Station association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Roman Bridge is on a single track line, as was Maldon

 

[12CSVT]

Newport - a placename in Wales which uses the English translation

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newport in Essex has the same name as Newport in Gwent.

 

[Welshman]

Newark

In which to sail into your new port.

 

[trentside]

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Newark Castle station is close to the castle in Newark (obviously)
Berwick-upon-Tweed station required some of Berwick castle to be demolished to make way for it.
Both also are on the ECML, but I wanted something less obvious!

(Also, this is my 300th post!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanfairpwll is near to a famous bridge (Brittania) as is Berwick-upon-Tweed (Royal Border Bridge)

 

[Anon Mouse]

North Queensferry, also next to a famous huge bridge

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Bitterne - also destaffed in 1990

 

[Anon Mouse]

Tees-side Airport, another unstaffed station

 

[Eagle]

Birmingham International, another airport station whose name doesn't match the name of the airport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Liverpool South Parkway was built to serve an airport, as was Birmingham International

 

[Eagle]

Haymarket is also served by five TOCs.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deansgate is a station outside a junction to two routes, as is Haymarket.

 

[Eagle]

Sale was also opened by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

North Shields - a sizeable town served by light rail only.

 

[Anon Mouse]

South Shields, across the Tyne from North Shields, also served by Metro

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bury is a terminus on a light rail system, as is South Shields.

 

[Eagle]

Some wordplay is required so that I can go to Moorfields, which is buried underground.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Baker Street is an undergound station in another city to Moorfields.

(But it had a famous detective there in the novels)

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Then the next station surely has to be Holmes Chapel?

 

[DarloRich]

Chapel-en-le-Frith

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stockport has a viaduct in its approaches as does Holmes Chapel

 

[Welshman]

London Kings Cross

Also has a platform "0"

 

[317653]

Kings Lynn- has the KINGS in it and also the other northern terminusfor the GN

 

[Zoe]

Kings Lynn- has the KINGS in it and also the other northern terminusfor the GN

Dumfries, Queen of the South.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glasgow has a Camera Obscura, as does Dumfries

 

[12CSVT]

Glasgow has a Camera Obscura, as does Dumfries

Not sure if we're at Central or Queen Street :?

Anyway this one could apply to either

Liverpool Lime Street - has main line high level platforms and low level suburban platform(s)

 

[Welshman]

Carlisle

Destination of the last British Railways steam train on 11 August 1968, the "15 Guinea Special"

Ran from Liverpool Lime Street to Carlisle via Manchester Victoria.

 

[Zoe]

Carlisle

Berwick-upon-Tweed, also the last station in England.

 

[12CSVT]

Chippenham - island platform served mainly by long distance inter-city services