Station association

[M-Train]

Streatham is double-track and Streatham Hill is 4-tracked; similarly, while Wandsworth Road is double-tracked, Wandsworth Town has 4 tracks.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barnes is also a DfT category C2 station that was opened in 1846.

 

[M-Train]

Near Kent House, there was also an acute-angled curve—this has also long since gone.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bearsted was also opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1884.

 

[M-Train]

The goods yard at Lee was also removed in 1968.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crayford is also a DfT category "D" station that was opened in 1866.

 

[M-Train]

Thames Ditton is also a 3rd rail, Zone 6 station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Leonards Warrior Square is also a DfT category "D" station that was opened in 1851.

 

[M-Train]

Bromley South is another common calling point for the Thumper railtours.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Faversham is also a four-platform station that was opened in 1858.

 

[M-Train]

Norwood Junction is another DfT category C2 station where Electrostars provide the main service.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Camborne was also the scene of a rail accident in 1891.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Mr Lawrence C W Reed was the Station Master at Camborne between 1889 and 1905; he had formerly held the same post at Helston, and afterwards was the Station Master at Llanelly - now, of course, known as Llanelli.

 

[M-Train]

Hatch End is another 2-platform, DfT category E station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tring was also opened by the London and Birmingham Railway.

 

[M-Train]

Tring opened in October, as did Kentish Town.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Brockley is also a London Travel Card Zone 2 station.

 

[M-Train]

At Brockley the line from Nunhead crosses over very near the platforms; but at Shadwell the LTS/DLR directly crosses right above the platforms!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portsmouth Harbour was also opened in 1876.

 

[M-Train]

Harrow & Wealdstone is another DfT category C1 station where 377’s and Desiros are regularly scheduled to meet.

 

[D6130]

St John's in Lewisham, South-East London, is another station where a major collision involving heavy loss of life occurred in the 1950s.

 

[M-Train]

Another 2-platform, DfT category E station in Zone 2 served mainly by Bombardiers is Rectory Road.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ansdell & Fairhaven was also opened in 1872.

 

[M-Train]

The line at Ansdell & Fairhaven runs roughly WSW to ENE; but at Whitton it is, albeit slightly, WNW to ESE.

(Can’t believe a DfT category C2 station in London was still unnoticed on this thread after nearly a decade!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Morden South was also opened by the Southern Railway in 1930.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Tooting is also on the Sutton Loop Line.

 

[Springs Branch]

Between 1894 and 1938, Tooting was known as Tooting Junction.
Another station which has lost its Junction sufffix in favour of the simple settlement name is Carstairs.

 

[M-Train]

Trains no longer divide at Carstairs, but they still do so at Purley.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Kenley is also a station on the Caterham Line with step-free access to both platforms.

 

[M-Train]

Kenley opened in August, but Plumstead opened in July.