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[Whistler40145]

Colne is on another truncated line

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abergele & Pensarn is also a DfT category F1 station that was opened in 1848.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Abergele & Pensarn station was the location of two LMS Caravans (or Camping Coaches) in 1935 and 1936 followed by three caravans from 1937 to 1939. Roman Bridge station also hosted two LMS Caravans during the same period.

 

[D6130]

Roman Bridge is the penultimate station on the Blaenau Ffestiniog branch, whereas Galashiels is the equivalent on the Tweedbank branch.

 

[RDP]

Like Galashiels Whatstandwell is on what was once a through line but no longer is.

 

[Purple Train]

Cathcart was also re-sited in 1894 (albeit under slightly different circumstances).

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Pollokshaws East is also a station on the Cathcart Circle Lines in Glasgow.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shawlands was also opened in 1894 by the Cathcart District Railway.

 

[RDP]

The last three stations mentioned are on the Cathcart circle, a circular route from Glasgow Central. A similar circular route from Waterloo is the Kingston loop.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hampton Wick was also opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1863.

 

[D6130]

According to the programme from a railtour on which I travelled in 1977, Hampton Wick is two miles from Hampton and 743 miles from Wick.

 

[RDP]

The service at Wick is worked entirely by class 158 DMUS. Another station with its service provided by a single class of DMU, in this case class 171, is Rye.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gobowen is also a Grade II listed railway station.

 

[RDP]

Gobowen is the last station before the Welsh border on the Shrewsbury-Chester line. The last station before crossing back into England is Wrexham General.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackburn is also a four-platform station that was opened in 1846.

 

[Whistler40145]

Darwen is also on the Ribble Valley Line

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aldermaston is also a DfT category F1 station that was opened in 1847.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Kintbury also has a car park where a charge is applicable.

 

[Purple Train]

Emsworth is also a two-platform station opened in 1847.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bosham is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.

 

[Purple Train]

Manors also opened in 1847.

 

[D6130]

Manors is the first station out of Newcastle on the Edinburgh line, whereas Dunston is the first station on the Carlisle line.

 

[RDP]

At the other end of the line Wetheral is the first station from Carlisle.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Knaresborough is also almost immediately next to a viaduct

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Malvern is also a Grade II listed railway station.

 

[RDP]

Until last year Great Malvern had a through train to Brighton.

 

[M-Train]

Brighton XC services used to call at Kensington Olympia or Clapham Junction.

 

[RDP]

Clapham jct. is served by three TOCs (London Overground, SWR and GTR) so is Oxford (GWR, CrossCountry and Chiltern)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Penzance is also a four-platform station that was opened in 1852.

 

[Purple Train]

Penzance is the western-most station in England: the western-most station in Scotland is Arisaig.