Smallest town with three stations

[R Trevithick]

As others have already expanded on the original post I don’t feel too bad mentioning-

Hyde

Population 34,000 approx

But has 6 stations

Hyde North, Hyde Central, Flowery Field, Newton for Hyde, Godley, Hattersley

Or 5 if Hattersley isn’t classed as Hyde

 

[philthetube]

Burnley, although a population of 70+ thousand it boasts 3 stations does it not?

Four

Burnley central
Burnley Barracks
Burnley Manchester Rd.
Rosegrove.

 

[reddragon]

Tyndrum is the smallest settlement in the UK with more than one railway station.

 

[Deafdoggie]

Can I nominate Exeter as the smallest town/city with NINE stations?

But they don’t all have Exeter in their names. Only three do.

 

[oglord]

BR3 is in London. Postcode does not dictate what administrative area a location is in. Beckenham has been in London since 1965. Before then it was in Kent. If it wasn't in London, it wouldn't have red buses, its local authority wouldn't be the london Borough of Bromley, residents wouldn't be able to vote for the Mayor of London, and it wouldn't be within the London Travelcard area

No, no, no. You seem to assume that something can only be one or the other. Beckenham is in Kent, as well as the LB Bromley and ceremonial Greater London. See http://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/...016/data?geometry=-0.035,51.408,-0.009,51.412

 

[WesternLass]

Is it Swansea?

 

[Surreytraveller]

No, no, no. You seem to assume that something can only be one or the other. Beckenham is in Kent, as well as the LB Bromley and ceremonial Greater London. See http://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/index-of-place-names-in-great-britain-july-2016/data?geometry=-0.035,51.408,-0.009,51.412

That is a Government site, and they don't know whether we're in or out of Europe, so they're not going to know whether Beckenham is in Kent or not.
It cannot be in both Kent and Greater London, as they are two separate areas.

 

[Dr Hoo]

Tyndrum is the smallest settlement in the UK with more than one railway station.

Sorry for staying off thread but doesn’t Locheil have a lower resident population whilst still having two stations containing the name?

 

[matt_world2004]

City of wesminster population 244 000 boats 33 stations.

 

[Mag_seven]

But they don’t all have Exeter in their names. Only three do.

Who said that they had to?

 

[adrock1976]

That is a Government site, and they don't know whether we're in or out of Europe, so they're not going to know whether Beckenham is in Kent or not.
It cannot be in both Kent and Greater London, as they are two separate areas.

Surrey County Council's seat of governance is shared between Guildford and Kingston upon Thames. The latter got swallowed into the present day Greater London back in 1965.

Furthermore, I have seen street signs in Bromley stating "Borough of Bromley" above the street names, which to me implies that the Borough of Bromley wants to be part of Greater London, but not really wanting to be there. An example being that in the days of the Greater London Council before Thatcher abolished it in 1986 (along with the Metropolitan County Councils), there were proposals to have a flat fare on London Underground. However, as London Underground does not go anywhere near Bromley, the Borough Council launched a legal challenge.

 

[yorkie]

True, but the population of Ryde is nearly double that if Newhaven

A superlative suggestion, sir. With just two minor flaws. One, Newhaven Marine station no longer exists. And two, the purpose of Newhaven Marine station was never to serve the population of Newhaven.

 

[Malcolmffc]

Do Hayes, Harlington and Hayes & Harlington count?

 

[adrock1976]

Do Hayes, Harlington and Hayes & Harlington count?

This would be stretching it, as the three aforementioned stations are (when the railway was built) in Kent, Bedfordshire, and Middlesex respectively.

 

[randyrippley]

If you wanted the smallest city with three stations, then it would have to have been Wells, Somerset - all now closed

 

[Eyersey468]

If you wanted the smallest city with three stations, then it would have to have been Wells, Somerset - all now closed

Which lines were they on?

 

[bnm]

Wells only had three stations open at the same time from 1870-1878.

Wells (Priory Rd) 1859. Terminus of a branch from Glastonbury on the Somerset Central Railway line from Burnham-on-Sea to Evercreech Junction. The Somerset Central was initially a Broad Gauge line operated by the Bristol & Exeter Railway. The Somerset Central later amalgamated with the Dorset Central to form the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.

Wells (East Somerset Railway) 1862. Terminus of the East Somerset Railway line from Witham. This line was later joined to the Cheddar Valley Line in Wells, including a section over S&DJR metals through Wells (Priory Rd). Wells (Tucker St) became a through station and Wells (East Somerset Railway) closed in 1878. The line from Yatton through to Witham became wholly part of the GWR, linking up at Witham with the Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth Railway, also GWR. GWR services didn't call at the S&DJR Wells (Priory Rd) Station until 1934.

Wells (Tucker St) 1870. Terminus of the Cheddar Valley Line from Yatton. Built by the Bristol & Exeter Railway. Subsumed into the GWR. Later a through station (see above).

Wells (Priory Rd) closed in 1951 along with the S&DJR branch from Glastonbury.

Wells (Tucker St) closed to passengers in 1963. The Cheddar Valley Line from Yatton to Witham closed completely in 1969.

 

[Eyersey468]

Thanks that was an interesting post