Station association

[Springs Branch]

Bletchley was served by occasional stops by Inter-City trains during the BR era, before the opening of Milton Keynes Central station.

Another station which lost its (infrequent) Inter-City service as a result of a shiny, new-build station nearby (Birmingham International) was Hampton-in-Arden.

 

[LUYMun]

The next station south of Hampton-in-Arden is Berkswell.

 

[RDP]

Four Oaks is another DfT category E station managed by WMT.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blake Street was also opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1884.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Broadbottom is another station which is normally served exclusively by class 323 EMUs.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dinting is also adjacent to a high railway viaduct.

 

[Springs Branch]

Todmorden is also located at one apex of a triangular junction.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hartlepool is also a DfT category "D" station that was opened in 1841.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Bradford Interchange is also served by two TOCs, one of which is an 'open access' company.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackburn is also a four-platform station with a DfT category rating of C1.

 

[Springs Branch]

From Blackburn it's possible to depart from the station in opposite directions and travel by direct trains to Manchester Victoria.

Similarly, it's possible to depart in opposite directions and travel on different routes by reach Chester from Manchester Piccadilly.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glasgow Central is also managed by Network Rail.

 

[RDP]

Glasgow Queen Street also has high and low level platforms.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bishopbriggs was also opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in 1842.

 

[LUYMun]

Bishopsbriggs was one of two stations briefly featured in the 1979 film “That Sinking Feeling”, the other station being Springburn.

 

[RDP]

Ashford International is also close to the site of a former railway works.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Harwich International is another station which now carries this suffix but previously carried another, as shown by their still used three-letter codes*

*HPQ was Harwich Parkeston Quay, AFK was Ashford (Kent).

 

[RDP]

Great Chesterford is another DfT category E station managed by Greater Anglia.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Audley End was also opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1845.

 

[RDP]

Sandling was also the junction for a long closed branch line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Atherton is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1888.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Goole is another station which is run and served exclusively by Northern.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Garswood is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1869.

 

[SteveyBee131]

West Kirby is another station situated within the area looked after by Merseyside PTE.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bagshot is also a D fT category "E" station that was opened in 1878.

 

[LUYMun]

At Bagshot, SWR trains run a shuttle between Ascot and Aldershot (extended to Guildford on Sundays).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Harrow and Wealdstone was also the scene of a rail accident with fatalities in 1952.

 

[LUYMun]

The London Underground Bakerloo line runs from Harrow & Wealdstone to Elephant & Castle.

 

[RDP]

Elephant & Castle is also served by Thameslink trains to a number of destinations including Sevenoaks.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tonbridge is also a four-platform station with a DfT category rating of "B".