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Trivia: Stations that have direct service to London but few people wishing to travel there
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Whistler40145
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Probably the likes of Poulton-le-Fylde and Kirkham & Wesham
chefchenko
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I can’t imagine many from carstairs itself but maybe from folk in the borders that don’t want to go into Edinburgh??? Eg Peebles
scotrail158713
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Carstairs station at midnight - that’s not somewhere I fancy waiting
Whistler40145
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Who would want to hang around Carstairs at any hourCarstairs station at midnight - that’s not somewhere I fancy waiting
scotrail158713
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Yep. I’ve never been there myself but any pictures or clips I’ve seen all look rather bleak.
Whistler40145
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When you see the State Mental Hospital it gives a nerve chilling feeling
London Trains
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They have not "lost" their London service, it has just been cut to Northampton due to the Coronavirus timetable. They will again have a London service when the timetable returns to normal.
Yodiethedog
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Severn Tunnel Junction gets some peak time direct London services. (Not at the moment because of the emergency timetable)
I've been known to go there a few times to watch the sleeper when travelling to work overnight. I must say I don't remember there being anyone else on the station....
Johnny Lewis
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No it doesn't!
Indeed, occasionally HST/IETS stop if the DMU just in front/behind is short formed and full and standing (which happened on a regular basis in the morning for a time) but not in normal service.
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I can’t see some of the Exeter suburban stations/smaller stations having high numbers travelling to London. Namely Pinhoe, Feniton, Whimple and Cranbrook but I’m not overly familiar with that line so could be wrong!
I’ve done Pinhoe/Cranbrook to Andover a few times but unfortunately not further.
Carstairs without a doubt. Never have I ever seen somebody board there on the Sleeper. Probably the leased used Cally sleeper station. Pretty sure even the likes of Carrbridge, Dalwhinnie, Falkirk Grahamston, and Carlisle beat it.
BeijingDave
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I don't think Acton Bridge has had a direct London service in my memory (although Hartford, the next station along, has). It is Liverpool - Birmingham two hourly now, and before that was on the local Liverpool - Crewe (? Possibly Stafford) service.
London Northwestern Railway, a couple of years ago, linked the 5 electric services that terminated each hour at New Street from the north (Rugeley x2, Crewe via Stoke, Liverpool x2) to the 4 electric services terminating at New Street each hour from the south (3 Euston, 1 International) in a complex pattern. Acton Bridge therefore has/had pre-COVID 2 trains per hour in one direction, and 1tph in the other, to/from Euston.
Beaulieu road (Hampshire) probably a candidate?
Bletchleyite
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...because it has very few people making a journey to anywhere, because it's right in the middle of nowhere?
(It is quite handy for Ferny Crofts Scout Camp, though)
Agreed☺️...because it has very few people making a journey to anywhere, because it's right in the middle of nowhere?
(It is quite handy for Ferny Crofts Scout Camp, though)
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