Station association

[Temple Meads]

Swindon is also a place to alight to visit a famous train museum.

 

[Clip]

Swinton Sounds like Swindon but with one change of a letter and 175 miles away.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

gonna have to do an easy one here

RETFORD because it also has a direct link to london (this is the one for SWINDON)

 

[phil281]

gonna have to do an easy one here

RETFORD because it also has a direct link to london

TAMWORTH also has high and low level platforms

 

[Temple Meads]

Eastleigh is also popular with freight enthusiasts.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

DIDCOT PARKWAY both have had cross country services terminate there because of maintenance works

 

[Temple Meads]

Romsey also has a subway rather than a footbridge.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

EAST MIDLANDS PARKWAY also used to have a bus service but has since ceased

 

[phil281]

EAST MIDLANDS PARKWAY also used to have a bus service but has since ceased

RUGELEY TRENT VALLEY is alos situated near a large power station

 

[Ivo]

Colchester is the more prominent station in another town that has two stations bearing its name.

Also, can we cut back on the CAPITAL LETTERS please? They don't like right...

Swinton Sounds like Swindon but with one change of a letter and 175 miles away.

Which one?

 

[Clip]

gonna have to do an easy one here

RETFORD because it also has a direct link to london (this is the one for SWINDON)

Curious as to the reason why? Was mine deemed not allowed then?

Colchester is the more prominent station in another town that has two stations bearing its name.

Also, can we cut back on the CAPITAL LETTERS please? They don't like right...

Which one?

The one thats 175 miles away of course.

 

[phil281]

Cambridge also has a very long platform and serves direct trains to Norwich and Liverpool Street

 

[LE Greys]

Nuneaton has also had an island platform added in recent years

 

[Ivo]

Nearby Rugby also lost some of its importance as part of the VHF plan.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

Curious as to the reason why? Was mine deemed not allowed then?

because i posted the one for the swindon one and once it had posted you had already posted about swinton and i edited mine

 

[Welshman]

Sheffield

also formerly "Midland" but since the closure of the GC is now the only station in town.

 

[Clip]

because i posted the one for the swindon one and once it had posted you had already posted about swinton and i edited mine

Fair enough.

Port Talbot also has a history of steel works(still going too before someone pipes up)

 

[ATW Alex 101]

severrn tunnel junction because it also has an island platform

 

[Temple Meads]

Dilton Marsh is also served by some, although by no means all, Cardiff to Portsmouth services.

 

[Welshman]

John Betjeman also wrote about Pershore station

 

[Temple Meads]

Moreton in Marsh is also on the Oxford to Worcester line...

 

[Welshman]

Some station signs at Llandudno Junction are bilingual too.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

watford jct also a junction

 

[12CSVT]

New Cross is no longer served by London Underground (although Underground may return to Watford Junction if the Croxley link goes ahead)

 

[Ivo]

New Cross is no longer served by London Underground (although Underground may return to Watford Junction if the Croxley link goes ahead)

You never know, if several RUS suggestions goes ahead the Bakerloo may serve both in time!

Anyway, New Cross will forever be associated - and sometimes mixed up - with nearby New Cross Gate.

 

[Welshman]

Not to be confused with the old Cross Gates near Leeds

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Garforth was also opened in 1834 and was served by the North Eastern Railway.

 

[Welshman]

Garforth also has a relatively new neighbour half a mile away, opened by Metro in 1987.

East Garforth

 

[AlterEgo]

Like East Garforth, Ardrossan Harbour was opened in 1987.

 

[12CSVT]

Like East Garforth, Ardrossan Harbour was opened in 1987.

I presume you meant Ardrossan Town.

Anyway this applies both to Town and Harbour stations.

Balloch is on a single track branch line with regular services to Glasgow