Which GB railway station has the most destinations?

[Rhydgaled]

If you are counting intermediate stops, then the number total of stations accessible without any changes from Shrewsbury must be fairly big. From there you have the ATW service to Tenby (which calls at the Swanline stations), and their services to Milford Haven, Manchester, Holyhead and Birmingham. However the big adders are the Cambrian coast and Heart Of Wales services, with their umpteen request stops! Probablly doesn't quite match some of the other stations mentioned in terms of the grand total but the HOWL and Cambrian add alot.

Waterloo, Paddington, Henley-on-Thames, Redhill, Guildford, Shalford, Gatwick Airport, Bournemouth, Southampton Central, Basingstoke, Newbury, Bedywn, Frome, Taunton, Exeter, Plymouth, Paignton, Newquay, Penzance, Weston-Super-Mare, Bristol Temple Meads, Cardiff, Swansea, Carmarthen, Cheltenham Spa, Gloucester, Hereford, Great Malvern, Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill, Moreton-in-Marsh, Didcot Parkway, Oxford, Banbury, Birmingham New Street, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Manchester Piccadilly, Sheffield, York, Leeds.

If you count occasional services, perhaps the Pembroke Dock service *summer Saturdays, could be added to that list, calling at Llanelli, Pembrey & Burry Port, Carmarthen, Whitland, and all stations on the Pemborke branch, including Narberth, Penally and Kilgetty.

 

[Buttsy]

A similar sort of question which we were discussing the other day:

Is there anywhere on the mainland National Rail system that you can't reach with just one change from London using scheduled trains (but not necessarily every day)(a walk from say Glasgow Central to Queen Street doesn't count as an extra change)?

Whitby and all Eskdale lines stations beyond Nunthorpe- York/Darlington & Middlesborough?
Walton to Aughton Park and Kirkdale to Fazakerley
Cardiff Bay

I don't think you need the Glasgow proviso as all Queen Street services can be reached either from Edinburgh or by using the sleepers.

 

[mm333]

On a summer Sunday you can do London-Whitby in one change, thanks to some services going further than Middlesbrough:

Tomorrow:
12:20 KGX-DAR 14:51, then 15:01 DAR-WTB 16:56
return:
15:55 WTB-DAR 17:52, then 17:59 DAR-KGX 20:46, or
17:10 WTB-EAG 18:50, then 18:59 EAG-KGX 21:48

And on a summer Saturday, bus from Whitby-Scarborough, then EMT to St Pancras

 

[Flying Snail]

Whitby and all Eskdale lines stations beyond Nunthorpe- York/Darlington & Middlesborough?
Walton to Aughton Park and Kirkdale to Fazakerley
Cardiff Bay

Does Liverpool South Parkway have a direct train to London at some obscure time? if not then all the stations that are only served by the Merseyrail Lines from Liverpool Central to Southport/Ormskirk/Kirkby and Hunts Cross would count.

 

[Buttsy]

Does Liverpool South Parkway have a direct train to London at some obscure time? if not then all the stations that are only served by the Merseyrail Lines from Liverpool Central to Southport/Ormskirk/Kirkby and Hunts Cross would count.

Fair point, it doesn't so its all on the Merseyrail Northern lines with the exceptions of Liverpool South Parkway, Liverpool Central, Southport, Ormskirk, Kirkby and techincally Moorfields.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which GB railway station has the most destinations that you can travel to directly (i.e. without any change of train being necessary)?

Do I take this as a quiz that you already know the answer to ... or are you asking for help and information?

 

[scrapy]

As for absolute destinations, I think the answer is Manchester Piccadilly. Possibly with 58 destinations.

I make it 59 final destinations (starred in list) with 261 possible other destinations. (319 in total)

