D6130
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Several possible options have been mentioned on another thread. What do you think?
Well-spotted McR! I think Dunoon must certainly take the biscuit as far a Scotland is concerned. Stornoway - and for that matter, Rothesay - don't really count as they are on islands, although I perhaps should have been more specific in the thread title. It has been suggested on another thread that West Bridgford, near Nottingham is the most likely candidate in England. Keep scouring those atlases folks!Dunoon gets my vote. Not vast but if it wasn't for the odd geographical inconvenience I'm sure it would've been a bustling hive of railway-ness. Same goes for Stornoway, and of course Campbeltown.
Dunoon gets my vote. Not vast but if it wasn't for the odd geographical inconvenience I'm sure it would've been a bustling hive of railway-ness. Same goes for Stornoway, and of course Campbeltown.
There was a plan announced several years ago on the front page of the Dunoon Observer that there were plans to building line from Dunoon northwards along the shores of Loch Eck, taking the Rest and be Thankful and then connecting to the rest of the rail network. Redundant TGV sets were to used too!Dunoon gets my vote. Not vast but if it wasn't for the odd geographical inconvenience I'm sure it would've been a bustling hive of railway-ness. Same goes for Stornoway, and of course Campbeltown.
In the heyday of railway building Waterlooville as we know it today didn’t really exist.Waterlooville? May have had some form of tramway etc. but I don't think it ever had something which, had it survived, we'd call a 'national rail' service.
I'd say West Bridgford will be a good example, although it's not too badly placed for Nottingham now, and wasn't too badly placed for Nottingham Midland, or London Road, and i guess those on the extremes might have been better suited to the racecourse or even Arkwright Street, which is now on the tram route (having been a road for some time). I'm not sure of how old some of the West Bridgford properties are, but i know a fair few of them have been built since the closure of many of the lines.
Biggin Hill (came up on another thread!) is c. 2k bigger than Dunoon or Torpoint, and just over the borough boundary is New Addington, though at least it has Tramlink.... Selsdon and (old) Addington are poorly served too.Torpoint is a fair size.
The estimated population of Dunoon in 2016 was 7,830, according to Wikipedia. I would be very surprised if there were a bigger place in Scotland that has never had a station on the national rail network. Glenrothes new town in Fife would have been a likely candidate, but it now has a new station called Glenrothes with Thornton.I don't suppose that population of Dunoon was very large either. It's largely a creation of the Victorian tourist industry.
Yes, apparently it was on the Portsdown and Horndean Light Railway - which was effectively an electric street tramway - until the 1930s.Waterlooville? May have had some form of tramway etc. but I don't think it ever had something which, had it survived, we'd call a 'national rail' service.
Waterlooville is part of Havant Borough, which has a station, although there are closer stations at Bedhampton and Rowlands Castle. How far away does a station have to be before it is disregarded for the purpose of this sort of question?Looks like West Bridgford has been beaten into second position by Waterlooville, Hampshire - a few miles North of Portsmouth on the old A3 - with a population of 64,350 according to the 2011 census.
On closer examination, I realise that the population figure quoted for Waterlooville is actually for the whole conurbation which is spread out along or near the old A3, including the adjoining villages of Purbrook, Cowplain, Horndean and Clanfield. The population of Waterlooville parish itself is only 9,549, therefore West Bridgford is back in pole position again.Waterlooville is part of Havant Borough, which has a station, although there are closer stations at Bedhampton and Rowlands Castle. How far away does a station have to be before it is disregarded for the purpose of this sort of question?
On closer examination, I realise that the population figure quoted for Waterlooville is actually for the whole conurbation which is spread out along or near the old A3, including the adjoining villages of Purbrook, Cowplain, Horndean and Clanfield. The population of Waterlooville parish itself is only 9,549, therefore West Bridgford is back in pole position again.
As discussed on another thread, there was the Westerham branch line fairly close by.Biggin Hill (came up on another thread!) is c. 2k bigger than Dunoon or Torpoint,
The question was about settlememts which have never had a station on the main network:What is the more meaningful question is where is the largest distinct town (as opposed to city suburb) without a station - Skelmersale, as mentioned above, is one I've sen quoted before.
The question was about settlememts which have never had a station on the main network:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skelmersdale_railway_station
Eastwood (Notts)?
Was there ever a railway in either of these places or Brecon, Hay on Wye, Ross on Wye, Monmouth, Cinderford or Cirencester none of which currently have stations ?
Not by rails, but by railway (until Sealink privatisation) steamers and through timetables / ticketing they have been connected to the national network throughoutMight I try Newport and Ryde Isle of Wight as although they had/have railways owned or operated by a mainland company since 1923 they have never been "connected" to the National Network