Station association

[RDP]

Lowestoft is the easternmost station on the national network. The westernmost is Arisaig.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The nearest station to Arisaig where tickets can be bought is Mallaig, some twelve miles away to the north.

 

[RDP]

Kyle of Lochalsh is another two platform terminus managed by ScotRail.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Kyle of Lochalsh station was host to either one or two LMS Camping Caravans between 1935 and 1939. For much of the same period (1936 to 1939) Beauly station was host to one LMS Caravan.

 

[RDP]

Beauly has the shortest platform on the national network. The longest one is at Gloucester.

 

[D6130]

Gloucester station is situated at one end of a triangular junction, as is Shrewsbury.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Arwel Hughes composed "Tydi a roddaist" in twenty minutes during a wait between train connections at Shrewsbury in 1938; a plaque to mark this was unveiled on platform 3 in 2004. Widnes is generally believed to be the station where Paul Simon composed the song "Homeward Bound" in 1965.

 

[RDP]

Garforth is another DfT category E station managed by Northern

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The current buildings at Garforth date from 1872 and were designed by the North Eastern Railway architect Thomas Prosser. He was also responsible for extensions to the station buildings at Hexham, which date from the 1850s.

 

[RDP]

Mexborough is another DfT category D station managed by Northern.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Conisbrough is another station of the former South Yorkshire Railway Barnsley to Doncaster line to be relocated to a different station site to that existing at the time of opening.

 

[RDP]

Conisbrough is the first station on the line from Doncaster to Sheffield. Gainsborough Lea Road is the first station on the line from Doncaster to Lincoln.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Gainsborough Lea Road is managed by EMR, but Northern has most services call there. Similarly, Slaithwaite is managed by Northern, but most services calling there are provided by TransPennine Express

 

[RDP]

Slaithwaite is the first station from Huddersfield on the North Trans Pennine line, Lockwood is the first station from Huddersfieild n the Penistone line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pulborough was also once served by a long-closed branch line.

 

[RDP]

Pulborough is the site of a redundant grade II listed signal box, so is Canterbury East.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Selling was also opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1860.

 

[tedbaker]

1860 also saw the opening of New Mill End station by the Hertford, Luton & Dunstable Railway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

1860 also saw the opening of New Mill End station by the Hertford, Luton & Dunstable Railway.

If you look at the rules and guide notes on the very first posting on this thread, you will see it states the any stations named on this quiz must be currently open stations.

New Mill End was renamed Chiltern Green in 1891 and final closure of the station took place on 7th April 1952.

 

[tedbaker]

My bad! Let’s try again…

Along the same lines - 1860 also saw the opening of Finchley Road and Frognal, known originally as Finchley Road St John’s Wood

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brondesbury was also opened by the Hampstead Junction Railway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Kensal Rise station also has ticket barriers.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flixton is also a DfT category " E" station that was opened in 1873.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Services from Flixton are roughly half hourly in each direction, towards Irlam and Liverpool Lime Street to the west, and towards Chassen Road and Manchester Oxford Road to the east.

 

[RDP]

Buxton is another DfT category E station managed by Northern.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Holyhead is also a terminal station with a DfT category rating of "E".

 

[RDP]

Llandodno is another three platform terminus managed by TfW.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Davenport is also a DfT category "E " station that was opened in 1858.

 

[RDP]

Davenport is the first station from Stockport on the line to Buxton, Cheadle Hulme is the first station from Stockport on the lines to Stoke on Trent and Crewe.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nantwich was also the scene of a rail accident in 1964.