Harlesden
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Is it correct that Lincoln is served by trains from/via Nottingham approaching from both the north and the south depending on route
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MidnightFlyer
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Nope, from SW via Newark Castle only...
Ivo
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As Matt says I believe, but even if it was it certainly wouldn't be unique. Even if you discount loop services, such as the Fife Circle or the countless examples built in the south of London, the route between Leeds and York would ruin it at both ends of the route. Most run south from York and east from Leeds; services between the two via Harrogate however leave in the opposite directions...
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It's also the only station in Scotland not to be served by ScotRail (Dunbar was similar, but it gained 3tpd in May 10, rising to 4tpd last December)
Dunbar, the only station in Scotland operated by East Coast?
There is a similar sounding facility near Faslane Naval Base just near to 'Garelochead' - about four sidings with platform like structures - all very new looking, with street lighting, but all totally fenced off with signs saying 'MOD Property'. Gates across the track entrance and barbed wire everywhere.
I once saw a pair of 20s parked in there - and you know what that means
That's Glen Douglas. It's a munitions depot, linked to Glenmallan pier by private MOD road. I'm not sure if anything nuclear is stored at Glen Douglas, but Trident missiles certainly are stored down the loch at Coulport.
Johnny Lewis
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Newhaven Marine - the only station to not be officially "closed", but to not actually have any passenger trains departing from it....
AFAIK, there is a poster up directing any passengers to go either to the adjacent Newhaven Harbour station, or to catch a taxi, in lieu of the one class 2 (and unadvertised) train that is booked to depart from there, which, in reality, never quite makes it.
AFAIK, there is a poster up directing any passengers to go either to the adjacent Newhaven Harbour station, or to catch a taxi, in lieu of the one class 2 (and unadvertised) train that is booked to depart from there, which, in reality, never quite makes it.
Eagle
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Norton Bridge? Wedgwood? Barlaston?
Even Weymouth Quay is only listed as mothballed rather than closed, and I think Watford West actually still appears in the ticketing system.
davo882000
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I know Sunderland station has been mentioned before but it really is unique after all the station had a £7m or £9m overhaul making platforms bigger etc and yet they still couldn't afford to build a toilet for it's passengers (there is literatly no public toilets in Sunderland available after 6pm ! It makes a pacer train toilet a pleasure to use!
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What mainline station has direct services to the most London terminals?
From Denmark Hill you can go direct to Victoria, London Bridge, Blackfriars and St Pancras.
From Denmark Hill you can go direct to Victoria, London Bridge, Blackfriars and St Pancras.
Eagle
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You can go direct to all of those from most stations on the Brighton Mainline, though.
Wimbledon has access to five, all the above plus Waterloo (although London Bridge is peak hours only).
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Eagle
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Earlestown is also a complete triangle, although other stations such as Ambergate have been triangular in the past.
Inverness isn't the only terminus on a triangle; there's Carmarthen for a start. (Not counting triangle+spur combinations like Swansea or Stansted Airport.)
The Sleeper
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Shippea Hill is not named after a hill (it's named after a near by farm which added the word 'Hill' in 1811, as produce from the fens was then considered tawdry) it's name changed when the Mildenhall branch opened as it's original name was Mildenhall Road) and it IS below sea level according to the Environment agency flood warning scheme
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Okehampton (another one of me local withered resorts) only served by a TOC in summer?
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