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[SteveyBee131]

Sandhills is also served by Electric Multiple Units using 750V DC third rail.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bank Hall was also opened by the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway in 1850.

 

[RDP]

Brunswick is another DfT category E station managed by Merseyrail.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rishton is also a station that was relocated from its original opening station site.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Thorne North is another station which is only wheelchair accessible on one platform (without staff supervision).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Garswood is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1869.

 

[Springs Branch]

Garswood is a boundary station for the Merseytravel ticketing area (and can be a handy spot for canny ticket splits for thrifty travellers).

Another station just within the Merseytravel ticketing area is Meols Cop.

 

[RDP]

Armathwaite is another DfT category F2 station managed by Northern.

 

[D6130]

Settle also has a disused signalbox which has been restored to 'demonstration' status and opened to the public as a museum.

 

[RDP]

Settle is the last station before Settle Junction on the line from Carlisle. The last station on the line from Carnforth is Giggleswick.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Gargrave was also originally opened by the "Little" North Western Railway, in the same year 1849.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Long Preston is also a DfT category F2 station that is managed by Northern Trains.

 

[Springs Branch]

Before the service's demise at the time of COVID, the DalesRail weekend trains between Lancashire and the Settle & Carlisle line passed through Long Preston - albeit without stopping there (as far as I can tell from historic timetables).

Another station along the DalesRail route where the trains passed through without stopping was Cherry Tree.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lancaster was also once served by a long-closed railway line.

 

[RDP]

Coventry is another DfT category B station managed by Avanti West Coast.

 

[Springs Branch]

Ryde Pier Head also saw introduction of electric trains in 1967.

 

[RDP]

Ryde Pier Head is linked to Portsmouth Harbour by a ferry service

 

[Metrolink]

Surbiton is another station served by Class 450 EMUs

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dover Priory also has an art-deco facade to its station building.

 

[Trainguy34]

Haslemere is also a 3 platform station with 3rd rail.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Norwood Junction is also a DfT category C2 station what was opened in 1859.

 

[RDP]

Redhill is also next to the site of a former steam depot.

 

[D6130]

Guildford also has a three way junction at one end of the station.

 

[RDP]

Reading is also managed by Network Rail.

 

[LUYMun]

Reading, alongside the previous two stations (Guildford and Redhill), is linked by the North Downs line, run by Great Western Railway semi-fast and stopping services. However, until the 2000s, CrossCountry used to operate a number of daily express services along the North Downs, with a reversal at Redhill, to reach Brighton.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Another station which has some through services even though all platforms are terminals is Hull.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Darlington is also a Grade II* listed railway station.

 

[RDP]

Doncaster is also a DfT category B station managed by LNER.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

South Croydon was also the scene of a rail accident with fatalities in 1947.

 

[Springs Branch]

Rochester also has direct trains from London Victoria, London Bridge and St Pancras International.