Station association

[EbbwJunction1]

On Monday to Saturdays, there is generally a two-hourly service from Wem southbound to Shrewsbury and northbound to Crewe. A few longer distance services also call, including a pair to/from Swansea via the Heart of Wales Line on weekdays only.

 

[A Challenge]

Worcester Foregate Street is also an intermediate terminus on a line run by GWR from London Paddington.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bearley was also opened in 1860 by the Great Western Railway.

 

[Springs Branch]

Rowley Regis also has direct trains to London Marylebone.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Princes Risborough is also served by Chiltern Railways (Snailways)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wigan Wallgate is also a three-platform station with a DfT category rating of "D".

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Wigan Wallgate is on the Manchester to Southport Line, which includes services that pass through Hag Fold station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

East Garforth was also opened in 1987.

 

[Springs Branch]

Kirkstall Forge is also in WY Metro Fare Zone 2.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Kirkstall Forge is served by trains on the Airedale Line, between Leeds and Bradford Forster Square, as well as some evening services between Leeds and Skipton. Another station on the Airedale Line is Saltaire.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Burley Park is another Northern managed F1 category station which has seen year on year increased passenger usage since 2013.

 

[Springs Branch]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is another DfT Category F1 station managed by Northern.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Another station on the Blackpool South to Preston Line is Kirkham and Wesham.

 

[Springs Branch]

Wrexham General also has a single daily service to/from London Euston provided by Virgin Trains.

 

[backontrack]

Oxford used to carry the suffix 'General'.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Oxford Bus Museum is located at Hanborough Station on the Oxford to Worcester Line.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Oxford Bus Museum is located at Hanborough Station on the Oxford to Worcester Line.

Interesting as it is, I'm not sure that counts as a rail related association, as per quiz rules.

......... It doesn't have to be unique, but try and make it as different as possible and please ensure that all associations are rail related: a separate game exists for non rail related links..........

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oxford used to carry the suffix 'General'.

I will continue from the above posting.......

Bristol Parkway is also a four-platform station with a DfT category rating of "B"

 

[Springs Branch]

Bolton is also undergoing installation of electrification infrastructure at the moment.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Bolton is served by trains which serve the two separate stations at Wigan (Wallgate and North Western). Hindley, is another station where this happens.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fairfield also once had more platforms in use than is the case these days.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Manchester to Glossop Line trains do not serve Fairfield, as they run fast between Ashburys and Guide Bridge.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Guide Bridge is one of the stations served by the famous Fridays only parliamentary train from Stockport to Stalybridge.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Guide Bridge is one of the stations served by the famous Fridays only parliamentary train from Stockport to Stalybridge.

Which I gather is now no more...

Northallerton is also managed by Transpennine Express.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Guide Bridge is one of the stations served by the famous Fridays only parliamentary train from Stockport to Stalybridge.

INFORMATION ONLY.....Not to be regarded as a posting

The day is now changed to a Saturday and there is now one return journey on that day only:-

Stalybridge dep 0846
Calling at Guide Bridge, Denton, Reddish South
Stockport arr 0909

Stockport dep 0945
Calling at Reddish South, Denton, Guide Bridge
Stalybridge arr 1006

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Between 1926 and 1928, Mr H C R Calver was the Station Master at Northallerton; he was afterwards the Station Master at Norwich.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stockport is also a six-platform station with a DfT category rating of "B".

 

[Andy Pacer]

Cardiff Central is another with the infamous Platform 0

 

[backontrack]

London King's Cross also has a notable platform - not just a Platform 0, but the fictional Platform 9-3/4 too.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Reading is also managed by Network Rail