Station association

[Class172]

Nantwich also has 'wich' in its name, which is derived from the norman 'wych' for salt.

Note I haven't said Droitwich.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cwmbran and Nantwich are both two platform stations on the Welsh Marches line and managed by Arriva Trains Wales.

 

[Ivo]

Camberley is also disappointing "minor" in relation to the size and importance of the town it serves.

Note I haven't said Droitwich.

We should get OxtedL to evaluate the frequencies with which different stations have appeared here - and see if, certainly since you arrived, Droitwich Spa is the most common station of them all...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We should get OxtedL to evaluate the frequencies with which different stations have appeared here - and see if, certainly since you arrived, Droitwich Spa is the most common station of them all...

I think a certain young gentleman will be somewhat disconcerted to hear of Droitwich Spa being referred to as "most common"..

Back to the matter on hand:-

Frimley and Camberley are both stations managed by South West Trains,

 

[Ivo]

A fair point Paul From where he is, one needs only heard north-east a few miles to see the true modern meaning of the word "common"...

To complete what is probably my favourite SWT route, let's go for Bagshot.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

To complete what is probably my favourite SWT route, let's go for Bagshot.

Salisbury and Bagshot have both been served by trains operated long ago by the London and South Western Railway

 

[Ivo]

Eastleigh is another station on a four-way junction where the vast majority of services are operated by SWT.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Weymouth and Eastleigh are both three platform stations managed by South West Trains.

 

[Class172]

Bristol Temple Meads is also both served by FGW and SWT.

Oh, and Ivo, don't think you got away with it just yet…

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads stations were both designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

 

[Ivo]

Most services on the Chiltern Main Line do not run to or from Paddington, but Marylebone.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Colchester and London Marylebone stations both have six platforms.

 

[Eagle]

Stourbridge Junction is also a major station with a smaller, more centrally-placed station in the same town.

 

[Ivo]

Dorridge is the destination of some westbound trains from Stourbridge Junction.

 

[Eagle]

Blackrod is also the last station in a PTE area.

 

[Ivo]

Layton is also on the MCV-BPN route.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ansdell and Fairhaven and Layton stations had services run by the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Company.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Dorridge is the destination of some westbound trains from Stourbridge Junction.

Westbound? hock:

Ansdell and Fairhaven and Layton stations had services run by the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Company.

Burnley Barracks is also the fourth station from the end of a branchline (St Annes, Squires Gate, Pleasure Beach and Blackpool South vs. Burnley Central, Brierfield, Nelson and Colne).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bamber Bridge and Burnley Barracks saw services operated by the East Lancashire Railway....and both have double words beginning with "B" in their names.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

You'll like this

Prestbury was also unstaffed in 1989

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Morley and Prestbury have a tunnel close by their stations

 

[Ivo]

Frizinghall is also in the "Metro" PTE area.

Dorridge is the destination of some westbound trains from Stourbridge Junction.

Westbound? hock:

hock: Oops. Should be westbound or from, not and. My bad.

Burnley Barracks is also the fourth station from the end of a branchline (St Annes, Squires Gate, Pleasure Beach and Blackpool South vs. Burnley Central, Brierfield, Nelson and Colne).

The same route no less...!

 

[MidnightFlyer]

The same route no less...!

Indeed, one of very few hourly services to start and end on a branchline

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Appleby was opened by the Midland Railway and is a two platform station managed by Northern Rail, as is the case with Frizinghall.

 

[Ivo]

Kingston's name also lacks the latter section of the settlement's name.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barnham and Kingston are both three-platform stations

 

[Ivo]

Manningtree also serves as a junction for a town in the London commuter area that has a large number of inbound journeys made for non-commuting reasons.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Colchester and Manningtree saw services run by the Great Eastern Railway and both are currently managed by NXEA.

 

[Eagle]

Hull also has an unofficial word added to its name on local buses' blinds (Colchester North and Hull Paragon respectively).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bradford Exchange and Hull Paragon Exchange are both main city transport hubs for combined railway, coach and bus services.