Station association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fratton is also a DfT category C2 station that was opened in 1885.

 

[John Hunt]

Prittlewell is also close to a football ground; Roots Hall - Southend United.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southend Victoria was also opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1889.

 

[John Hunt]

Gourock is also a seaside terminus station, opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1889.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Welwyn Garden City was also the scene of a rail accident in 1935.

 

[John Hunt]

Nuneaton was also the scene of a rail accident caused by the driver failing to observe a speed restriction (1975).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stirling is also a seven-platform station.

 

[John Hunt]

Stirling Station is one of the stations served by the Caledonian Sleeper.
Watford Junction is one of the few stations in England where passengers can be picked up or set down by that service south of Carlisle.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Prior to becoming Station Master at Watford Junction between 1947 and 1951, John Ellwood was Station Master at Barrow in Furness.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Vauxhall is also a ten-platform station.

 

[John Hunt]

Architect Edward Paley also designed a music hall in Settle.

 

[Esker-pades]

Architect Edward Paley also designed a music hall in Settle.

Is that a railway relation?

 

[John Hunt]

Apologies - jumped straight to associating the town with the station. Strike through 'Settle'

 

[Esker-pades]

Apologies - jumped straight to associating the town with the station. Strike through 'Settle'

No problem! There's a Settlement Association quiz for that sort of thing https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/settlement-association.54265/ .

 

[John Hunt]

Barrow in Furness Station is on Abbey Road.
Abbey Road in London is where the Beatles did a lot of their recording; they also made a film 'Hard Day's Night' which included scenes shot at
London Marylebone

(phew!)

 

[Springs Branch]

London Fenchurch Street is another London Terminal managed by its resident TOC rather than Network Rail

 

[John Hunt]

Fenchurch Street Stn was designed by William Tite. He was also involved in landscaping Brookwood Cemetery which was served by a dedicated service from the London Necropolis Station (closed in 1941) situated next to
London Waterloo Station

 

[SteveyBee131]

London Waterloo is the busiest station on the network by passenger numbers. Meanwhile, Clapham Junction is the busiest by the amount of train movements (all in normal circumstances of course!).

 

[John Hunt]

Also in London, opened in 1863; Farringdon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Arundel is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1863.

 

[John Hunt]

Crawley is the last stop on the Arun Valley line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llandudno Junction is also a station on a different site to that of the original station.

 

[LancasterRed]

Llandudno Junction is a main line station with a smaller station in the main settlement. As is Stourbridge Junction

 

[John Hunt]

Charlbury is another station on the 'Old Worse and Worse Railway' line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hanborough was also opened in 1853 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway.

 

[John Hunt]

Another Cat F2 station opened in 1853 is Grimsby Docks

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barrow Haven is also a single-platform station that was opened by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Healing station was also run at one time by the Great Central Railway.

 

[John Hunt]

Darnall was also previously run by the GCR

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Albrighton was also opened in 1849 and currently holding the lowest DfT category rating of F2.