Station association

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Although trains on the line start and finish their journeys elsewhere (Shrewsbury and Swansea respectively), Craven Arms is considered to be the northern terminus of the Heart of Wales Line; the southern terminus is considered to be at Llanelli.

 

[D6130]

Bynea is another station within the urban area of Llanelli.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Bynea station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings, apart from waiting shelters, like the neighbouring one at Llangennech.

 

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Eastleigh was also the scene of a freight train derailment in 2020.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Winchester is also a DfT category C1 station that was opened in 1839.

 

[Springs Branch]

Another station whose name formerly carried the suffix 'City' is Leeds.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester Piccadilly is also managed by Network Rail.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Transport for Wales operate a one train per hour service to Llandudno via the North Wales Coast Line; amongst other stations, this service calls at Abergele & Pensarn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flint was also opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on 1st May 1848.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Step-free access to both sides of the station at Flint is provided via a public footpath passing beneath the railway. A similar arrangement exists at Tŷ Croes station, although the gradient from the ramps to both platforms makes the station unsuitable for wheelchair users.

 

[Springs Branch]

Hykeham also has staggered platforms either side of a level crossing.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Mr Robert Arthur Gill was the station master at Hykeham between 1903 and 1913; he held the same post at Harlington between 1924 and 1931.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leagrave is also a four-platform station that was opened in 1868.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Leagrave station has a PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together for a cheaper price. It is in the same area as Luton and Luton Airport Parkway stations.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Is this the same station as Luton Airport Parkway?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Is this the same station as Luton Airport Parkway?

Yes, my apologies ... entry amended.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leagrave station has a PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together for a cheaper price. It is in the same area as Luton and Luton Airport Parkway stations.

Braintree Freeport was also opened by Railtrack in 1999.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Bicester Village station also serves a retail outlet.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Islip was also opened by the Buckinghamshire Railway in 1850.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Islip station closed in it's previous form in February 2014 and reopened in it's current form on 26th October 2015. On the same day, the new Oxford Parkway station opened.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ebbw Vale Town was also opened by Network Rail.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ebbw Vale Town station serves as the terminus of the Ebbw Valley Railway and was opened on 17th May 2015. It succeeded Ebbw Vale Parkway station, which had opened on 6th February 2008, in this role.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackpool South is also a single-platform station with a DfT category rating of F1.

 

[Springs Branch]

Today's Blackpool South is truncated from the historical situation whereby the railway continued onwards a short distance to the now-closed Blackpool Central.

Another seaside station where a former extension of the line has closed (to Barry Pier) is Barry Island.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coombe Junction Halt is also a single-platform station that was opened in 1896.

 

[StretfordEnd96]

As well as Coombe Junction Halt, St Keyne Wishing Well Halt is another station of extreme few currently on the active National Rail network which contains the word 'Halt' in its name - "Halt" was previously included in the names of a large portion of former and current railway stations prior to the 1970s and was used for small, unstaffed stations which often lacked any form of building or ticket facilities and often were request stops. British Rail dropped the "Halt" name from many stations in 1974, but these two stations had "Halt" re-applied to their names officially in 2008.

 

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The railway between Liskeard and Looe (promoted as the Looe Valley Line) is designated as community rail and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The Partnership also supports the Riviera Line, which runs between Exeter and the English Riviera resorts of Torbay in Devon, including Torre station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ulverston is also a Grade II listed railway station.

 

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Wemyss Bay station also has a prominent clock tower.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Fort Matilda station was also designed by James Miller of the Caledonian Railway's drawing office in Glasgow in 1889.