Station association

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Hampton-in-Arden is another DfT Category E station in the Network West Midlands PTE area.

 

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Prior to the opening of the nearby Birmingham International station in 1976, fast trains between Birmingham New Street and London Euston called at Hampton-in-Arden, to provide a stop between Birmingham and Coventry and to serve Birmingham Airport. Evidence of the stopping of these longer trains remains with the exceptionally long platforms.

 

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Stansted Airport is another station opened by BR to provide a rail link to an airport.

 

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Southend Victoria is another Southend station that Greater Anglia serves.

 

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Wickford is also a four-platform station that was opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1889.

 

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Mark's Tey is also a Greater Anglia station that provides interchange from mainline to branch line.

 

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Witham was also opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1843.

 

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Witham is the southern terminus of the Braintree Branch Line; one of the stations on that line is White Notley.

 

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Chafford Hundred (Lakeside) is another single platform station that can take 12 coaches.

 

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Gilshochill was also opened in 1993 by British Rail.

 

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Gilshochill is on the Maryhill Line, which links Glasgow Queen Street and Anniesland via Maryhill.

 

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Anniesland and Airdrie both have 3 platforms. (2 through, 1 bay)

 

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318 and 320 and 334 trains can go west, but only 334's can go east due to the airdrie-bathgate rail link. One of the stops on it is Caldercruix

 

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Southend Airport station also came into service in 2011.

 

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Gatwick Airport also serves an airport.

 

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Guildford is also served by 4 train operators.

 

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Bath Spa also has only 1 CrossCountry service north per day.

 

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Oldfield Park, a small commuter station in a western suburb with limited services to Bristol and to Bath Spa and onward stations is the only other open station in the Bath City area.

 

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Trowbridge is also served by the few trains per day from London Waterloo to Bristol.

 

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London Waterloo was also first opened in 1848.

 

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Leeds is also managed by Network Rail

 

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The first rationalisation of stations in Leeds occurred in 1938, when two stations (New and Wellington) were combined to form Leeds City Station, which opened on 2nd May of that year. The new station was designed by LMS architect William Henry Hamlyn, who was also responsible for the design of Lea Hall station in Birmingham.

 

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Newton-le-Willows is also served by TranaPennine Express services between Liverpool to Manchester Victoria.

 

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Eccles Road was also first opened in 1845.

 

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Another station with a very limited service on the Breckland Line is Spooner Row.

 

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Attleborough also was opened in 1845 by the Norwich and Brandon Railway and had its services operated by the Eastern Counties Railway.

 

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Hoscar also has a road level crossing adjacent to the station.

 

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Bescar Lane was also opened by the Manchester and Southport Railway.

 

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Part of the line running from Bescar Lane to Southport through Blowick and St Luke's closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe, forcing trains to divert through Meols Cop on a section of the old Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway.

 

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In the Merseytravel Saveaway ticketing area, another odd-ball station (basic station - unstaffed - served only by Northern DMUs) is Rainford.