Station association

[Captain Chaos]

Hungerford - Same reason

 

[CardiffKid]

Pencoed.

Also next to a level crossing

 

[paulravuslante]

Shrewsbury - another place where the locals can't come to a consensus on a how to pronounce the town's name!

 

[12CSVT]

Shrewsbury - another place where the locals can't come to a consensus on a how to pronounce the town's name!

Clapham Junction - doesn't have a platform 1

 

[scotsman]

Clapham Junction - doesn't have a platform 1

Haymarket - nearly everything that departed the major terminus on its route stops there

 

[37 418]

Cardiff Central

Also has a Platform 0

 

[Ivo]

Bedford

There is general consensus among experts that the wires should continue beyond Cardiff, as is true with Bedford...

 

[Oswyntail]

Luton - another name beloved of White Van Man

 

[37 418]

Ford

ditto - sadly there's not a station called Transit!

 

[Ivo]

There is a Vauxhall though!

 

[LE Greys]

Newbury, site of a big battle involving the Cavaliers

 

[Captain Chaos]

Vauxhall - Makers of Cavaliers

EDIT - D'oh! Didn't read Ivo's reply two posts ago!

Let's go for........ Ascot (Berks) - Another town that also has a racecourse.

 

[LE Greys]

Vauxhall - Makers of Cavaliers

Precisely

 

[Ivo]

Ascott-under-Wychwood

Eh. I can't be bothered to try properly at the minute, so a lazy answer.

 

[deltic1989]

Hook Norton - Wychwood makes Hobgoblin and Hook Norton makes the equally fine ale Old Hooky

 

[Oswyntail]

Hook Norton - Wychwood makes Hobgoblin and Hook Norton makes the equally fine ale Old Hooky

Ilkley - home of Mary Jane! (Sorry, don't mean to turn this into a brewery thread)

 

[12CSVT]

Ilkley - home of Mary Jane! (Sorry, don't mean to turn this into a brewery thread)

Larbert - also has high frequency local services to more than one city

 

[Zoe]

Larbert - also has high frequency local services to more than one city

Liskeard, also has a signal box with semaphores that works Track Circuit Block in both directions.

 

[Ivo]

Wallasey Village, one of the semi-local stations to Liscard

 

[Anon Mouse]

Birkenhead Hamilton Square - on the Merseyrail and a station name I rather like!

 

[12CSVT]

Birkenhead Hamilton Square - on the Merseyrail and a station name I rather like!

Whatstandwell - also near a preserved tramway

 

[Ivo]

Nuneaton

Just one of the many examples out there that is also formed of three separate words.

I'll get my coat.

 

[12CSVT]

Nuneaton

Just one of the many examples out there that is also formed of three separate words.

I'll get my coat.

Lichfield Trent Valley - another station all but disowned by Virgin since the commencement of the VHF timetable

 

[Anon Mouse]

Valley

like Lichfields Trent Valley, but without the Lichfields and Trent. Also much prettier and quieter that LTV!

 

[LE Greys]

Leuchars, another RAF base

 

[Ivo]

Pwllheli - another place your average southerner wouldn't be able to spell...

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Skegness - another horrid destination at the end of a lenghty branchline miles from anything remotely interesting.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Ayr

Another seaside resort which has a Holiday Camp

 

[LE Greys]

Virginia Water, another Aristotelian element

 

[37 418]

Drumgelloch

Also contains a tobacco theme