Station association

[Mike395]

Colchester - Another town featured on the program 'Police Interceptors'

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Albans was attacked by the Iceni under Boudicca, as was Colchester

 

[Oswyntail]

St Albans was attacked by the Iceni under Boudicca, as was Colchester

Holyhead - where Suetonius Paulinus was distracted disciplining druids while Boudicca did her stuff at Verulamium

 

[12CSVT]

Ryde St Johns Road - another location off the British mainland where British Rail had a motive power depot

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Columb Road shares TWO associations with Ryde St Johns Road in that both stations refer to "saints" and to "road" in their names.

 

[Welshman]

Dove Holes

St Columb is another name for a Cornish Saint St Columba the Virgin.
The latin for dove is "columba"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Disley has a long railway tunnel named after it (Disley tunnel 2m 364yds), as does Dove Holes (Dove Holes tunnel 1m 1224yds)

 

[Oswyntail]

Disley is the home of paralympic cycling gold medallists Sarah and Ben Storey, Paralympic Archery gold medallist, Danielle Brown, went to school nearCononley

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Matlock Bath has a long association with lead mining, as does Cononley

 

[12CSVT]

Matlock Bath has a long association with lead mining, as does Cononley

Water Orton - what you would fill the bath with.

 

[transportphoto]

Waterbeach - do I need to explain?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

White Notley - also destaffed in 1988

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Millom is a historic town that is mentioned in the Domesday Book, as is White Notley (and incidentally, its sister town of Black Notley was also mentioned).

 

[Welshman]

As Millom means "at the mills" let's try
New Mills Central

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

New Mills Newtown, shares the town name with New Mills Central

 

[Buttsy]

Matlock Bath - Also mentioned in the Half Man Half Biscuit song 'The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train)'.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Harrogate has a spa in the town, as does Matlock Bath

 

[Oswyntail]

Harrogate has a spa in the town, as does Matlock Bath

Ilkley is also a spa town - but, more importantly, has a branch of Betty's

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bognor Regis is a terminal station, as is Ilkley.

 

[Buttsy]

Weymouth - Town formerly know as Melcombe Regis

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oxenholme station has three platforms, as does Weymouth station.

 

[12CSVT]

Oxenholme station has three platforms, as does Weymouth station.

Witham - is the start of a branch line which is operated as a long siding (ie single track, no passing loops)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Witham - is the start of a branch line which is operated as a long siding (ie single track, no passing loops)

Marks Tey further down the line, performs the same task as Witham.


I could be corrected over the matter of "no passing loops", but the branch line to Sudbury is a single line

 

[12CSVT]

Marks Tey further down the line, performs the same task as Witham.

Whitby - terminus of a branch line which would probably run better if it was micro-franchsed to the local preserved railway

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Formby is a town with a Viking suffix to its name, similar to Whitby

 

[Oswyntail]

Honley...need I explain? Oh well! George Formby was christened George Hoy Booth, and HOY is the station code for....

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chertsey has an agricultural show, as does Honley.

 

[Oswyntail]

Leatherhead was destroyed by Martians, as was Chertsey.......in The War of the Worlds, unfortunately

 

[Welshman]

Borough Green & Wrotham

Borough Green is also on a River Bourne

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Littleborough shares part of its name with Borough Green & Wrotham