Station association

[RDP]

Chafford Hundred is the most used single platform station on the national network. One of the least used is Reddish South.

 

[Tetragon213]

Pilning also sees a parliamentary service.

 

[D6130]

Marsden Is also situated close to the end of a long tunnel.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The tunnels referred to above are the Standege Tunnels. Marsden is the first station on the West Yorkshire side, whilst Greenfield is the first one on the Greater Manchester side.

 

[Tetragon213]

Huddersfield is also part of the TRU.

 

[RDP]

The Penistone Line links Huddersfield with Sheffield.

 

[androdas]

In the current timetable you have 5 opportunities a day to catch a direct train to Morpeth from Sheffield

 

[Tetragon213]

Eltham has also seen a serious derailment involving an intoxicated driver

 

[androdas]

Important to note the driver in the 1984 Morpeth accident was accquited of drunk driving even though admitted consuming alcohol.

Dover Priory is another station that is only served by SouthEastern.

 

[Tetragon213]

Worcestershire Parkway also has 3 platforms

 

[androdas]

Horden was also opened in 2020

 

[RDP]

Eltham has also seen a serious derailment involving an intoxicated driver

Actually at the now closed Eltham Well Hall station in 1972 which the present station replaced.in 1985.

Horden was also opened in 2020

Grand Central also pass through Yarm without stopping.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

You can, however, catch a train from Yarm to go to Redcar Central.

 

[androdas]

Allens West was also proposed to be part of the now shelved Tees Valley Metro

 

[D6130]

Holton Heath was also built as a private station for the workers at a nearby defence establishment and only opened to the public some years later.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Purley was also the scene of a rail accident in 1989.

 

[androdas]

and from Purley you can catch a direct train all the way to Tattenham Corner

 

[D6130]

Epsom Downs also serves Epsom racecourse.

 

[Tetragon213]

Wemyss Bay also opened in 1865, though in the latter case it hasn't moved in the intervening years

 

[D6130]

Stirling station was also designed by the Caledonian Railway's Chief Architect James Miller.

 

[RDP]

Stirling Middle signal box controls the branch line to Alloa.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rogerstone was also reopened in 2008 on a different station site to that which was originally opened.

 

[High Dyke]

Newton St Cyres is also a DfT Category F2 station, that only has one platform.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crediton was also opened in 1851 by the Exeter and Crediton Railway.

 

[RDP]

Crediton is now the junction for the Okehampton and Barnstaple lines which run parallel to the site of Coleford Junction. A similar situation exists at Newton Abbot which is now the junction for the Paignton and Plymouth lines which run parallel to the site of Aller Junction.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cowden was also the scene of a rail accident in 1994.

 

[RDP]

Cowden is one of only two single platform stations in Kent. The other one is Swale.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kemsley is also a station on the Sheerness Line with the lowest DfT category rating of F2.

 

[androdas]

Also services at Sidcup are also provided by SouthEastern

 

[RDP]

Barnehurst is another DfT category C2 station in the London Borough of Bexley.