adrock1976
Established Member
Following on from a post in the Rotherham Masborough reopening thread (see https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/could-rotherham-masborough-reopen.178887/page-2#post-3905632) regarding Crosscountry Intercity trains not calling at Gloucester, but do call at Cheltenham Spa and Bristol Parkway (Stoke Gifford), it has made me think if there are other trains that do not call at any other county town/city that has given its name to the county, but calls at others.
A few I can think of are as follows:
Clwyd - Mold (obviously, as the line got lifted), but trains call at other stations towards Holyhead, the Borderlands line, and Chester towards Shrewsbury has trains calling at those stations (I believe Clwyd no longer functions as an actual county in terms of being an administrative centre, but still exists in some form, hence how I have included it here)
Gwynedd - Caernarfon (obviously, as the line got lifted).
Lincolnshire - (Lincoln) No Intercity East Coast services normally call on the way to or from Leeds, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, but calls at Grantham and Retford
Cleveland/Teesside - Middlesbrough has no Intercity trains, but Grand Central calls at Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, and Hartlepool
County Durham - Durham has mainly the London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley/Inverness/Aberdeen that omit calling, but calls at Darlington (Bank Top)
Warwickshire - Warwick (Town) is omitted on the Birmingham Moor Street - London Marylebone, but calls at Warwick Parkway and Leamington Spa (for those born before 1974, this could also additionally include Birmingham Moor Street and Solihull)
West Glamorgan - the Cardiff Central - Fishguard Harbour boat train omits Swansea/Abertawe, but calls at Llanelli and points west to and from Fishguard
One south of the mighty Thames that could be included even though borderline is Surrey as the county council governance is shared between Kingston upon Thames and Guildford, with it not being possible to travel on a direct train between those two towns.
Are there any others?
A few I can think of are as follows:
Clwyd - Mold (obviously, as the line got lifted), but trains call at other stations towards Holyhead, the Borderlands line, and Chester towards Shrewsbury has trains calling at those stations (I believe Clwyd no longer functions as an actual county in terms of being an administrative centre, but still exists in some form, hence how I have included it here)
Gwynedd - Caernarfon (obviously, as the line got lifted).
Lincolnshire - (Lincoln) No Intercity East Coast services normally call on the way to or from Leeds, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, but calls at Grantham and Retford
Cleveland/Teesside - Middlesbrough has no Intercity trains, but Grand Central calls at Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, and Hartlepool
County Durham - Durham has mainly the London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley/Inverness/Aberdeen that omit calling, but calls at Darlington (Bank Top)
Warwickshire - Warwick (Town) is omitted on the Birmingham Moor Street - London Marylebone, but calls at Warwick Parkway and Leamington Spa (for those born before 1974, this could also additionally include Birmingham Moor Street and Solihull)
West Glamorgan - the Cardiff Central - Fishguard Harbour boat train omits Swansea/Abertawe, but calls at Llanelli and points west to and from Fishguard
One south of the mighty Thames that could be included even though borderline is Surrey as the county council governance is shared between Kingston upon Thames and Guildford, with it not being possible to travel on a direct train between those two towns.
Are there any others?