There is one in Herefordshire, but I'm pretty certain it doesn't have a railway station.
Through tickets can be issued to NIR, so yes, probably is. Same as BangorOn a related issue, is University (Birmingham) so named to avoid confusion with the one in Coleraine? I wouldn't have thought NIR stations would be considered, but I can't think of any other University station on the GB network
On a related issue, is University (Birmingham) so named to avoid confusion with the one in Coleraine? I wouldn't have thought NIR stations would be considered, but I can't think of any other University station on the GB network
Out of interest, what is the alternative to Atherton (Manchester). Atherstone ?
James Cook University Hospital
Possibly also Allerton, before it became Liverpool South Parkway?
Isn't the station simply 'James Cook'?
There's also a University station on the T&W Metro South Hylton extension, the part of the system owned by Network Rail.On a related issue, is University (Birmingham) so named to avoid confusion with the one in Coleraine? I wouldn't have thought NIR stations would be considered, but I can't think of any other University station on the GB network
Preston is always "Preston, Lancs" presumably to distinguish it from Preston Park, Prestonpans and Long Preston.Or just to be clear as to which University it serves.
On a similar note, apparently Neilston appears on the boards at Glasgow Central as <Neilston> to distinguish it from Newton. The trains have similar intermediate stops. They could, of course, put up Newton Lanark to match the tickets...
Or just to be clear as to which University it serves.
On a similar note, apparently Neilston appears on the boards at Glasgow Central as <Neilston> to distinguish it from Newton. The trains have similar intermediate stops. They could, of course, put up Newton Lanark to match the tickets...
I'd always assumed it was to avoid clashing with Shepley, though a Yorks suffix wouldn't really help much in that case!Shipley Yorks was thought to have been added as such to prevent over-writing on tickets issued to Shirley, which was also suffixed (West Midlands).
I had a feeling that was due to a problem in the system, considering the characters that surround it seem like they've been accidentally included from the code running behind the scenes, but it being a deliberate choice to avoid confusion is something I have to say I hadn't thought of before.Or just to be clear as to which University it serves.
On a similar note, apparently Neilston appears on the boards at Glasgow Central as <Neilston> to distinguish it from Newton. The trains have similar intermediate stops. They could, of course, put up Newton Lanark to match the tickets...
I had a feeling that was due to a problem in the system, considering the characters that surround it seem like they've been accidentally included from the code running behind the scenes, but it being a deliberate choice to avoid confusion is something I have to say I hadn't thought of before.
Or Preston, a part of Paignton in Torbay, Devon, and once the site of 'Preston Platform', a GWR halt provided in 1911, but closed only three years later, never to be reopened.Preston is always "Preston, Lancs" presumably to distinguish it from Preston Park, Prestonpans and Long Preston.
Then people would think it was going to Lanark via Newton.The trains have similar intermediate stops. They could, of course, put up Newton Lanark to match the tickets...
That was my first thought as well but the “official” answer from the ScotRail Twitter feed was to distinguish it from NewtonI had a feeling that was due to a problem in the system, considering the characters that surround it seem like they've been accidentally included from the code running behind the scenes, but it being a deliberate choice to avoid confusion is something I have to say I hadn't thought of before.
Back when I lived there, tickets to/from Hinckley all said "Hinckley (Leics)" which seemed puzzling as I couldn't find any other place in the country with the same name!