Station association

[David Goddard]

Wainfleet is also the second from last station, where most trains stop, on the way to a seaside resort.

 

[Darren R]

Bamber Bridge also has its own signal box at the eastern end of the station adjacent to a level crossing.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cherry Tree was also opened by the Blackburn and Preston Railway in 1846.

 

[cjp]

Another station with a fruit tree for its name is Appledore which,according to Google, comes from the Old English apuldre (meaning apple tree)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ham Street was also opened in 1851 by the South Eastern Railway

 

[cjp]

Ham Street was also opened in 1851 by the South Eastern Railway

Interestingly although Hamstreet sounds like a road it is a station named after a village in Kent however Syon Lane is a station named after a street and is not a place.

 

[Darren R]

Croftfoot station also opened in 1931.

 

[cjp]

Class 314s are also used on the line to Neilston

 

[High Dyke]

Barrhead is another railway station in East Renfrewshire with services to/from Glasgow.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crossmyloof was also opened by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway in 1848.

 

[12CSVT]

Kew Gardens is encircled by a loop line on a different route

 

[cjp]

Richmond is the terminus for LO trains serving Kew Gardens

 

[Darren R]

Surbiton is another Art Deco station.

 

[cjp]

A number of weekday trains run non stop between Surbiton & Waterloo

 

[GatwickDepress]

Waterloo is named after a Battle.

 

[cjp]

Hanwell is also a grade II listed station

 

[High Dyke]

Shoeburyness is another station that once had through services operated by the District Railway (now the LUL District Line) to/from London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leigh-on-Sea is another 3-platform station that is managed by c2c

 

[Darren R]

Mosspark also opened in 1934.

 

[High Dyke]

Alloa is another station that closed and subsequently re-opened.

 

[Darren R]

Mitcham Eastfields is another station opened in 2008 and served by a First Group franchise.

 

[12CSVT]

Stewartby has staggered platforms either side of a level crossing

 

[High Dyke]

Islip is also on the route that used to be informally known as the Varsity Line. Though the two stations currently do not share a rail service.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brockholes is also a single platform station that was opened in 1850.

 

[Welshman]

Prestatyn also used to be the junction station for a now-closed branch line.

 

[Strathclyder]

Bournville is also a DfT Category D station.

 

[cjp]

Longbridge, on the same line as Bournville, is a "new" station built in 1978 to permit trains on the line to Redditch to serve the area

 

[Darren R]

British Steel Redcar station also opened in 1978.

 

[High Dyke]

Smallbrook Junction is another station with no public access.

 

[Darren R]

Until the opening of Smallbrook Junction in 1991, the newest station on the Island Line was Lake.