Station association

[Anon Mouse]

Elmers End

 

[LE Greys]

Bourne End, to continue another one

 

[allticketspls]

Southend Victoria - Cos it also has End in it :P

 

[LE Greys]

Plymouth Friary, another terminus in a town where the main through station belonged to another company

 

[Daimler]

St Albans Abbey, continuing with the theme of religious buildings/institutions.

 

[Buttsy]

Abbey Wood

 

[Anon Mouse]

Whiteabbey

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Balmoral is a junction station in Northern Ireland, as is Whiteabbey.


P>S> You nearly had me with that one....are we allowed to use stations there?

 

[Anon Mouse]

Balmoral is a junction station in Northern Ireland, as is Whiteabbey.


P>S> You nearly had me with that one....are we allowed to use stations there?

No reason why not!

Belfast Great Victoria Street, another station in Northern Ireland with a 'royal' connection!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Larne Harbour is a terminal station in Northern Ireland, as is Belfast Great Victoria Street.


(CAN WE RETURN TO MAINLAND BRITISH STATIONS SOON, PLEASE!!!)

 

[Oswyntail]

Larne Harbour is a terminal station in Northern Ireland, as is Belfast Great Victoria Street.


(CAN WE RETURN TO MAINLAND BRITISH STATIONS SOON, PLEASE!!!)

Shall we return via Stranraer?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Holyhead is another ferry terminal with a route across the Irish Sea.


(My thanks are extended to Oswyntail for the return to the mainland)

 

[ainsworth74]

Hull is another ferry terminal only this time across the North Sea to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Falmouth Town has a maritime museum, as does Hull

 

[Welshman]

Cookham

Toad, Mole and Rat were "born" at Falmouth.
Kenneth Grahame wrote "Wind in the Willows" whilst staying in Falmouth, but it's thought the inspiration came from his younger days in Cookham Dean on the banks of the Thames.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shiplake is on a single track branch line off the London to Reading line, as is Cookham (but this is on a different single track branch line).

 

[Welshman]

Ferryside

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ardgay is on a line that runs alongside a river inlet from the sea, as does Ferryside


(You nearly caught me out with that one!!)

 

[37 418]

Milngavie also features the Gaelic word 'gaoithe' meaning 'windy'.

 

[Buttsy]

Middlesbrough - The Windy Town referred to in a Chris Rea song of the same name

 

[Oswyntail]

Chester-le-street - home (also) to the Riverside Stadium.
(By my reckoning, that is post 2,000 on this thread)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Streethouse shares part of its name with Chester-le-Street

 

[HugePilchard]

Aberdare - also a former coal mining village/town.

 

[Oswyntail]

Aberdare - also a former coal mining village/town.

Danzey - for those kids of the 50's out there
(BTW - for 2000 posts earlier, I meant 2000 replies)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cilmeri is a "request" stop, as is Danzey.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Culrain

Cilmeri is the 2434th most used station in Britain - Culrain is one better in 2433rd place

 

[Anon Mouse]

Tees-side Airport, another station with very low useage

 

[Buttsy]

Denton - also has had one train a week in one direction only

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Denton - also has had one train a week in one direction only

Teessie Airport has one train each way on both Saturdays and Sundays, so not quite

Wakefield Westgate - posed as a station called 'Denton' in A Touch of Frost

 

[Zoe]

Wakefield Westgate - posed as a station called 'Denton' in A Touch of Frost

Gloucester, had a station that used to be called Eastgate.