Abergavenny
Abergele and Pensarn
Adlington (Cheshire)
Adlington (Lancs)
Alderley Edge
Alfreton
Althorpe
Altrincham
Appley Bridge
Ardwick
Arnside
Ashburys
Ashley
Aslockton
Attlebrough
Baglan
Bamford
Banbury
Barnetby
Barrow in Furness*
Basingstoke
Belle Vue
Bescar Lane
Bingham
Birchwood
Birmingham New St*
Birmingham International
Blackburn
Blackpool North*
Blackrod
Bodmin Parkway
Bolton*
Bournemouth*
Bramhall
Bredbury
Bridgend
Brinnington
Bristol Parkway
Bristol Temple Meads*
Briton Ferry
Broadbottom
Broad Green
Brockenhurst
Bromley Cross
Brough
Burneside
Burscough Bridge
Buxton*
Cardiff Central*
Cark and Cartmel
Carmarthen*
Carnforth
Chapel en le Frith
Chassen Rd
Cheadle Hulme
Chelford
Cheltenham Spa
Chester*
Chesterfield
Chester le Street
Chorley
Chinley*
Church Stretton
Clarbesten Rd
Cleethorpes*
Clunderwen
Clitheroe*
Colwyn Bay
Congleton
Connisbrough
Coventry
Craven Arms
Crewe*
Cross Gates
Crowle
Cuddington
Cwmbran
Dalton
Darlington
Darwen
Dawlish
Davenport
Deansgate
Deganwy
Delamere
Dewsbury
Dinting
Disley
Doncaster*
Dore and Totley
Dove Holes
Dronfield
Durham
Earlstown
East Didsbury
Eccles
Edale
Edinburgh Waverley*
Ely
Exeter St Davids*
Fairfield
Farnworth
Ferryside
Filton Abbey Wood
Flint
Flixton
Flowery Field
Frodsham
Furness Vale
Garforth
Gathurst
Gatley
Glasgow Central*
Glazebrook
Glossop*
Godley
Goostrey
Gowerton
Grange over Sands
Grantham
Greenbank
Grimsby Town
Grindleford
Guide Bridge
Habrough
Hadfield*
Hale
Hall in t'h Wood
Handforth
Hatfield and Stainforth
Hattersley
Haverfordwest*
Haymarket
Hazel Grove*
Heald Green
Heaton Chapel
Helsby
Hereford*
Hindley
Holmes Chapel
Hope (Derbyshire)
Horwich Parkway
Hoscar
Hough Green
Howden
Huddersfield
Hull*
Humphrey Park
Hunts Cross
Huyton
Hyde North
Hyde Central
Johnston
Kearsley
Kendal
Kents Bank
Kidsgrove
Kidwelly
Kilgetty
Kirkham and Wesham
Kirk Sandall
Knutsford
Lamphey
Lancaster
Langho
Langley Mill
Layton
Leamington Spa
Leeds*
Lee Green
Leominster
Levenshulme
Leyland
Lichfield Trent Valley
Liskeard
Liverpool Lime St*
Liverpool Sth Parkway
Llandudno*
Llandudno Junction
Llanelli
Llansamlet
Lockerbie
London Euston*
Lostock
Lostock Gralam
Ludlow
Malton
Manchester Airport*
Manchester Oxford Rd*
Manorbier
March
Marple*
Mauldeth Rd
Meadowhall
Meols Cop
Mexborough
Middlesbrough*
Middlewood
Milford Haven*
Milton Keynes Central
Mobberley
Moses Gate
Motherwell
Mouldsworth
Nantwich
Narbeth
Navigation Rd
Neath
Newcastle*
New Lane
New Mills Central*
New Mills Newtown
Newport (S Wales)
Newquay*
Newton Abbott
Newton le Willows
Newton for Hyde
Northallerton
Northwich
Norwich*
Nottingham*
Nuneaton
Oxenholme
Oxford
Padgate
Paignton*
Par
Parbold
Patchway
Pembrey and Burry Port
Pembroke
Pembroke Dock*
Penally
Penrith
Peterbrough
Plumley
Plymouth*
Pontypool and New Inn
Port Talbot Parkway
Poynton
Prees
Prestatyn
Prestbury
Preston*
Pyle
Ramsgreve and Wilpshire
Rainhill
Reading*
Reddish North
Rhyl
Roby
Romiley
Roose
Rose Hill*
Rotherham Central
Rugby
Runcorn East
Ryder Brow
Salford Crescent
Sandbach
Sandwell and Dudley
Saundersfoot
St Helens Junction
Scarborough*
Scunthorpe
Seamer
Severn Tunnel Junction
Sheffield*
Shrewsbury*
Shotton
Skewen
Silverdale
Southampton Airport Parkway
Southampton Central*
South Milford
Southport*
Stafford
Stalybridge
Staveley
Stockport*
Strines
Styal
Stoke on Trent*
Swansea*
Swinton (S Yorks)
Tamworth
Taunton
Teignmouth
Tenby*
Thetford
Thirsk
Thornaby
Tiverton Parkway
Torquay
Totnes
Trafford Park
Ulverston
Urmston
Warrington Bank Quay
Warrington Central*
Watford Junction
Wavertree Tech Park
Wem
Westhoughton
Weston Super Mare
Whaley Bridge
Whalley
Whiston
Whitland
Widnes
Wigan North Western*
Wigan Wallgate*
Wilmslow*
Winchester
Windermere*
Wolverhampton
Woodley
Woodsmoor
Wrenbury
Wymondham
Yarm
York*
Yorton

Excludes MUFC halt and Manchester Piccadilly (listed as final destination on peak Hadfield/Glossop services but not shown on station screens) and stations only served during engineering eg. Didcot Parkway or Eastleigh. Final destination list excludes temporary terminuses for engineering such as Arnside or Altrincham.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Do I take this as a quiz that you already know the answer to ... or are you asking for help and information?

No, it's not a quiz question as such, it was something that I couldn't readily find a definitive answer to.

So the scores so far are Clapham Junction 344, and Manchester Piccadilly 319, yes ?

 

[pmgarvey]

Did you include Manchester Metrolink from Piccadilly?

If not you could push Piccadilly's up by 35 or 36 (depending on if you count Deansgate-Castlefield as the same station as Deansgate), which would put it ahead of Clapham Junction.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Did you include Manchester Metrolink from Piccadilly?

Good point, but no, on the basis that Manchester Metrolink is a tram operation.