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Pontefract Baghill is possibly an ironic choice with my lazy comment, given that my one visit there involved a run from Monkhill :D
 
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Short form is Llanfairpwll
google tells me that the full form is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-gogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysilio-gogogoch :D

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DanTrainMan185 said:
You're being lazy by picking the next station on the line :P

Kirkby Stephen (not sure why there's a W in there).

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I believe this is because the station was named Kirkby Stephen West (signifying the fact that it lies at least a mile outside the town itself). If you want the history, the reason for bypassing the town centre was primarily because had the railway followed the valley nearer to Kirkby Stephen the gradient heading south would then have been considerably steeper, and the concept of the S & C as a main line to Scotland was rather important at the time.
 
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Robinson said:
I believe this is because the station was named Kirkby Stephen West (signifying the fact that it lies at least a mile outside the town itself). If you want the history, the reason for bypassing the town centre was primarily because had the railway followed the valley nearer to Kirkby Stephen the gradient heading south would then have been considerably steeper, and the concept of the S & C as a main line to Scotland was rather important at the time.
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Interesting :) I would have considered Kirkby Stephen to be either KKS or KBS.
 
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