Station association

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Although opened in 1853 as detailed above, Honeybourne station was closed in 1969 but re-opened in 1981. The same year saw the opening (for the first time) of Birchwood station.

 

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Langley Mill also has the majority of services provided by Northern, with a small number of stopping trains operated by EMR.

 

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Alfreton is another former Midland Railway station on the Erewash Valley line.

 

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Lostock is another closed station which was given the suffix Parkway when reopened by BR - the suffix subsequently being dropped post-privatisation.

 

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Although not fully DDA Compliant, both platforms at Moses Gate are also accessible via ramps.

 

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Moses Gate is served only by Sprinters, despite it being on an electrified line with electrified stopping services passing through on a regular basis. Another station in the same situation is Longport.

 

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Longport was the station on the southerly side of the now unused Harecastle Tunnels; Kidsgrove was the station on the northern side.

 

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Congleton was also opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1848.

 

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Congleton station has a very similar layout to Stroud: two platforms, connected by an outdoor footbridge, with one platform having a waiting room, and the other having a ticket office with a small car park immediately in front.

 

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Cheadle Hulme is also a DfT category "D" station that was opened in 1845.

 

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Cheadle Hulme is on the Stafford to Manchester Line, as is Bramhall station.

 

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Malton is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1845.

 

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Brockholes is another single platform station which is served by a single train company.

 

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Lockwood was also once served by a long-closed branch line.

 

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Denby Dale is also unstaffed and passengers must buy their tickets prior to travel or from the conductor on the train.

 

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Ribblehead is also situated a stone's throw from a viaduct with the same name as the station.

 

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At Ribblehead, some trains terminate, but actually run out beyond the station to allow the train to switch to the other track and the driver to change ends. Terminating trains at Alderley Edge generally follow a similar procedure.

 

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Holmes Chapel was also opened by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway in 1842.

 

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Heaton Chapel is also on the Crewe to Manchester Line, and also has the suffix "Chapel" in it's name.

 

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Levenshulme also has four tracks passing through the station, the inner ones used by fast trains and the outer ones used by stopping trains.

 

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Levenshulme originally opened as Levenshulme and Burnage. The "and Burnage" was removed when Burnage station opened on another line in 1910.

 

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Maudeth Road is another of the Styal Line stations that saw their platforms reconstructed in 2007.

 

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Beaulieu Road is another station ending in “Road” that often gets skipped by fast trains.

 

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Brockenhurst was also opened by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway in 1847.

 

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The Lymington branch line runs from Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier; only one of the intermediate stations survives, that at Lymington Town.

 

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Bricket Wood is also a single-platform station that was opened in 1858.

 

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Bedford St Johns is another DfT Category F2 station managed by London Northwestern Railway.

 

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Kendal is also a single-platform station that was opened in 1846.

 

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St Helier is also a DfT Category F1 station.

 

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Glenrothes with Thornton is also an unstaffed station on a “loop” line.