Trivia. Examples of services between "related" stations

[DelW]

Coming soon via the Mid Norfolk: County School - University
Long ago: Christ's Hospital - Brookwood Necropolis (one-way tickets only obviously)
Ware - Wye via Hoo
Woodhouse - Stonehouse
Bugle - Hornsey or Saxilby
Combe - Valley
Sunbury - Rainham
Alresford - New Alresford (it's further than you'd think)

 

[Warwick]

Salfords to Salford
Earlswood to Earlswood

 

[[.n]]

Poole to Weely [POO to WEE]
Moreton to Moreton via Moreton in Marsh [MTN to MRT via MIM]
Muir of Ord to Cowley [MOO to COW]

 

[AndyHA]

In my early Railway days , when our free passes were Card Tickets with the Station written there-on . Working in Plymouth . I had one made out Bere Alston to Alston ( before the branch closed ) .

Others were from Dockyard Halt to “obscure” places betwix Inverness and Thurso .

 

[urbophile]

Hooton to Tooting
Waterloo to Waterloo
Hoscar to Bescar Lane (easy journey that)

 

[sprunt]

The two Adlingtons is an obvious one, as is Nottingham to Cottingham via Nottingham.

Should one of those Nottinghams not be Mottingham?

 

[adrock1976]

Should one of those Nottinghams not be Mottingham?

Yes it should be. Dammed autocorrect.

I've fixed the typo now.

 

[hozza94]

How about Ashford (Surrey) to Ashford International?

 

[CharlieSpotted]

It's not far from (Birmingham) Snow Hill to Gravelly Hill.

 

[Old Yard Dog]

I have actually made a genuine VFR journey from Chester to Chester Road and back

 

[PeterC]

Stratford to Stratford

 

[30907]

Are we allowed mainland Europe?
Hel to Hell
Hell to Himmelreich or Paradiso...

 

[Parallel]

Apperley Bridge to Appley Bridge
Newport to Newport
Swindon to Swinton
Welshpool to Pontypool
Bridgend to Pen-y-Bont
Aberystwyth to Aberdeen
Church Stretton to Church Fenton

 

[snowball]

Swindon to Swinton

Why have Swindon to Swinton when you can have Swinton to Swinton?

 

[NorthernSpirit]

- Sowerby Bridge to Hebden Bridge
- Stocksbridge to Trowbridge, you could also have Stocksmoor to Stocksbridge too!
- Clifton Down to Clifton Road (the latter closed in the 1930's)
- Darton to Barton (on Humber).

 

[SSp]

Walkden to Walsden

 

[ian1944]

Barry Island to Barry Links
Brookwood to Rhyl
Crewe to Crewkerne
James Cook to James Street
Kearsley to Kearsney
Knucklas to Neath

 

[adrock1976]

A slight play on the Welsh language here:

Castell-nedd to Castleford

Barry Island to Barry Links
Brookwood to Rhyl
Crewe to Crewkerne
James Cook to James Street
Kearsley to Kearsney
Knucklas to Neath

I am slightly puzzled as to how Brookwood and Rhyl sound similar. I must admit that my only experiences of Rhyl were (when I was residing in my native West Midlands) a week's trip in 1983 and 1984 when I stayed in a guest house and caravan park respectively, and passing through on a Class 115/116 from Birmingham New Street to Llandudno in 1988.

I remember visiting the Sun Centre indoor swimming pool on my first visit to Rhyl. Unsure if it still exists nowadays.

 

[Deafdoggie]

A slight play on the Welsh language here:

Castell-nedd to Castleford



I am slightly puzzled as to how Brookwood and Rhyl sound similar. I must admit that my only experiences of Rhyl were (when I was residing in my native West Midlands) a week's trip in 1983 and 1984 when I stayed in a guest house and caravan park respectively, and passing through on a Class 115/116 from Birmingham New Street to Llandudno in 1988.

I remember visiting the Sun Centre indoor swimming pool on my first visit to Rhyl. Unsure if it still exists nowadays.

I was perplexed at Brookwood & Rhyl. Rhyl seafront isn’t too bad, but the town isn’t too impressive! Most Rhyl residents feel the poundshop is a bit pricey. The Sun Centre is no more, flattened. However, there remains plenty of caravan parks, and the miniature steam train round the lake still runs, even though the fun fair is long gone.

 

[trickyvegas]

Earlier this year, I bought a single from Stalybridge to Whaley Bridge and then walked back.

 

[DanTrain]

There was a 1tpd service from Adwick that passed through Ardwick in the last timetable!

Also, we need a Liverpool Lime Street - London Liverpool Street service for maximum confusion . Perhaps this could go via Sheffield and Shenfield too.

I’m also waiting for a Mottingham to Cottingham via Nottingham service.

 

[Peter0124]

Newton (Lanark) to Newton-le-Willows

 

[37 418]

Using 3 Letter codes again, Alness to Holton Heath (ASS to HOL)

 

[Parallel]

Using 3 Letter codes again, Alness to Holton Heath (ASS to HOL)

Hopton Heath to Holton Heath!

 

[topydre]

Strood to Stroud

 

[xotGD]

Heath High Level to Blair Atholl.

 

[Mikey C]

Chester to Chester-le-street via Chesterfield would be an amusing journey..l

 

[Clansman]

Golf Street to Par via Putney

 

[CeeJ]

Penistone to Scunthorpe

Manchester United Football Ground (MUF) to Finstock (FIN)

IBM (IBM) to Lapford (LAP) via Topsham (TOP).

 

[Calthrop]

Are we allowed mainland Europe?
Hel to Hell

Further things Polish: the line from Wolsztyn to Sulechow, now abandoned, had an intermediate station called Zodyn. On a "bash" of the Wolsztyn lines long ago, I suggested to my companions that if an inhabitant of the village concerned, decided to take his summer seaside holiday at Hel; the wording on his train ticket, would look like a medium-strength English imprecation. They advised me to hang on to my day job...