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[EbbwJunction1]

Ilford is also a DfT Category C2 station.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Raynes Park is also a four platform station in TfL Zone 4.

 

[FQ]

In the current (non COVID) GWR Timetable the 2C65 0700 Gloucester - Taunton is operated by a "castle" set.

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And in the current COVID timetable two diagrams are operating for most of the day on Temple Meads-Gloucester services so might be worth looking at for some after lockdown ends if that's your sort of thing.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Raynes Park is also a four platform station in TfL Zone 4.

Altrincham was also the scene of a rail accident in 1933.

 

[ValleyLines142]

And in the current COVID timetable two diagrams are operating for most of the day on Temple Meads-Gloucester services so might be worth looking at for some after lockdown ends if that's your sort of thing.

To be fair, I get the opportunity to travel regularly on them between Cardiff and Bristol anyway, but thank you very much nonetheless!

Altrincham was also the scene of a rail accident in 1933.

The Hawthorns also has four platforms, 2 for light rail and 2 for heavy rail, both side by side.

 

[Springs Branch]

Mansfield Woodhouse also closed during the 1960s, then was re-opened in 1995.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Wellingborough is also a 3 platform station managed by East Midlands Railway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The original station buildings at Wellingborough were designed by Charles Henry Driver in the late 1850s. Later in his career (in 1867), he provided the designs for Box Hill & Westhumble station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chinley is also a station with lowest DfT category rating of F2 that was opened in 1867.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Chinley is where the two parts of the Hope Valley Line separate to run via Stockport and Guide Bridge respectively. The last station on the former "branch" before the two lines reunite is Levenshulme.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chinley is where the two parts of the Hope Valley Line separate to run via Stockport and Guide Bridge respectively. The last station on the former "branch" before the two lines reunite is Levenshulme.

I am not sure, but is Heaton Chapel more nearer than Levenshulme?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

No, that's the one prior to Levenshulme.

 

[ValleyLines142]

No, that's the one prior to Levenshulme.

From Piccadilly, it's Levenshulme then Heaton Chapel, then they divide don't they?

 

[Esker-pades]

From Piccadilly, it's Levenshulme then Heaton Chapel, then they divide don't they?

The different bits of the Hope Valley lines only join back at Ardwick Junction.

 

[Esker-pades]

Chinley is where the two parts of the Hope Valley Line separate to run via Stockport and Guide Bridge respectively. The last station on the former "branch" before the two lines reunite is Levenshulme.

Welham Green is another station with 2 platforms either side of a 4 track mainline.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The different bits of the Hope Valley lines only join back at Ardwick Junction.

Thanks. Couldn't remember the geography of the line to be honest!

Welham Green is another station with 2 platforms either side of a 4 track mainline.

Armathwaite opened in 1986 too.

 

[Springs Branch]

Whalley is also a stop for DalesRail trains between Blackpool and the S&C line (will not be running this year, however).

 

[ValleyLines142]

Ribblehead also has a pretty spectacular viaduct immediately after it.

 

[High Dyke]

Lazonby and Kirkoswald was also designed in the 'Derby Gothic' style by the Midland Railway architect John Holloway Sanders.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Burnley Manchester Road station was also reopened in 1986.

 

[Esker-pades]

At the other end of the relatively newly opened Todmorden curve is Todmorden.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Bridgwater is also a 2 platform station that opened in 1841.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The railway arrived at Bridgwater on 14th June 1841 when the Bristol and Exeter Railway opened its line. This was the terminus of the line for nearly a year while the Somerset Bridge was constructed over the River Parrett; the line was extended to Taunton on 1st June 1842.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Platform 6 at Wolverhampton is also a northbound-facing bay platform that sees limited use.

 

[Esker-pades]

Birmingham International is also served by Cross Country, West Midlands Trains, Transport for Wales, London NorthWestern Railway, and Avanti West Coast.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Lancaster also has one service in the morning starting there to London Euston.

 

[Esker-pades]

Stafford is another 5 platform station managed by Avanti West Coast.

 

[ValleyLines142]

CrossCountry services at Newton Abbot are booked to pass each other in the ordinary working timetable.

 

[Esker-pades]

Aviemore is another 3 platform station where a branch line diverges off the main line.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exeter St Davids is also served by a sleeper service.