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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gilfach Fargoed was also opened in 1908.

 

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The platforms at Gilfach Fargoed are very short, only being able to accommodate a single carriage; at Tir-Phil, however, work to extend the platform to take the proposed six car trains has now been completed.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pengam was also opened by the Rhymney Railway in 1858.

 

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Pengam station is the second busiest station on the Rhymney Line, after Caerphilly.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

West Ealing is also a three-platform station that was opened in 1871.

 

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Harrogate is also a multi-platform station which is missing a Platform 2.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thornton Heath was also opened in 1862.

 

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Castle Bar Park is also a station in London Fare Zone 4.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coulsdon Town is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1904.

 

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Whyteleafe is another station on Southern's network which has London Bridge as the sole London Terminal served by direct trains.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wargrave was also opened in 1900.

 

[David Goddard]

Furze Platt is also the first station on a Thames Valley branch line

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Durrington-on-Sea is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1937.

 

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Walton-on-Thames is another three-word station which uses the first three letters of the first word as its three-letter station code.

 

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In 2016, a petition (so far unsuccessful) was started by a local resident calling for the London Travelcard Zone 6 to be extended to include this station, as well as Esher and Hersham stations.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Falconwood was also opened by the Southern Railway in 1936.

 

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Falconwood station seems to be the only one on the Bexleyheath Line that does not have Accessible access; one that does, however, is Welling.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barnehurst is also a DfT category C2 station that was opened in 1895.

 

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Woolwich Arsenal also saw introduction of electric trains in 1926 as part of Phase Three of the Southern Railway's Eastern Section electrification programme.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abbey Wood is also a DfT category C2 station that was opened in 1849.

 

[Mojo]

Coleshill Parkway is another station managed by a Toc that doesn’t operate any passenger trains to or from the station.

 

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Lostock was also re-opened at the site of a 1960s Beeching casualty, the new station being given the suffix Parkway.
(Lostock has subsequently lost its Parkway status)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hindley is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened by the Liverpool and Bury Railway.

 

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Sandhills is another station which historically had four platforms, now reduced to two.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bank Hall was also opened by the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway in 1850.

 

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Merseyrail's Northern Line separates after Sandhills to go to Southport and Ormskirk. Bank Hall is the first station towards Southport, whereas Kirkdale is the first one towards Ormskirk.

 

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Merseyrail’s depot is adjacent to the station, whereas one of TPE’s main depots is very near to Ardwick station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Broadbottom was also opened by the Sheffield, Ashton under Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1842.

 

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Deansgate was also historically electrified at 1500V DC overhead, which has been subsequently converted to 25kV AC.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester Oxford Road was also opened by the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway in 1849.

Its initials of MSJ&AR were used as railway parlance to signify "Many short journeys and absolute reliability" by the company.