Station association

[Zoe]

Morpeth - on the electrified ECML but no electric trains are booked to call there

Loughbourgh, also the end of a high speed dual carriageway.

 

[12CSVT]

Loughbourgh, also the end of a high speed dual carriageway.

Gilfach Fargoed - another station which urgently needs longer platforms

 

[me123]

Beauly

Extremely short platforms
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Morpeth - on the electrified ECML but no electric trains are booked to call there

I don't buy it. Plenty of East Coast electric sets make calls at Morpeth in addition to the Voyager and Northern service.

 

[37 418]

Fearn

Also had a nearby monastery

 

[Invincibles]

Rose Hill Marple

On the basis that the Fern is the New Zealand Rugby logo and the Rose is England's

 

[Wigan Wanderer]

Paddington

"The 4.50 from Paddington" was a Miss Marple mystery by Agatha Christie

 

[fairysdad]

Torquay - where Agatha Christie was born

 

[Wigan Wanderer]

Basildon

Fawlty Towers was set in Torquay and was run by Basil Fawlty

 

[NXEA!]

Crewe - also used to be served by 310's and 312's.

 

[SteamontheMet]

Swindon - Also a former Railway Works

 

[Wigan Wanderer]

Hall i'th Wood

1986 - Swindon overhauled its last loco, and Hall i'th Wood opened

 

[fairysdad]

1986, also the year Tiverton Parkway opened.

(sorry, mine are quite Devon-centric really...)

 

[37 418]

Bathgate

also (re)opened in 1986

 

[12CSVT]

Polmont also on a route linking Glasgow and Edinburgh

 

[me123]

Aylesbury

Also associated with a young offender's institution

 

[CarterUSM]

Falkirk(High or Grahamston). Also a euphemism for a naughty word.

 

[deltic1989]

wetwang, i think i can see where this is going.

 

[fairysdad]

Penistone?

 

[me123]

Sellafield

Just to get off the rather crude theme... Alliance Rail Holdings are also planning to serve this station with direct links to London.

 

[deltic1989]

Faslane?? Assosiated with nukes.

 

[ainsworth74]

Portsmouth - Also a major naval base.

 

[NXEA!]

Worcester - has two stations which are both served regularly by trains from London terminating there despite being in close proximity.

 

[37 418]

Birmingham

ditto

 

[NXEA!]

Liverpool Lime Street - has 'Street' in its name like one of Birmingham's stations.

 

[317653]

London Liverpool Street- Has 'Liverpool in it'

 

[NXEA!]

Bletchley - also served by 321's.

 

[317653]

East Croydon- the Southern Service terminates there

 

[NXEA!]

Kings Lynn - also served by FCC.

 

[deltic1989]

Great Yarmouth - also in norfolk

 

[37 418]

Skegness - also an east coast resort.