Station association

[TheJRB]

Clapham High Street is another station which opened in the late 1800s that is served by one TOC and as with Loughborough, is actually where its name suggests it is, unlike its "Junction" counterpart (Loughborough Junction is in south London and Clapham Junction is in Battersea not Clapham).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shoreham is also a two platform station that was opened in 1862 by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, which has a DfT category of F1

 

[Welshman]

Not to be confused with Shoreham-by-Sea station, whose original station was built by the London & Brighton Railway in 1840.

 

[TheJRB]

Birchington-on-Sea is also a two platform station with the "-by-Sea" suffix that has two trains per hour to London Victoria.

 

[Ivo]

Broadstairs is the other station whose name begins with "B" in the Thanet conurbation.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lytham is also a station opened in 1863 serving a coastal community.

 

[TheJRB]

Bishop Auckland is another single platform station managed by Northern.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Clitheroe is also the terminal station on a branch line for current passenger services run by Northern Rail.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Penistone, another Northern operated station with an rude word in the name!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Now then. let us not let this quiz lose its' standards. It is lucky that Upper Ramsbottom was never given a railway station....:roll:

Helmsdale is also a two-platform station that was opened in 1874.

 

[TheJRB]

Berwick-upon-Tweed is another two platform station with direct services to Inverness.

 

[Ivo]

Not to be confused with Berwick in East Sussex...

Berwick-upon-Tweed is another two platform station with direct services to Inverness.

From what I can see that is true - but if it said "from" it would not be hock:

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not to be confused with Berwick in East Sussex...

Ford was also opened in 1846 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and also has a DfT category rating of "E"

 

[Anon Mouse]

Leyland, also shares its name with a road vehicle manufacturer

 

[Ivo]

Let's keep this going:

Vauxhall

 

[Anon Mouse]

ok then, Lincoln

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Earlestown is also a five platform station

 

[Welshman]

Shipley

another triangular junction

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bradford Foster Square was also opened in 1846 by the Leeds and Bradford Railway.

 

[David Goddard]

Keighley another West Yorkshire station that sees a single daily service to London

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blaenau Ffestiniog also shares its station with a heritage railway.

 

[Anon Mouse]

so does Alton

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dorridge is also a three-platform station that was opened in 1852.

 

[David Goddard]

Penkridge The other station in the West Midlands region that contains "ridge" but not as part of "bridge".

There are only two further stations nationwide that share this trait.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crewe was also opened in 1837 by the Grand Junction Railway.

 

[Welshman]

Northallerton

also has slow/freight lines avoiding the station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thirsk is also a two-platform station that was opened in 1841 and currently managed by First TPE.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Chester-le-Street, another two platform station on the ECML

 

[Ivo]

It isn't fair that I constantly pip Paul by mere seconds and render his association invalid. So I've deleted mine instead.

Play on from Rotherham Central (below).

Penkridge The other station in the West Midlands region that contains "ridge" but not as part of "bridge".

There are only two further stations nationwide that share this trait.

That's a good one. Interesting how the other two are also fairly close to one-another (Eridge and Sundridge Park).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rotherham Central is also a two-platform station that was opened in 1868 and is managed by Northern Rail