Trivia: Overlapping station names

[Halish Railway]

Par & Bristol Parkway

 

[Class800]

If we're going by sounds aka phonemes (rather than the vagaries of spelling), there's Beauly and Beaulieu Road.

 

[Glenn1969]

Manchester Victoria and Burnley Manchester Road

 

[Parallel]

Auto-announcements refer to Dinas Rhondda as just ‘Dinas’ but trains from Treherbert are currently running beyond Cardiff and are currently stopping at Dinas Powys.

Barry, Barry Docks and Barry Island

 

[xotGD]

Newport to Stockport
Wolverhampton to Northampton
Carlisle to Carnforth
Huddersfield to Sheffield
Bristol Parkway to Didcot Parkway
Chester to Manchester
Bournemouth to Weymouth

 

[Pokelet]

Stourbridge Town - Stourbridge Junction
Birmingham Snow hill - Birmingham Moor Street.
Waterloo - Waterloo West

 

[flitwickbeds]

Waterloo - Waterloo West

Assuming you mean (London) Waterloo EAST, that doesn't count as there are no services between the two stations (Waterloo is a terminus only; Waterloo East is on the Charing Cross to London Bridge route).

 

[Class800]

There are services in National Rail Enquiries between London Waterloo and London Waterloo East. It happens to be a walking connection, but is still shown as a direct service on a longer itinerary

 

[zwk500]

There are services in National Rail Enquiries between London Waterloo and London Waterloo East. It happens to be a walking connection, but is still shown as a direct service on a longer itinerary

the OP was fairly clear:

Are there any other such pairs served by direct trains?

NRE also shows the Isle of Wight Ferry, for example. There used to be freight trains between Waterloo and Waterloo East, but I'm not sure there was ever a historic passenger service before the connection was lifted sometime in the early 1900s (I think)

 

[Class800]

A 'train' is a complex concept in the NRCoT for example - and can be a in the form of bus for example, or other specified connection in the timetable. Hence, 'direct train' needn't - if we look at rail contracting for example - use an actual physical train

 

[Sparrowman]

There are a few interesting ones on the Manchester Metrolink.

West Didsbury - Didsbury Village - East Didsbury.

Also Cornbrook is on the same line as Brooklands (Altrincham line).

There's also Barlow Moor Road - Northern Moor - Moor Road on the Manchester Airport line.

 

[zwk500]

A 'train' is a complex concept in the NRCoT for example - and can be a in the form of bus for example, or other specified connection in the timetable. Hence, 'direct train' needn't - if we look at rail contracting for example - use an actual physical train

The NRCoT appear to use 'train service' throughout. Which is quite different to direct train.

By that Logic, London Bridge, London Cannon Street, London Blackfriars, London Charing Cross, London Waterloo and London Victoria are all served by the same 'direct train' as you can make a reasonable walk between all of them.

 

[2392]

Also Jesmond - West Jesmond and Gateshead - Gateshead Stadium

Also on the Tees Valley Line there is Redcar Central and Redcar East

Must admit I'd forgotten both Gateshead and Jesmond double names. Wouldn't care but Gateshead Stadium is the next station to mine, Felling when I head towards Newcastle........

 

[Aictos]

It seems that everyone has forgotten the most obviously pair that's Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill....

 

[PTR 444]

Was going to say Barnham and Farnham, but they’re on completely different lines.

Barnham and Fareham however...

 

[D1537]

Trains from Ardrossan Harbour also call at Ardrossan Town and Ardrossan South Beach.

 

[Halish Railway]

If we can include railway lines abroad, then there’s one that’s difficult to beat in the Netherlands;

Almere Oostvarders, Almere Buiten, Almere Parkwijk, Almere Centrum, Almere Muziekwijk & Almere Poort (6 all in a row).

 

[SteelWeelApeal]

Par & Bristol Parkway

You could also include Tiverton Parkway and Bodmin Parkway (and possibly Parson Street, although I’m not sure if any trains stop there that stop at all the others)

 

[d9009alycidon]

Go From Glasgow Central to Gourock you get three pairs
Hillington East - Hillington West
Paisley Gilmour St and Paisley St James
Greeenock Central and Greenock West.

and you also have Glasgow Central and Port Glasgow for that matter

 

[SargeNpton]

Wolverhampton to Northampton

Wolverhampton to Northampton via Hampton-in-Arden
Wolverhampton to Southampton Central

 

[Glenn1969]

Southampton Central to Littlehampton

 

[MacCookie]

Edinburgh (although the station name board is Edinburgh Waverley, NRES still shows EDB as Edinburgh) to Edinburgh Park and Edinburgh to Edinburgh Gateway.

 

[Monarch010]

West St Leonards - St Leonards Warrior Square

 

[Dr Hoo]

Lee and Northfleet

 

[30907]

If we can include railway lines abroad, then there’s one that’s difficult to beat in the Netherlands;

Almere Oostvarders, Almere Buiten, Almere Parkwijk, Almere Centrum, Almere Muziekwijk & Almere Poort (6 all in a row).

Given the Germanic tradition of putting the city (or administrative authority) name in front of every local station, I'm sure there are longer sequences.
Bradford FS, Bradford Frizinghall, Bradford Shipley, Bradford Saltaire and all the way to Bradford Steeton and Silsden would be the equivalent - and would probably cause local riots or at least campaigns by the MPs for Shipley and Keighley

 

[telstarbox]

Lee and Northfleet

Very good!

 

[Class800]

There is a direct Sunday only service from Lee to Northfleet - used to be daily I think

 

[xotGD]

Widdrington to Acklington

Four Oaks to Selly Oak

 

[mlambeuk]

Longbenton - Benton

 

[pompeyfan]

So have we established what the most is? Lot of people coming up with two, a few threes but don’t think any fours.

is there any trains that call at Alderington, littlehampton, Warblington, Bedhampton and Southampton?