Station association

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When originally opened Seer Green and Jordons was named 'Beaconsfield Golf Links Halt, until it was re-named in December 1918.

Another station on the Chiltern Main Line which still retains a golfing association in its name is Denham Golf Club.

 

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Penhelig station also station features a traditional GWR pagoda shelter, which includes original wooden seating.

 

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Penychain is also a single-platform station that was opened in 1933.

 

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Bognor Regis was also the nearest station to a Butlin's holiday camp.

 

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Heysham Port is also a terminal station on a short branch line.

 

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Ardrossan Harbour is also the terminus of a single track branch connecting with a ferry service.

 

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Lake is also a single-platform station that was opened in 1987.

 

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Ryde St John's Road is also situated on the Island Line.

 

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Brading is also a DfT category F2 station that was opened in 1864.

 

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Petersfield was also the junction for a former branch line closed in the mid-1950s.

 

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Haslemere was also opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1859.

 

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Guildford was also resignalled with colour light signals by the Southern Railway in 1937.

 

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Ulverston also has two platform faces on one of the running lines. As at Guildford, one of these platforms is disused in normal operation.

 

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Appleby is also a Grade II listed railway station.

 

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Garsdale was also a junction for a long-closed branch line.

 

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Armathwaite was also opened by the Midland Railway in 1876.

 

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St Albans City also has a preserved ex-Midland Raillway signalbox which is open to the public at certain times of the year.

 

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Bristol Parkway is also a four-platform station with a DfT category rating of "B".

 

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Matlock Bath was also opened in 1972.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Matlock Bath was also opened in 1972.

To be a tad pedantic, the following applies to Matlock Bath station....
Opened by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway on 4th June 1849
Closed on 6th March 1967
Re-opened on 27th May 1972

 

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To be a tad pedantic, the following applies to Matlock Bath station....
Opened by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway on 4th June 1849
Closed on 6th March 1967
Re-opened on 27th May 1972

Fair enough! Would you be happy to accept it....or would you prefer to continue from Bristol Parkway with a different station?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fair enough! Would you be happy to accept it....or would you prefer to continue from Bristol Parkway with a different station?

Someone else other than I would have to continue from Bristol Parkway, as it was I who made the posting of that station.

 

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Continuing from Bristol Parkway, Newport (South Wales) is also a four platform station which is served by CrossCountry and GWR....although in this case it is also served by TfW.

 

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Bridgend was also opened by the South Wales Railway in 1850.

 

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Bedford also has two separate platforms which are numbered 1 and 1A.

 

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Bolton is also a five-platform station with a DfT category rating of C1.

 

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There is a weekday service from Bolton to Southport, although this does not run on Sundays, as these trains run via Swinton instead.

 

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Atherton is another of the stations on that line to have refurbishments carried out to its island platform overall canopy.

 

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Sandhills also historically had four tracks and four platforms, and is now similarly rationaised to two tracks and an island platform.

 

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After Sandhills, the former Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LC&SR), now Merseyrail's Northern Line, branches off towards Southport; the first station on this line is Bank Hall.