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Ladywood ends in wood, Woodmansterne begins with it. They are also both on electrified lines.
 
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Abererch is the penultimate station on a lengthy single track line so is Duirinish.
 

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Duirinish station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2nd November 1897, as was the station at Plocton.
 

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It's safe to assume from the association made that @EbbwJunction1 meant Plockton, so continuing . . . .

Plockton is the busiest of the intermediate stations on the line between Kyle of Lochalsh and Dingwall (exclusive), with 9,476 entries & exits recorded in ORR's 2021-22 accounting period.
The least busy station on the Kyle line (130 entries & exits in the same period) was Lochluichart.
 

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Despite the small size and remote location, the hexagonal station shelter at Duncraig is a listed building according to Historic Environment Scotland.

Slightly larger and less rural, another Scottish station with heritage-listed buildings is Glasgow Central.
 

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I cannot trace a station spelt like that.

Do you mean Plockton ?

It's safe to assume from the association made that @EbbwJunction1 meant Plockton, so continuing . . . .
You are correct ... I can only blame my poor spelling and not even auto-correct - apologies!

To accommodate the increasing number of trains, Bristol Temple Meads was expanded in the 1870s by Francis Fox and again between 1930 and 1935 by Percy Emerson Culverhouse (1871 – 1953), the chief architect of the Great Western Railway from 1929 to 1945. Newton Abbot station was also built to his designs in 1927.
 

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The former Cheddar Valley line from Yatton joined the Berks & Hants line at East Somerset Jct. which is near Westbury.
 

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The Bristol and South Wales Union Railway was built to connect Bristol Temple Meads with South Wales. The route involved a ferry crossing of the River Severn but was considerably shorter than the alternative route through Gloucester. The ferry was replaced by the Severn Tunnel in 1886 but part of the route continues to be used, including the station at Patchway, albeit at a slightly different location.
 

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Church Stretton is one station out from Shrewsbury on the line to Newport. Welshpool is one station out on the line to Aberystwyth.
 

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Keighley is another station whose Network Rail platforms are electrified (though by overhead rather than third rail). There are also platforms served by a preserved railway.
 

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Ilkley station was opened in August 1865 as the western terminus of the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway. The station buildings were designed by the Chief Architect to the Midland Railway, John Holloway Sanders who, some five years later was also responsible for designing the buildings at
Dronfield station.
 

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