Trivia: Station with the most regular TOC's

[dcd]

Which stations have the most TOC's providing services at least hourly?

Southampton Central has 4 SouthWest Trains, Southern, First Great Western and Cross Country.

 

[mallard]

Manchester Picadilly has 6: Virgin, CrossCountry, First Transpennine Express, Northern, East Midlands Trains and Arriva Trains Wales.

 

[Hydro]

Man Picc? ATW, Virgin, Northern, XC, and EMT.

EDIT: Missed FTPE, as above.

 

[tbtc]

Doncaster?

Northern
XC
TPE
East Coast
Hull Trains
GC

(previously Midland Mainline, Central Trains, GNER, NXEC, Arriva Trains Northern, Northern Spirit, Vigin Trains etc - some of these obviously being different names for the same franchise)

 

[Smethwickian]

Doncaster?

Northern
XC
TPE
East Coast
Hull Trains
GC

Would Hull Trains and GC each qualify as 'hourly' as the OP asks?

Doncaster also has EMT (to/from Peterborough via Lincoln) - which would make 7 - but that's definitely not hourly either.

 

[radamfi]

Although at Doncaster EMT, GC and HT fail the 'at least hourly' standard set by the OP.

 

[mallard]

Doncaster?

Northern
XC
TPE
East Coast
Hull Trains
GC

(previously Midland Mainline, Central Trains, GNER, NXEC, Arriva Trains Northern, Northern Spirit, Vigin Trains etc - some of these obviously being different names for the same franchise)

Are HT and GC hourly? Also, there are a few EMT services that call at Doncaster, including the York, Leeds and Lincoln services.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

Liverpool Lime Street...

Merseyrail
FTPE
Virgin
EMT
Northern
London Midland

 

[northwichcat]

Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly both have the same 6:
Virgin
TPE
Northern
ATW
EMT
XC

You can also use all the operators listed above to get between Piccadilly and Stockport.

Crewe has 5 hourly:
Virgin
LM
Northern
ATW
EMT
plus XC less than hourly but that could change in the next couple of years if all Manchester-Bournemouth gets re-routed via Crewe as the standard pattern.

If it comes to a tie it's worth noting Manchester Piccadilly like some other stations has light rail as well as heavy rail, which could be seen as a bonus operator.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Stoke-on-Trent: 5: Virgin, Cross-Country, Northern, London Midland, East Midlands Trains.

 

[317 forever]

I thought Birmingham New Street might qualify. However, I think they are just served by 4 TOCs: Virgin Trains, Cross Country, London Midland and Arriva Trains Wales. Mind you, I remember when Birmingham-Coventry was served by 4 franchises: West Coast, Cross Country, Central Trains and Silverlink.