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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Argyle Street was also proposed in the plans of the Glasgow Central Railway, but actually was also built in 1895 by the Caledonian Railway, who had taken them over in the interim period.

 

[Johnuk123]

Glasgow Queen Street is in the same city and also named after a street.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cardiff Queen Street for obvious reasons plus the fact they are in very large cities outside England.

 

[Johnuk123]

Another station managed by Arriva Trains Wales with 3 platforms is Holyhead.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fishguard Harbour is another Welsh ferryport with services to Eire that is managed by ATW.

 

[Welshman]

Portsmouth Harbour

obvious, really.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heysham Port also serves the needs of ferry passengers.

 

[Johnuk123]

Coulsdon was also opened in 1904.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coulsdon was also opened in 1904.

Clarification of the three Coulsdon area stations:-
The OPEN station of Coulsdon South was opened in 1889
The CLOSED station of Coulsdon North was opened in 1899
The OPEN station of Coulsdon Town was opened in 1904, so it will be this one.

Therefore, Woodmansterne is also a station on the Tattenham Corner line that has a DfT category rating of "E".

 

[Johnuk123]

Stoneleigh was opened in 1932 also.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leatherhead is another station on the Mole Valley line with a DfT category rating of "C2".

 

[David Goddard]

Cambridge also sees a total of six trains per hour from two different London terminals

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Doncaster is also an eight-platform station.

 

[Johnuk123]

Swindon is another station that used to be adjacent to a very large locomotive manufacturing plant.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Harlow Town is also a 4-platform station that was opened in 1842 and currently holding a DfT category rating of "C1".

 

[Welshman]

Bodmin Parkway

another station which has been rebuilt and had its name changed [Bodmin Parkway was originally opened as Bodmin Rd; Harlow Town was originally opened as Burnt Mill].

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Truro is also a 3-platform station that was opened by the Cornwall Railway.

 

[Welshman]

Wakefield Westgate

another station which can be approached via a magnificent viaduct giving views of the city.

 

[David Goddard]

Lincoln Central also sees trains from both London Kings Cross and St Pancras

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester Oxford Road is also a five platform station.

 

[Welshman]

Hadfield

another station converted from DC to AC power last century.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Entwistle is another single-platform station that is managed by Northern

 

[David Goddard]

Hull Paragon was also used for location filming in 1986.

Entwistle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Among_Equals_(TV_series)
Hull - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwise_(film)

 

[12CSVT]

Bradford Interchange is the final destination for services run by an open access operator which uses class 180 units.

 

[David Goddard]

Swansea is another four platform terminus station in a major city that sees both through and terminating trains.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cardiff Central was also opened by the South Wales Railway in 1850.

 

[Welshman]

Reading

another station which had carried the supplementary name "General" in GWR days.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackburn is also a Grade II listed railway station.

 

[dzug2]

Ryde (if only as a homonym) also features in a Beatles song.

Explanation requested - Blackburn was mentioned in a Beatles song (I heard the news Today IIRC)

A Ticket to Ride was another Beatles song - sounds the same as Ryde - and a rail ticket to Ryde was suggested as a possible inspiration for it.

Not that tenuous surely?

 

[David Goddard]

Ryde (if only as a homonym) also feature in a Beatles song.

Which station? there are three!