Station association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh Waverley also is a Scottish category "A" listed railway station.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

London Fenchurch Street is also a DfT Category A station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Penzance is also a four-platform terminal station.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Penzance is well known for being the destination of the longest distance passenger train on Network Rail, 1V60, the 08:20 Aberdeen to Penzance.

Back in normal circumstances it ran 6 days a week, but currently only runs on a Saturday, terminating short at Plymouth on weekdays.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bolton is also a five-platform station.

 

[D6130]

Poulton-le-Fylde also had a curving two-way junction at the North/West end of the station until quite recently.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The junction referred to in the previous post originally saw services to Blackpool North and Fleetwood. However, only the services to the former destination still run; they serve a station at Layton en-route.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ockley is also a DfT category F2 station that was opened in 1867.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The neighbouring station at Warnham is also without a taxi rank.

 

[Springs Branch]

Adjacent to Warnham station is a pedestrian-only level crossing protected by miniature red/green warning lamps.
There is also a R/G light protected foot crossing next to the similarly-named station at Wareham (Dorset).

 

[EbbwJunction1]

On tickets the station name is printed as "Wareham Dorset" to avoid confusion with Ware station in Hertfordshire.

 

[Springs Branch]

On tickets the station name is printed as "Wareham Dorset" to avoid confusion with Ware station in Hertfordshire.

Not forgetting Warnham in West Sussex

Ware is located in one of the ancillary "outside London" zones (Zone B) of the extended TfL Oyster/Travelcard system.
Another station where Oyster can be used (being in Zone E) is Gatwick Airport

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stirling is also a seven-platform station.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The station building at Stirling was constructed in 1915 by James Miller of the Caledonian Railway. He joined the railway in 1888, and a notable design from this period include the English-domestic style station at Fort Matilda station, built in 1889.

 

[Springs Branch]

Hinton Admiral also saw the introduction of electric trains in 1967.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Umberleigh also was selected as a station site for a camping coach.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

All trains on the Barnstaple to Exeter Line (The Tarka Line) stop at Umberleigh, giving it an hourly service each way on weekdays and two-hourly in each direction on Sundays. This is an exception, as trains only stop at most of the stations (including Yeoford) on request.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Copplestone is also a single-platform station that was opened by the North Devon Railway in 1854.

 

[Springs Branch]

Marsden is also located on one of the "rail ale trail" routes.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oxenholme Lake District also has two platforms for through main line services plus another platform for local service use only

 

[SteveyBee131]

Oxenholme Lake District is served by the trains of 3 different companies, with those of a 4th passing through non-stop. The same is currently true at Retford.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

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

 

[Springs Branch]

Wimbledon is also in TfL Fare Zone 3.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Woking is also a DfT category "B" railway station that was opened in 1838.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In the television adaptation of the Philip K Dick story "The Commuter" for the series Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams, railway worker Ed Jacobson (played by Timothy Spall) works at Woking station, and discovers a non-existent destination on the Alton Line. A real station on the Alton Line is at Bentley.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aston is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1854.

 

[Springs Branch]

Another station where the three-letter-code correspond to the first three letters of the station's name is Stranraer.

 

[D6130]

Stranraer used to be connected by a regular car and foot passenger ferry to Larne Harbour.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Note that you should only reply with a station on the main BR network (e.g. not Underground or Preserved Railway) that is still open.

HOLD CALLED

Could it be said that Larne Harbour railway station met with the above extract meaning of the rules of this particular quiz?

 

[D6130]

Sorry....I think I'm going to have to withdraw from quizzes for a while! Post deleted. Somebody else want to carry on from Stranraer?