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Robinson

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London King's Cross is famously the station of the fictional Platform 9 3/4 - but the real platforms 9 and 10 are separated by intervening tracks. J. K. Rowling claimed to have misremembered London Euston as King's Cross, despite the fact that platforms 9 and 10 there are also separated by two tracks.
 
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gnolife

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In one series of fiction books, King's Cross is a notable station. In a totally different series, Fenchurch Street is notable.

(I dont think I need to say in the case of the former, in the case of the latter, it is Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that im referring to)
 

Xenophon PCDGS

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York is also used by rail visitors as a means of accessing a historic monument. (Clifford's Tower in York....The Tower of London from Fenchurch Street)

I hope this clarification is good enough to save this posting from being accused of being a refugee from the Settlement Association Quiz...:D
 

Welshman

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also used to have a "Station Hotel" [and also now owned privately].

EDIT:

Sorry, my above post refers to "York". Robinson's challenge was not here when I posted it!
 
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SeanG

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Navigation Road is also served by National Rail and a Light Rail System
 

SeanG

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East Midlands Parkway is also very close to an airport but does not have the word 'airport' in its title
 

12CSVT

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Staveley is the last intermediate station on a single track branch line
 

Welshman

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Betws y Coed

another station which used to be double-tracked, now singled, on a branch line and serving an area of tourist interest.
 

SeanG

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Haydon Bridge is also a 2 platform station managed by Northern ending in "bridge"
 

Welshman

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Stockton

another station managed by Northern which occasionally sees EC services pass through on diversion.
 

Welshman

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Derby

another station which used to have the suffix "Midland" to distinguish it from another station in the city - but now no longer necessary.
 

ATW Alex 101

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Are you referring to the Manchester Metrolink system at Manchester Victoria as being "electric" in this comparison as all the heavy rail services there are diesel operated.

well it is all in the same station complex I suppose, hence why I used Chester as there is also the ability for electric rail vehicles to run there, but mostly diesel
 

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