Station association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Greenwich has an ecology park (Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park), as does Eaglescliffe (Urlay Nook Ecology Park).

 

[Welshman]

Market Harborough

also has[a] Meridian passing through it!!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gillingham in Dorset (not the one in Kent) shares a similarity with Market Harborough in that Royal Hunting Forests were used in the Middle Ages in both of these two area.

 

[Buttsy]

Newport (Essex) - Also a station that share's it's name with another

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cambridge is on "The Harcomlow Way" long-distance footpath, as is Newport (Essex)

 

[Welshman]

Marlow

"Cambridge" was a fictitional detective in "Pie in the Sky" which was filmed around Marlow.

 

[12CSVT]

Mallaig - terminus of a line where the train does a reversal en-route

 

[Welshman]

Kyle of Lochalsh

another railhead for the Isle of Skye.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thurso is a terminal coastal station on a very long single track line, as is Kyle of Lochalsh.

 

[Eagle]

Whitby is another place with a Scandinavian name.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Egton is on the line of the river Esk, as is Whitby

 

[Eagle]

Let's go for a spurious link...

Both Egton and Pen-y-bont are situated at the 28¼-mile post on their respective lines.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tal-y-Cafn is a Welsh station name with a middle "-y-" as Pen-y-Bont.

I am sorry not to have the translation, but there are those on the forum who do.

 

[Eagle]

Tal-y-cafn in this case refers to the ferry pier, which was replaced by a road bridge.

Another place where this happened is Severn Beach where the Aust Ferry was killed off by the M4 (now M48).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cleethorpes is a nautical terminal station, as is Severn Beach

 

[Welshman]

Barrow-in-Furness

another distant outpost of TPE

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Another treat for Welshman coming up......

Dalton is the station for Dalton-in-Furness and has a somewhat tenuous link to Barrow-in-Furness as there were connections to both from Furness Abbey prior to its dissolution in 1537. There is also another link in that both towns were connected by an ancient walk known as The Cistercian Way.

 

[Welshman]

I'm sure I've done nothing to deserve all these little treats!

I'm struggling with this one, but let's try:-

Sandling

[Dalton-in-Furness was the birthplace of George Romney, the portrait painter. Sandling was also known as "Sandling for Hythe" and from Hythe you can enjoy the R H & D Railway to New Romney. Phew!]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The links are now becoming as convoluted as the Times crossword coupled with the deduction ability of Hercule Poirot, if railway links are ignored.......

Reading has a museum of English Rural Country Life ( run by their university), as does Sandling (Kent Life Rural Museum).

I think that railway connections are somewhat easier!!

 

[Oswyntail]

Bookham - a nice simple connection for you.

 

[12CSVT]

Bookham - a nice simple connection for you.

Page's Park (Leighton Buzzard Railway) - something you find in a book

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Castle Cary....somewhere where you find a page,

 

[Welshman]

Castleton

obvious really - at least not as convoluted as some of my earlier efforts!

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Bicester Town - also planned to be rebuilt and staffed within the foreseeable future...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dorchester West has links to Bicester Town in that they lie on the path of a north-south Roman road known as Stratton Road. Both places were also settled by West Saxons.

 

[Eagle]

Farnborough North is also a station run by FGW down the road from a larger SWT-run station.

 

[LE Greys]

Lakenheath also shares its name with a large aerodrome.

 

[12CSVT]

Glazebrook - another station the Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich services pass through without stopping

 

[Eagle]

Littleborough is also a GMPTE boundary station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mytholmroyd is a former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway station, as is Littleborough.