Bantamzen
Established Member
Dent on the S&C - Is several miles from the village of Dent, and is closer to the village of Cowgill.
Possibly we should exclude Parkways too as, like 'Road' the very name suggests they are not in the eponymous towns
Horwich Parkway is one, it was built in Lostock but they changed the boundary to include it in Horwich.
On the other hand, Port Talbot Parkway is close to the town centre
Originally Harwich (Parkeston Quay).... and pushing the point a bit Harwich International is in Parkeston.
But it is on Beckenham Hill RoadBeckenham Hill is not located in the former borough of Beckenham (now part of Bromley) -it's in Lewisham.
If closed stations are allowed? Then the former North Cornwall Line station of Tresmeer was actually located in a nearby village named Splatt.
There is of course Montgomery Terminus which still sees regular steel-wheel on steel-rail traffic... however it is a tram terminus located in the South of Brussels and named after Field-Marshall Montgomery!Yes. I had to laugh when I first heard of this piece of branding-gone-mad. I mean, you'd think it was an April Fool's joke that some manager hadn't cottoned onto and gone and taken up the idea. Sir - we've noticed that passenger numbers go up if you label a station "Parkway".
On that basis, you might as well add parkway to every station with more than two-dozen parking spaces. You could have Birmingham New Street Parkway. Or even Birmingham International Parkway.
But back on topic, sort of.
Montgomery, in Wales, was more than a mile from the town. I'm suprised the GWR didn't rename it Montgomery Road - presumably they couldn't be bothered.
Berkswell is actually in Balsall Heath, Rowley Regis is in Blackheath (and formally called Rowley Regis and Blackheath).
Quite rightBerkswell is in Balsall Common not Balsall Heath.
But you wouldn't expect a station named Xxxx Junction to be in Xxxx? Llandudno Junction certainly isn't in Llandudno.Clapham Junction is in Battersea
I was going to mention that, along with
Maddaford Moor for Thorndon Cross
Ashbury for North Lew
Halwill for Beaworthy
Hole for Black Torrington
Whitstone and Bridgerule was in the middle of nowhere and more of a passing place than serving either hamlet.
Lynton is several hundred feet above the seaside town of that name.
The New Forest, like the Lake District did not welcome the railway, the Brockenhurst - Ringwood line was known as Castleman's corkscrew due to the route it was forced to take. I am aware that the op has disallowed "road" and "parkway" stations, but Ashurst and Beaulieu rd are as a result of this.
Salisbury to Exeter, where traffic between the two cities was more important, and intermediate stations often remote, Crewkerne nearer Misterton, Yeovil Junction some 2 miles outside the town
Montgomery, in Wales, was more than a mile from the town. I'm suprised the GWR didn't rename it Montgomery Road - presumably they couldn't be bothered.