Station association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mills Hill is a station that was closed, then reopened, as is Gretna Green.

Mills Hill closed in 1842 and was reopened in 1988

Gretna Green closed in 1965 and was reopened in 1993

 

[Buttsy]

Mill Hill - the singlar version of Mills Hill

 

[Bedpan]

Hounslow. Mill Hill has a national rail station and an underground station with an "East " suffix, and so does Hounslow.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coventry had a priory in the 13th Century, as did Hounslow (Holy Trinity Priory).

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Carlisle - another station where all bar one train a day stops (the Birmingham and Glasgow headliners respectively).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flint has a castle, as does Carlisle.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Conwy, another castle next to the station

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Runcorn has a famous bridge, as does Conwy

 

[Anon Mouse]

Newcastle, also with a famous bridge or several famous bridges to be fair

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

King's Lynn was famous for its exports by sea in the past, as was the case with Newcastle

 

[LE Greys]

North Berwick is also on the end of an electrified branch with one train per hour

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Looe is the terminal station on a single track branch line, as is North Berwick.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Newquay, another Cornish terminus!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wick is a coastal terminus, as is Newquay

 

[Anon Mouse]

Shanklin, another coastal terminus

 

[Welshman]

Branksome

also has a Chine.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Delamere has forested areas (Delamere Forest), as does Branksome (Branksome Park)

 

[12CSVT]

Sankey for Penketh - used to be owned by Cheshire Lines Committee, now operated by Northern

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mobberley is a former CLC station, as is Sankey for Penketh

 

[Welshman]

Liverpool Central

Headquarters of the CLC.

[Sorry, Paul, not strictly in accordance with the rules, but apart from "Dinnerladies" Dolly Bellfield, I can't think of anyone else who aspired to live in Mobberley!]

 

[Anon Mouse]

Liverpool South Parkway for John Lennon Airport, another station where you can catch the Merseyrail

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester Airport, but for more international flights than offered by the airport served by Liverpool South Parkway.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Gatwick Airport, I don 't think I need explain the connection?

 

[Welshman]

Teesside Airport

One extreme to the other.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sugar Loaf shares a very low annual passenger useage wth Tees-side Airport.

 

[Anon Mouse]

as does Denton

 

[LE Greys]

Swindon a map of Swindon stands in for Denton in A Touch of Frost

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gorton had a famous locomotive works, as did Swindon.

 

[12CSVT]

King George V (Docklands Light Railway)

Gorton station is near King George V playing field

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Hereford.

( King George V... Bulmers... )