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Unread 2nd July 2012, 23:17   #6721
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And Swinton can be found on both sides of the Pennines
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Unread 3rd July 2012, 00:43   #6722
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Choosing the Swinton on the Yorkshire side of the Pennines to make this connection.


Truro is also a three-platform station.
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Unread 3rd July 2012, 02:10   #6723
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Truro is the only 1M+ station in Cornwall, and has more than double the usage seen at Penzance (in 2nd). Norwich is the only such station in Norfolk - only it has more than six times the usage seen at Diss (in 2nd).
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Unread 3rd July 2012, 08:37   #6724
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Southport is also a 6-platform station.
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Unread 3rd July 2012, 20:15   #6725
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Hastings was opened in the same year of 1851.
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Unread 4th July 2012, 08:05   #6726
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Bognor Regis is also a 4-platform railway station in the English Channel coastal region.
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Littlehampton is also a terminus for both Coastway West and Mainline West services (which usually run as portion workings) operated by Southern.
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Unread 4th July 2012, 10:23   #6728
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Bescot also used to have an operational steam shed.
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The Hawthorns also serves a professional football club stadium as one method of transportation
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Wembley Stadium also serves a stadium.
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Tyseley was also opened in 1906 and currently served by services of Chiltern Railways.
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Gerrards Cross is another ex-GWR station opened in 1906.
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Beaconsfield is also a former Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway station that currently has a DfT category rating of "D"
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Stoke-on-trent has also had a line running through the middle at one point, and has since been removed.
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Worcester Shrub Hill is also a Grade II listed railway station
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