Brockholes is closer as the crow flies, and you might use it if you were at the New Mill end of Holmfirth... but Honley is probably just as much of a railhead, as it isn't up as steep a hill as Brockholes is. The tendered minibuses connect at Honley for example.
I think it's fair enough, but regarding Dickens Heath as a town is more of a stretch.
Yep, my relatives are a good example of “Brockholes for New Mill”.Brockholes is closer as the crow flies, and you might use it if you were at the New Mill end of Holmfirth... but Honley is probably just as much of a railhead, as it isn't up as steep a hill as Brockholes is. The tendered minibuses connect at Honley for example.
Lea Green for St. Helens?
Denby Dale also used to be used by Holmfirth folks heading to Meadowhall back when the old 484 bus was reliable... hopefully Transdev's relaunched X1 service on that route will bring back the passengers lost by Yorkshire Tiger's rubbish service!
Do terminals like Kyle of Lochalsh for Broadford, or Wemyss Bay for Rothesay “count”? I guess it’s stretching the point.
Not quite the “villages” called for in post #1 though…
Depends on your interpretation though. Pokesdown was indeed a village until about 150 years ago. As for the location of SOA, it’s not exactly built up is it?
I've always wondered why a station without a large car park that is essentially in the middle of a field can be quite as busy as it is
Three bridges was originally a small hamlet (named after river bridges, not the railway), and Crawley is a long-standing Market Town. For a very brief time there was only Three Bridges station, between the Brighton line opening and the branch to Horsham opening.
As @zwk500 has just hinted at, there wasn't much in the Three Bridges locality before the railway / railway junction came along in the 1840s.
On that basis, Manchester Victoria for Salford!
Quite a mouthful!
That's interesting. As far as I recall I've never seen or noticed that! Grew up with it as my local station but moved on now.
