Trivia - Stations serving all three capital cities

[MotCO]

I was at Cheltenham Spa the other week and noticed how many different destinations were served from a single two-platform non-terminus station. However, I also noticed that there were direct trains to London, Edinburgh and Cardiff. Are there any other stations (not terminals) that serve directly all three mainland capital cities? Even better if they only had two platforms!

 

[cactustwirly]

Birmingham, Reading, Bristol, Derby?

 

[Welshman]

Crewe serves all three but has more than two platforms!

 

[Ash Bridge]

How about Tiverton Parkway?

 

[plymothian]

Main stations Penzance - Taunton inclusive.

 

[MK Tom]

Oops, didn't read OP properly

 

[Harbornite]

Are there any other stations (not terminals) that serve directly all three mainland capital cities? Even better if they only had two platforms!

Tamworth, albeit with 4 platforms.

 

[Ianno87]

Manchester Piccadilly, Crewe, Wolverhampton (1 per day)

 

[PaulJ]

I could suggest Ebbsfleet Intl or Ashford Intl ,serving London, Paris and Brussels! ??????

 

[thenorthern]

Crewe, Tamworth, Reading and Southampton Central.

 

[Great_Western]

Bristol Parkway, Bristol TM, Tamworth and Bath Spa spring to mind. Are there any XC through services from Southmpton running north through to Edinburgh?

 

[pdeaves]

Bristol Parkway, Bristol TM, Tamworth and Bath Spa spring to mind. Are there any XC through services from Southmpton running north through to Edinburgh?

At least one: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P30899/2017/05/09/advanced

 

[Parallel]

Gloucester. 2tph towards Cardiff. 1tp2h to London Paddington and there is a 07.00 Saturdays only departure to Glasgow Central via Edinburgh.

 

[30907]

Are there any XC through services from Southmpton running north through to Edinburgh?

Northbound only. It stops at Soton Parkway which has one service FROM Cardiff (and Basingstoke which IIRC in the past had Cardiff services)

 

[Nippy]

Lots of people replying without reading the criteria set out in the OP! (2 platform, through station)

 

[Harbornite]

Lots of people replying without reading the criteria set out in the OP! (2 platform, through station)

They don't have to be two platform, it's just preferable. There aren't many so it's worth considering larger, non terminal stations with services to the three capitals.

 

[RichmondCommu]

Lots of people replying without reading the criteria set out in the OP! (2 platform, through station)

From how I read it the OP wasn't being too strict on the number of platforms.

As an aside are there direct trains from Tamworth to Edinburgh?

 

[Segedunum]

From how I read it the OP wasn't being too strict on the number of platforms.

As an aside are there direct trains from Tamworth to Edinburgh?

Yeah, 1 train every 2 hours on the Aberdeen/Edinburgh to Plymouth/Penzance route calls. The alternate hour being a Burton on Trent call.