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[150222]

EALING BROADWAY is also served by the district line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Taplow once had GWR broad gauge track, as did Ealing Broadway.

 

[150222]

THATCHAM is also served by 166's.

 

[Oswyntail]

THATCHAM is also served by 166's.

Feltham is also an option for roofs

 

[Welshman]

Slateford

seems to work quite well, too.

 

[150222]

...as is TILEhirst.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Let's go for a tricky solution...

William Lloyd, the 17th century Bishop of Coventry, was born in Tilehurst.

 

[150222]

LONGBRIDGE also had a british leyland car plant.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wallsall station is managed by London Midland, as is the station at Longbridge.

 

[150222]

KIDSGROVE is served by london midland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Marple is at the northern end of the Macclesfield Canal, whilst the southern end is at Kidsgrove.

 

[Oswyntail]

Holmes - he of the Chapel - was also a fictional detective

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heaton Chapel shares an ecclesiastical link to Holmes Chapel

 

[150222]

STOCKPORT where many trains from heaton chapel stop.

 

[blackettstreet]

King's Cross also has a Platform 0

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grantham was a station on the Great Northern Railway, as was King's Cross.

 

[Oswyntail]

Grantham ....

....was a good place to spot O2s.Charlton is the recommended National Rail station for the O2 Arena

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Strood is on the North Kent Line, as is Charlton.

 

[150222]

STROUD in glostershire goes by the same name. (i believe this is known as a homophone).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dewsbury was known for weaving cloth for military uniforms, as was Stroud.

 

[Oswyntail]

Stroud is at the meeting point of five valleys, making a connection with Five Ways

 

[transportphoto]

University. Also served by 323's

 

[TrainfanBen]

I think something has gone wrong here^^

 

[MidnightFlyer]

STROUD in glostershire goes by the same name. (i believe this is known as a homophone).

Not really, Stroud is pronounced 'ow' and Strood 'oo'...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

University. Also served by 323's

Sutton Coldfiekd is also managed by London Midland

 

[150222]

Sutton Coldfiekd is also managed by London Midland

As is MILLBROOK (befordshire).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

As is MILBROOK (befordshire).

I think that you mean MILLBROOK (Bedfordshire)
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Fenny Stratford was a station on The Bedford Railway, as was Millbrook (Bedfordshire).

 

[Welshman]

Sleaford

Fenny Stratford means "a marshy ford"
Sleaford is a ford over the river Slea.

[Also Sleaford's parish church is dedicated to St Denys [post 2496]. Do I get an extra point?]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leicester was the main town of the pre-Roman occupation tribe called the Corieltauvi ( its name then was Ratae Corieltauvorum)...this tribe had a base at Sleaford.

 

[Oswyntail]

Red Leicester is a common British cheese - less common is Stinking Bishop('s Stortford)