Station association

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Glenrothes with Thornton is approximately 32 miles from Edinburgh Waverley. In a different direction, but still starting from Edinburgh, Galashiels is also around 32 miles.

 

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Ebbw Vale Town station was also opened in 2015 as part of a re-opened line.

 

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Windermere is also a single-platform terminal station.

 

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The Windermere Branch terminates at Oxenholme Lake District, although there are three trains daily (Monday to Friday) that carry on towards Manchester Airport, calling at Burnage on the way.

 

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Heald Green is another station opened by the London and North Western Railway on the Styal Line.

 

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The station now known as Pontypool and New Inn was also opened in 1909, replacing a previous station on a different (but adjacent) site.

 

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Tonypandy is also a DfT category F1 station that is managed by Transport for Wales.

 

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Cardiff Bay station was also once served by trains provided by the Taff Vale Railway.

 

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Looe is also a single-platform terminal station.

 

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Looe is the terminus of the Looe Valley Line, which is marketed by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership under that name. The partnership also market the Riviera Line between Exeter Central to Paignton, which passes through Starcross on the way.

 

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Dawlish was also opened by the South Devon Railway in 1846.

 

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Scratch that, beaten to it

 

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Dawlish was also opened by the South Devon Railway in 1846.

Passengers waiting for their train can also enjoy bracing sea breezes and a sea view from the platform at Grange-over-Sands.

 

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Silverdale was also opened by the Ulverston(e) sic and Lancaster Railway in 1857.

 

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Corkickle is another station on the Furness Line which is unstaffed but has a ticket machine.

 

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Bescar Lane is also a station that was opened in 1855 that currently has the lowest DfT category rating of F2,

 

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The same three letters are used in the station code for Starbeck. Bescar Lane is BES, while Starbeck is SBE.

 

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Egham is also immediately adjacent to a busy level crossing.

 

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Bracknell is also a DfT category C2 station that was opened in 1856.

 

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London Charing Cross also has a large modern office block development built above the station.

 

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Charing Cross is referenced in numerous Sherlock Holmes stories. In The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Holmes and Watson catch a train from the station towards the fictional Abbey Grange in Kent, while in The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez, they travel to Chatham from the station.

 

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Gillingham (Kent) is also a DfT category C1 station that was opened in 1858.

 

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Hunts Cross is another three-platform station where one of the platforms is used by terminating trains.

 

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Battle station on the Hastings Line was opened on 1 January 1852. The station building was designed by William Tress and, like Hunts Cross, is Grade II Listed.

 

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Wadhurst is also a DfT category "D" station, originally opened by the South Eastern Railway.

 

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Canterbury West - another southeastern category D station with 2 platforms.​

 

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Ramsgate is also a Grade II listed railway station.

 

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Phase I of BR's Kent Coast Electrification Scheme saw the introduction of regular electric trains on 15th June 1959 at both Ramsgate and at Dover Priory.

 

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Dover Priory is the main station serving the town of Dover, Kent; the other open station is Kearsney, which is on the outskirts of the town.

 

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Erdington is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1862.