Station association

[MidnightFlyer]

Bath Spa - after closure, Gloucester Eastgate's site became a supermarket. A similar thing happened at Bath Green Park (it was a Sainsbury's car park; it's now a farmer's market). The only station now left in Bath is Bath Spa (much similar to the only station left in Gloucester being Gloucester).

 

[Zoe]

Bath Spa - after closure, Gloucester Eastgate's site became a supermarket. A similar thing happened at Bath Green Park (it was a Sainsbury's car park; it's now a farmer's market). The only station now left in Bath is Bath Spa (much similar to the only station left in Gloucester being Gloucester).

Green Park, this was the suffix of the Midland Railway terminus in Bath.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dover Street was the original station name for Green Park

 

[LE Greys]

Great Portland Street, another Underground name with a connection to a place by the sea

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Marble Arch station has a similar building material reference as has Great Portland Street.

 

[Buttsy]

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

I remember a few timetables ago you could only get there from Darlington, but couldn't go to Darlington and only on a Saturday morning. I know this as I tried to plan how to visit every station on the network in the shortest time to go for a record, so I allowed for phsyical needs such as sleep.

On checking, it's Sundays only both ways...


ARCHWAY

 

[LE Greys]

Highgate, Archway's original name

 

[Oswyntail]

Highgate, Archway's original name

Carluke...Karl Marx is currently residing in Highgate

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whifflet is near to a large distribution depot( TDG Harris Distribution Dept), as is Carluke (Law Junction Distribution Depot).

 

[12CSVT]

Newcastle Central - another electrified station where Scotrail class 156s on services to / from Glasgow Central start / terminate

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester Airport is a terminal First TPE rail service station, as is Newcastle Central.

 

[Buttsy]

Stranraer Harbour - Another station you can get to Ireland from.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fishguard is a station serving a ferry service, as is Stranraer Harbour.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Ryde Pier Head, another station serving a former BR Sealink ferry service

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Weymouth has two stations very near a maritime area, as is the case with Ryde Pier Head.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Wemouth has just one - Quay station is disused and last had a train in the Nineties. It is being offcially closed before the 2012 Olympic sailing competetion in Wymouth & Portland.

Anyway, Solihull - also has two trains an hour direct to London...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brentford is on the southern part of the Grand Union Canal. Solihull is on the north part of the same.


APOLOGY FOR THE PREVIOUS FAUX PAS..I should have said NEWHAVEN has two stations (TOWN and HARBOUR)....not Weymouth

 

[MidnightFlyer]

APOLOGY FOR THE PREVIOUS FAUX PAS..I should have said NEWHAVEN has two stations (TOWN and HARBOUR)....not Weymouth

Even if Newhaven technically has three (Marine)

Anyway, Lincoln - also home to a football team that plays in red and white stripes.

 

[Welshman]

Leeds

Another station enjoying through services to London by both EMT and EC.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Skipton has rail, road and canal links, as does Leeds

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Gleneagles - also receives one East Coast train a day.

Skipton has rail, road and canal links, as does Leeds

As do many, many other places

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Birkdale has a famous golf course, as does Gleneagles

 

[Zoe]

Birkdale has a famous golf course, as does Gleneagles

Carnoustie also has a golf course that is also in the rota for The Open.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flimby is a coastal railway station , as is Carnoustie.

 

[Welshman]

Langwith - Whaley Thorns

Having spent over 12 hours in Flimby, we seem to be stuck there!
So here's a rather desperate attempt to get moving again.

Flimby had a colliery called the Robin Hood Pit.
Langwith -Whaley Thorns is on the Robin Hood Line.
[Not only can I not recall Langwith-Whaley Thorns adorning these pages before, but Langwith also has a closed colliery. So a double snap!!]

 

[Buttsy]

Newton St Cyres - another station with a 3 word name

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rochdale is mentioned in the Domesday Book, as is Newton St. Cyres (Did you know that Newton St. Cyres was the capital of Devon at one time)

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Motherwell - also has an ugly series of tower blocks visible in mass from the railway...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kilmarnock has a Scottish Premiership football team, as does Motherwell

 

[Anon Mouse]

Gretna Green, another station in Scotland with direct Scotrail trains to Newcastle