Station association

[Welshman]

Whitby

is now at the end of an admittedly longer branch which forms a triangular junction with a main line.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heysham Port is another railway station managed and served entirely by Northern that also has a limited service (currently just one train a day).

 

[cjp]

Heysham Port is another railway station managed and served entirely by Northern that also has a limited service (currently just one train a day).

Northern are 50% owned by Serco who run Merseyrail which is centred on Liverpool

 

[ValleyLines142]

Northern are 50% owned by Serco who run Merseyrail which is centred on Liverpool

Liverpool? Lime Street or Central?

 

[cjp]

Liverpool? Lime Street or Central?

I guess Liverpool Lime Street but I have never been to either

 

[ValleyLines142]

Fair enough.

Chester also sees an hourly Virgin service to Euston.

 

[cjp]

Perth also has seven platforms

 

[Strathclyder]

Inverness is also served by HSTs and is on the Highland Main Line.

 

[cjp]

Inverness is also served by HSTs and is on the Highland Main Line.

There is nothing High Speed about the trains into Inverness but Inverness does have an avoiding line as does Didcot

 

[Welshman]

Coleshill
is also styled "Parkway"

 

[David Goddard]

Barnt Green is also 9.5 miles from Birmingham New Street

 

[ValleyLines142]

Cheadle Hulme is also a triangular junction station.

 

[Strathclyder]

Kidderminster is also a DfT Category D station.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Craven Arms also opened in 1852.

 

[Welshman]

Craven Arms used to be called "Craven Arms & Stokesay"

In a similar way, the re-opened station of Alfreton used to be called "Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Langley Mill is another station on the Erewash Valley line.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Elton and Orston is also a station with two platforms managed by East Midlands Trains.

 

[Strathclyder]

Blackridge is also a DfT Category F2 station.

 

[cjp]

Conon Bridge is also an example of a station that was closed and then later reopened (formerly it was just called Concon)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Conon Bridge is also an example of a station that was closed and then later reopened (formerly it was just called Concon)

Well, you live and learn. I thought it was called Conon.....Concon is a city in the Valparaiso province of Chile.....

However to carry on....

Beauly also has a platform of very small length.

 

[cjp]

conversely Gloucester has a rather long platform

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wilmslow is another four-platform station.

 

[Merseysider]

Burscough Bridge is another Northern operated station which has seen an uninterrupted increase in passenger numbers for 5 continuous years.

 

[Strathclyder]

Garscadden has also seen a year-on-year increase in passenger numbers for the last 5 years.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I say a station and the person below would say another station that has something in common with it. It doesn't have to be unique, but try and make it as different as possible!

Sorry to be pedantically boring yet again (), but may I kindly requote the above section of the rules of this particular quiz.

 

[High Dyke]

Garscadden has also seen a year-on-year increase in passenger numbers for the last 5 years.

South Acton is another suburban station that sees a frequent service.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Acton Central is another station that was opened by the North and South Western Junction Railway.

 

[High Dyke]

Drayton Park is another station where the traction current supply changes from Overhead Line (OHLE) to 3rd Rail.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Prittlewell is another station which has a direct service into the capital, but despite that, has no services on a Sunday.

 

[High Dyke]

Birchington-on-Sea is also a DfT Category E station.