Station association

[John Hunt]

Whilst writing the book 'The Old Curiosity Shop', Charles Dickens wrote about Tong Church whilst staying at the Public House now known as The Harp in Albrighton village.
Dickens was involved in a derailment near Staplehurst and died five years later to the day.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Headcorn was also opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1842.

 

[John Hunt]

South Wigston also has staggered platforms.

Withdraw S Wigston as Headcorn was re-modelled....

 

[John Hunt]

Stansted Airport also has a small airfield nearby (Andrewsfield Aerodrome)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stourbridge Town is also a terminal station on a short branch line.

 

[John Hunt]

Thurso also escaped closure under the Beeching cuts.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Until 2000, trains from Inverness would split in half at Georgemas Junction, with one portion going to Wick and the other to Thurso.

 

[John Hunt]

Murdoch Patterson was responsible for the extension of the platform roofs at Inverness

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Perth is also a seven-platform station.

 

[John Hunt]

The Railway Man (movie) was filmed at Perth and used platform 5 to pose as Edinburgh

 

[johnnychips]

LNER trains also serve Northallerton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lancaster was also once served by a now-closed branch line.

 

[David Goddard]

Penistone also previously had additional platforms which served a now defunct electrification system

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sevenoaks was also the scene of a rail accident with fatalities in 1884.

 

[David Goddard]

Guildford was also part of the early Thameslink network in the late 1980s

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Platform 1 at Guildford is a bay platform for stopping services to London Waterloo via Epsom and peak time trains to London Bridge via Sutton and West Croydon on the Sutton & Mole Valley Line, which includes trains to Hackbridge.

 

[John Hunt]

Carshalton is another Thameslink station, also opened in 1868.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barnham is also a DfT category "D" station that was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.

 

[John Hunt]

Bognor Regis station was also opened in 1864.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cardiff Bay is also a terminal station on a short branch line.

 

[John Hunt]

Carlisle Citadel station is also grade II* listed.

 

[Springs Branch]

Orpington is also an eight platform station.

 

[John Hunt]

London bus night route N199 also calls at Charing Cross

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bristol Temple Meads is also managed by Network Rail.

 

[John Hunt]

Percy Emerson Culverson is the architect responsible for Bristol TM as it is seen today. He was also responsible for Newton Abbot Stn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pulborough was also once served by a now-closed branch line.

 

[John Hunt]

Alexandra Palace is also a category D stn opened in 1859.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Alexandra Palace was once called Bounds Green. Another station that has been renamed in it's history is Hatfield & Stainforth, which was once called Stainforth & Hatfield.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

TransPennine Express serves Hatfield & Stainforth with a single Monday to Saturday service in each direction. The westbound service runs to Manchester Airport in the early morning, while the eastbound return service runs to Cleethorpes in the late evening.

 

[John Hunt]

Clapham Junction Stn was also opened in 1863.