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EbbwJunction1

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While it now bears the title Port Talbot Parkway, it is not a parkway station per se. It was given that name by British Rail in the 1980s when the old goods shed and yard were converted to a large car park to encourage patronage of eastbound commuters from the Neath and Swansea Valley areas. The idea was that overall travel time could be saved by catching the train at Port Talbot instead of Neath or Swansea because of the low line speed west of Port Talbot and the limited parking at the other two stations.
 

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Neath cannot accommodate a 9 or 10-car 800. Instead, selective door opening is in operation. The same can be found at Malvern Link.
 

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Woolston station was built in 1866 in an Italianate style typical of William Tite, who also designed stations for the London & South Western Railway Company, including Kew Bridge.
 

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Isleworth is another station on the Hounslow Loop Line (not the most creative association admittedly, but didn't know where else to go!).
 

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Agreed, it's often difficult to be creative with many of the small suburban stations around London.

Definitely, there's some associations that are cracking! All about how far you research I suppose.

Sudbury Hill Harrow was also opened by the Great Central Railway in 1906.

Sudbury Hill Harrow is a National Rail station that has OSI with Sudbury Hill tube station. Similarly, Leytonstone High Road is a National rail station that has OSI with Leytonstone tube station.
 

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Thameslink services run underneath the River Thames via Blackfriars and then onto the South East of England. Some of them travel onto the Sutton Loop Line, where they stop at South Merton.
 

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