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Using station codes to make words. Fantasy railtours

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What words can be made using station codes for say fantasy rail tours with original, intermediate and possible final destination.

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Euston to Tonbridge = Euston
 
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Newcraighall to Dean via Malden Manor = New Malden
 

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Croy to Merthyr Tydfil = Cromer
Totnes to Neston = Totnes
Kendal to Leyland = Kenley
Walton-on-Thames to Merthyr Tydfil = Walmer
 
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Why is every ticket sold to either Renton* or South Gyle**? You'd think those two would always be top of the station use figures... ;)

*= RTN
**= SGL

Huddersfield to Linlithgow gives the name of 6'9" Huddersfield Town forward Kyle Hudlin.
 

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Woking to Invergowrie via Hamworthy = Wokingham

Post HS2 we can go Earlston - Tilbury Riverside (Still in the database of Railuk tickets) - Old Oak = Eastbrook
Bagshot to Lancaster = Baglan

Wem = Wem or Lee = Lee. Train doesn't go anywhere

Manchester Piccadilly to Shawfair via Earlswood (Surrey) = Mansfield
Bridge of Allan to Connel Ferry via Shawfair and Earlswood (Surrey) = Beaconsfield (First 4-part!)
Macclesfield to Cleethorpes via Shawfair and Earlswood (Surrey) = Macclesfield
 
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Wem = Wem or Lee = Lee. Train doesn't go anywhere
Probably the most realistic!

You could make High Wycombe and Bempton together by going:

Highbridge & Burnham-High Wycombe-Commondale-Bebington-Emerson Park-Tonbridge

Also, applying a more liberal definition of "words":

A "The Taller Copper" railtour would run Theale-Talsarnau-Leytonstone High Road-Copplestone-Penrhiwceiber

A "The Final Flinger" railtour would run Theale-Finstock-Alfreton-Linlithgow-Gerrards Cross
 

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The best I've got is Wokingham, the rest are "nearly" spelt out if their characters weren't in multiples of three, or some station codes just not existing.

Wokingham - WOK ING HAM
Woking, Invergowrie, Hamworthy

Watford High Street - WAT FOR HIG HST REE
London Waterloo, Forres, Highbridge & Burnham, High Street, Reedham (Norfolk)

Yeovil Pen Mill - YEO WIL PEN MIL
Yeoford, Willington, Penarth, Mill Hill Broadway

Basingstoke - BAS ING STO KEH
Bere Alston, Invergowrie, South Tottenham, Keith
 

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For a journey from Battle [BAT] to Leyland [LEY], would travelling via Batley be a valid route without splitting there?
 
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