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Leeds to Ilkley. No services stop at Kirkstall Forge.
 
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- Nottingham to Skegness and return, definitely, IIRC there is only the 0709 Skegness to Nottingham service which calls at all the stations to Grantham, but depending what you define as rarely served. For example Netherfield

- Glasgow/Edinburgh to Inverness and return, probably a good example as the Inverness trains from Glasgow tend to run fast to Stirling, then maybe some of the stations to Perth. And I believe there is only one train a day which calls at all the stations on the Highland Line. You could probably have Glasgow/Edinburgh to Aberdeen as well, as excluding the three parliamentary stations on Tayside I would imagine nothing calls at all the stations.

- The area around Dorking - There are a few Reading - Redhill services in the peaks which are nearly all stations (skips the three stations between Reading & Wokingham) I assume it relates to Chilworth/Gomshall & Dorking West/Betchworth alternating off-peak?

- Exeter to Barnstaple and return
Sundays is the best for all stations services on this line, but again how would you define rarely used stations.

- Exeter to Salford and return

Salford?
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You could add lines such as Paddington to Didcot Parkway, Waterloo to Exeter
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The full route's station set (the OP specified to the end of the line) therefore is not served.
 
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Just about any line with request stops could count. I don't think I've ever stopped at Plas Halt....

How about Stoke to Manchester? I think there's only one train a day that stops at Longport, Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme - and that misses out stations beyond Manchester.
 
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Becuase of the service pattern, GEML actually has several such situations.

Liverpool Street to Ipswich (we can ignore the IC trains to Norwich) obviously don't stop between Stratford and Shenfield, and Ingatestone to Ipswich (usually, but not always) requires a change: tomorrow only the 0834 from Ingatestone runs through to Ipswich. Hatfield Peverel has an hourly service to Ipswich, but in common with the other "smaller" Essex commuter stations (Ingatestone, Kelvedon, Marks' Tey) any stations beyond Ipswich would require a change (Witham - Norwich is direct twice a day). And north of Ipswich, Needham Market (served by Cambridge line trains) would always require a change at Stowmarket (or Ipswich) to reach Diss or Norwich.

At this rate, it would almost seem masochistically amusing to organise an 'all-stations' railtour from Liverpool Street to Norwich.... as long as the return was non-stop!
 
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Newcastle to Carlisle

There doesn't appear to be an All Shacks on a weekday.
 
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Thanks for all the suggestions, sorry I didn't make the original post clear enough. I guess I was thinking about routes where a double back on yourself is necessary most or all of the day.

For example where there are two stations but trains only alternate calls and rarely, or never, stop at both. For example Cooksbridge and Plumpton both have a regular service, but hardly any trains stop at them both.
 
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flitwickbeds said:
For example where there are two stations but trains only alternate calls and rarely, or never, stop at both. For example Cooksbridge and Plumpton both have a regular service, but hardly any trains stop at them both.
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Manchester to Sheffield is an interesting one, the fast trains go via Stockport, while the stoppers go via Marple.

So if you want to go from Sheffield to Davenport/Woodsmoor/Hazel Grove you normally have to double back at Stockport (or walk between the stations in new mills, or take the stopper all the way to manchester and then go to Davenport/Woodsmoor/Hazel Grove from there which isn't exactly a doubleback but may as well be).
 
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flitwickbeds said:
Thanks for all the suggestions, sorry I didn't make the original post clear enough. I guess I was thinking about routes where a double back on yourself is necessary most or all of the day.

For example where there are two stations but trains only alternate calls and rarely, or never, stop at both. For example Cooksbridge and Plumpton both have a regular service, but hardly any trains stop at them both.
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Would it be slightly more accurate to call it "Adjacent stations rarely served by a single train" or something similar? ;)

Anyway I nominate another one - Patchway - Bristol Parkway: similar to the Elsenham / Stansted example, most trains that call at Patchway go to/from Temple Meads, only the one XC in each direction run Patchway - Parkway.
 
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Another fun one is Guide Bridge and Stalybridge , there are frequent trains from Stalybridge to Manchester that go through Guide Bridge without stopping, but IIRC there is only one train each way PER WEEK that stops at both guide bridge and stalybridge.
 
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Fairly sure that any train that is boarded at Burnley Manchester Rd on any route will skip some stops.
 
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