Station association

[Mike395]

University - another station with (unsurprisingly :P ) a large amount of university students passing through!

 

[Zoe]

University - another station with (unsurprisingly :P ) a large amount of university students passing through!

Cambuslang, another station you may pass through on an express train very slowly due to getting stuck behind a stopper.

 

[Mojo]

University - another station with (unsurprisingly :P ) a large amount of university students passing through!

There aren't many university students passing through Hatfield Perevel! Unless University of Essex have recently opened a campus in this sleepy village?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Capenurst shares headgear with Hatfield Perevel.

 

[12CSVT]

High Wycombe was also on a 'joint' line partly run by GWR in pre-grouping days

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hooton was on a line jointly owned by GWR and L & NWR (The Birkenhead Railway), in a similar manner that High Wycombe was on a line jointly owned (but the L & NWR railway was NOT one of those parties, which were GWR and the Great Central Joint Railway)

 

[LE Greys]

Haltwhistle. Contains another means by which an approaching loco might warn people at track level

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Morley has a tunnel very near the station, as does Haltwhistle.

 

[Welshman]

Woodsmoor

"Morley" means "wood by a moor"

 

[Buttsy]

Birmingham Moor Street

 

[Zoe]

Birmingham Moor Street

Kidderminster, another former GWR station.

 

[Buttsy]

York - has a minster

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Beverley has a minster like that of York

 

[allticketspls]

Blackburn - Paul Robinson was born in Beverley and plays for Blackburn Rovers

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Accrington is another former cotton mill town, like Blackburn.

 

[12CSVT]

Hellifield is on a cross - Pennine route but not served by First Trans Pennine

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hartford is mentioned in the Domesday Book, as is Hellifield.

 

[37 418]

Clapham (North Yorks.)

Also has at least 2 similar sounding stations in the former Network South East area.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dove Holes is famous for its limestone substrate, as is Clapham (North Yorks.)

 

[LE Greys]

Martins Heron is not one bird, but two (or more probably lots)

 

[Oswyntail]

Barnstaple - there is a heron in "Tarka the Otter", and Barnstaple is the terminus of the Tarka Line

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wick is a terminal station on a single track line, as is Barnstaple.

 

[Bedpan]

Hampton (Wick -> Hampton Wick -> Hampton)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Littlehampton shares part of its name with Hampton

 

[Welshman]

Littleborough

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Appley Bridge is a station on the boundary of the Greater Manchester rail network, as is Littleborough.

 

[12CSVT]

deleted

 

[Buttsy]

Bridge Of Allan

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bridge of Orchy shares most of its name with Bridge of Allan.

 

[Oswyntail]

Bridgend - should put a stop to this "Bridge" sequence