Station association

[RDP]

Retford was once located near a flat crossing Newark Northgate still is.

 

[D6130]

Dumbarton Central is also an electrified station with three platforms.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Alexandria was also opened by the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway in 1850.

 

[CPG]

Renton is the only other intermediate station on the branch line to Balloch

 

[High Dyke]

Bowling was also opened by the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hellifield was also the scene of a rail accident in 1933.

 

[RDP]

Preston Park is also near a location where locomotives from the national collection were once stored.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kew Gardens is also a DfT category "D" station that was opened in 1869.

 

[Tetragon213]

Barking is also served by Overground and District Lines

 

[RDP]

The Hammersmith and City line also serves Paddington.

 

[Tetragon213]

Bristol Temple Meads is on the other end of the Great Western Main Line

 

[RDP]

Taunton is also served by GWR and CrossCountry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Exeter St Davids is also a six-platform DfT category rated C1 station that was opened by the Bristol and Exeter Railway.

 

[RDP]

Exeter St. Davids is the westernmost station served by SWR from Waterloo.

 

[Tetragon213]

Bromsgrove is also at the foot of a 1-in-37-ish grade.

Isn't St Davids tunnel marginally steeper than Lickey?

Sniped!

London Waterloo should not be confused with Waterloo (Merseyrail)

 

[RDP]

Hall Road is another Dft category E station in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In a northerly direction, the Merseyrail Northern Line splits after Sandhills into the Southport and Ormskirk branches. Hall Road is the seventh station on the former; Maghull North is the seventh station on the latter.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Kirkby Stephen is another station for which the three-letter-code contains a letter not in the name of the station (MNS for Maghull North; KSW for Kirkby Stephen*)

*KSW makes sense, as it was once Kirkby Stephen West, though I'm not sure if there's any story for the S of Maghull North's code).

 

[RDP]

*KSW makes sense, as it was once Kirkby Stephen West, though I'm not sure if there's any story for the S of Maghull North's code).

Maghull North, Sefton

Arnside is another DfT category F2 station in Westmorland & Furness.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rochdale was also once served by a long-closed branch line.

 

[androdas]

Northumberland Park (Tyne & wear) also has a connection to a light rail system.

 

[RDP]

Not to be confused with Northumberland Park (London) which although not served by a Metro is located near a London Underground depot.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Enfield Lock is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway.

 

[androdas]

once a day and if you are up early enough, you can catch a direct train from Enfield Lock to Ely

 

[RDP]

EMR Liverpool-Norwich trains also reverse at Sheffield.

 

[Tetragon213]

Derby is another station due to be electrified IF the MML is ever completed...

grumble grumble

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chester is also a seven-platform station with a DfT category rating of "B".

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Chester station was designed by the architect Francis Thompson (1808 – 1895) and opened as a joint station in 1848. Thompson became the architect for the North Midland Railway in 1839, and designed 13 stations for the NMR, including Belper, Eckington and Ambergate.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Ambergate was once one of four triangular stations on the network. Two remain, one of those is Shipley.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bridlington is also a DfT category "D" station that was opened in 1846.