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Trivia. Examples of services between "related" stations

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Been reading an item talking about how one could run a Yarmouth- Barmouth service.

What other similar examples are there?

This sort of thing:

Southampton -Northampton
Portsmouth Arms- Portsmouth Harbour
East Ham -West Ham
Horley- Chorley

etc etc

(not sure if this is the correct thread to post this on, please move if appropriate)
 
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Drayton Green to West Drayton
Rainham to Rainham
Newton to Newton
Whitchurch to Whitchurch
Ardwick to Adwick
Wakefield Westgate to Newark North Gate (currently possible)
Cambridge Heath to Cambridge North
Sandy to Waterbeach
Crowborough to Wrenbury (birds)
Sandy to Sandbach to Sandplace
Loughborough Junction to Loughborough
Berney Arms to Portsmouth Arms
Buckenham to Beckenham (any)
Coombe Junction to Combe
 
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and if we allow London Underground stations

Shirley - Temple
 
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I'd like to propose a new branch line from Hayes & Harlington, in order that a service can be run from Reading to Yeading.
 
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North Berwick to Berwick.
Larbert to (Arrochar and) Tarbet
And if the friends of the far north lines have their way, Falkirk to Halkirk
 
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Lostock to Lostock Gralam. Which you used to be able to do on the St Annes on Sea to Greenbank service.
 
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Portsmouth (Harbour or Southsea, not sure where it started) to Portsmouth Arms was nearly possible on Summer Saturdays in the 50s - but the train in question wasn't booked to stop. :(
 
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The two Adlingtons is an obvious one, as is Mottingham to Cottingham via Nottingham.

The various suffixed London Road stations past and present such as Glasgow, Carlisle, Manchester (present day Piccadilly), Leicester (present day Midland Railway station), Guildford, and Brighton, plus any others I may have missed. Obviously, Central and Citadel are substituted for Glasgow and Carlisle for the present day.

On the mighty Great Western Railway metals, the suffixed "General" stations past and present such as Reading, Oxford, Wrexham, Cardiff (renamed Central - it does not really fit with GWR naming conventions), and Bodmin. This would involve portion working as beyond Reading, the rest of the "General" stations are in different directions, and Bodmin would be substituted with the Parkway station today.

Since the opening of Oxford Parkway on the Marylebone route (which is on the former Oxford & Bletchley Railway, and became part of the London & North Western), perhaps now is the time to bring back the "General" suffix for the GWR station?
 
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Wrexham to Hexham. Chester to Leicester. Stratford to Catford. Brighton to Knighton. Retford to Thetford, and on to Stretford. Stamford to Bamford. Goole to Poole. Harrow to Barrow. Hyde to Ryde. Stockton to Plockton. Tipton to Skipton.
 
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They should build a new Tube line to connect Kennington with Kensington, that would really confuse the visitors and tourists :lol:

I was reminded of that as many years ago I had to redirect a lost driver heading down Borough High Street, who had done exactly that!
 
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FelixtheCat said:
Drayton Green to West Drayton
Rainham to Rainham
Newton to Newton
Whitchurch to Whitchurch
Ardwick to Adwick
Wakefield Westgate to Newark North Gate (currently possible)
Cambridge Heath to Cambridge North
Sandy to Waterbeach
Crowborough to Wrenbury (birds)
Sandy to Sandbach to Sandplace
Loughborough Junction to Loughborough
Berney Arms to Portsmouth Arms
Buckenham to Beckenham (any)
Coombe Junction to Combe
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Via Whitchurch? ;)
 
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If Rowley Regis ever got renamed Blackheath you could have Blackheath to Blackheath (Sandwell to South London journey)

How about Charing Cross (Glasgow) to Charing

Or Clapham to Clapham Junction

Then there's Dorridge to Norwich

New Lane from Old Street

And Ham (Street) to Sandwich
 
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Class 172 Fan said:
If Rowley Regis ever got renamed Blackheath you could have Blackheath to Blackheath (Sandwell to South London journey)

How about Charing Cross (Glasgow) to Charing

Or Clapham to Clapham Junction

Then there's Dorridge to Norwich

New Lane from Old Street

And Ham (Street) to Sandwich
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Charing Cross to Charing Cross is possible. Charing Cross (London) to Charing might have been a thing in the past.
 
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FelixtheCat said:
Yes!

Stopping Pattern:
Whitchurch, Heath Low Level, Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff Central, Newport, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Whitchurch, Nantwich, Crewe, Wolverhampton, Birmingham New Street, Leamington Spa, Banbury, Oxford, Reading, Basingstoke, Whitchurch.
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The existence of 2 stations with similar names only gives rise to problems when there are through services between them (as will happen with the 2 Adlingtons when electrification of the line via Bolton is complete) or where there a direct trains to 2 stations with the same name from a 3rd station. The latter happened to me once at Cardiff Central when I wished to purchase a single to Whitchurch (Glam) but the booking clerk initially offered me a much more expensive ticket to Whitchurch (Salop).
 
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Loughborough to Loughborough Junction
Chessington to Cheddington
Liverpool Lime St to Liverpool Street
 
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We've been here before :p

Tenby to Denbigh (sadly the latter is long gone but hopefully my fellow Welsh folk see what I've done there!)
 
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daodao said:
The existence of 2 stations with similar names only gives rise to problems when there are through services between them (as will happen with the 2 Adlingtons when electrification of the line via Bolton is complete) or where there a direct trains to 2 stations with the same name from a 3rd station. The latter happened to me once at Cardiff Central when I wished to purchase a single to Whitchurch (Glam) but the booking clerk initially offered me a much more expensive ticket to Whitchurch (Salop).
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I had a similar thing. I wanted to travel to Hatfield, but was aware Hatfield Several also existed. So, I was very specific and asked for tickets to Hatfield, the one in Hertfordshire. I was given tickets to Hertford North.
 
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