Station association

[Springs Branch]

Cheadle Hulme also saw the introduction of electric trains in 1960.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wembley Central was also the scene of a rail accident in 1964.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Wembley Central and Harrow & Wealdstone are both interchange stations on the London Overground and London Underground.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tamworth was also the scene of a rail accident in 1870.

 

[D6130]

Lichfield Trent Valley also has high- and low-level platforms on different routes crossing each other more-or-less at right angles.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Potters Bar was also the scene of a rail accident with fatalities in 1946.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Barnetby also has 4 platforms which are arranged in 2 islands.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Healing is also an unstaffed station on the Brigg Line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sandplace is also a DfT category F2 station that was opened in 1881.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Samuel Syrus Hunt (1873–1953) wrote poetry under the pseudonym Bernard Moore, and is probably best known for his poem 'Travelling' which contrasts the sights and sounds of a railway journey through urban London with the tranquility of one on the rural Looe Valley Line in Cornwall. In the poem (written c1919) he lists stations along the railway line towards the City City as called out by the Porter: Peckham Rye, Loughborough (Junction), Elephant (& Castle), St Paul's
and contrasts them with idyllic sounding destinations on the Liskeard and Looe Railway: Moorswater, Causland, Sandplace, Looe.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aigburth is also a DfT category "E " station that was opened in 1864.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Brunswick station also has a car park and secure cycle storage facilities.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Michaels was also opened by the Garston and Liverpool Railway in 1864.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Michaels station is on the southern arm of Merseyrail's Northern Line, which terminates at Hunt's Cross. There are three Northern terminals, at Southport, Ormskirk and Kirkby.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Town Green was also opened by the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Junction Railway in 1849.

 

[Springs Branch]

The 3-letter station code for Town Green is TWN.
In reverse, NWT is the station code for Newtown (Powys).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aberystwyth is also a Grade II listed railway station.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

London Cannon Street station is also a terminus station and the location of a J D Wetherspoons pub.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leeds is also managed by Network Rail.

 

[A Challenge]

Sheffield also has a bay platform used for Intercity trains to London (P7 at Sheffield, P6 at Leeds)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stirling is also a nine-platform station.

 

[D6130]

Wemyss Bay was also designed by James Miller for the Caledonian Railway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aviemore is also a Scottish category "A" listed railway station.

 

[D6130]

Alton also has cross-platform interchange with a heritage railway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The heritage railway mentioned above is the Mid-Hants Railway. It was opened in October 1865 under that name, and was operated by the London and South Western Railway. The other end of the line was Winchester, which remains open, even though the branch does not.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Basingstoke was also opened by the London and Southampton Railway in 1839.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In 2022, South Western Railway introduced staff members called "Welcome Hosts" at Basingstoke station to provide information and sell tickets. They have also been used since 2021 at some other stations, including Bournemouth.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chester was also the scene of a rail accident in 1949.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Bidston is also served by 750V DC EMUs and Sprinter DMUs

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Borderlands Line , also known as the Bidston to Wrexham Line or the Wrexham to Bidston line, is a cross boarder railway line between North Western England and North Eastern Wales. This means that Bidston is in England, whereas the other terminus of the line, Wrexham Central, is in Wales.