Cambridge [no idea where he was conceived!]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Peterborough has C.S sidings, as does Cambridge

 

[Anon Mouse]

Huntingdon, another station where 365's may be seen

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunbar has a link with Huntingdon.

Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon

He defeated the Scots at a decisive battle at Dunbar in 1650.

 

[Welshman]

Malton

Another single-platformed station on a double-track route.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Whitby, another ststion where you can catch a Yorkshire Coastliner bus from

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Formby has a Viking "--by" suffix, as does Whitby

 

[142094]

Ulleskelf - another Viking name

 

[12CSVT]

Widdrington - on a busy main line but hardly any trains call there

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Alfreton has a large coal depot (Rough Close Coal Loading) near to it, as does Widdrington (Widdrington UK Coal)

 

[Welshman]

Langwith Whaley Thorns

[What is it with me and this place?]

This time because, like Alfreton, it used to have a colliery in the Derbyshire Coalfield.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester Oxford Road has three words in its name, as does Langwith Whaley Thorns

 

[Anon Mouse]

Manchester Victoria, another Manchester Stations group station

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Greenfield is served by trains from Manchester Victoria

 

[Welshman]

Slaithwaite

Also on the Trans-Pennine route but not served by TPE.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Deighton, same reason as above

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Smithy Bridge was one of the stations opened in the 1980's, as was Deighton.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Hebden Bridge, do I need an explantion?