Station association

[EbbwJunction1]

Visitors to the town now have a choice of three stations: Falmouth Docks, Falmouth Town, and Penmere.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Ives is also a single-platform Cornish branch line station with a DfT category rating of F1.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The line to St Ives was proposed for closure following the Beeching Report and, because of this, was mentioned in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. The line, however, was reprieved, as was the station at Chester-le-Street, which also remains open to this day.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Adwick is also a DfT category F1 station that is managed by Northern.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ashfield station, which is on the Maryhill Line in Glasgow, was also opened in 1993.

 

[itznonbine]

Lockerbie is a station that has two platforms and is managed by Abellio ScotRail

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Dunblane station was also designed by William Tite.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wigan Wallgate is also a three-platform station that was opened in 1848.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The other station in the town is Wigan North Western.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stockport is also a six-platform station.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Birmingham International is also managed by Virgin Trains.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ray Moorcroft FRIBA was an architect in the London Midland Region of British Rail in the 1960s and 1970s. Whilst there, he designed both Birmingham International and Northampton stations.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Epsom is also a DfT category C1 station that was opened in 1859.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Epsom station is not in the London Oyster card zone, unlike the neighbouring Epsom Downs or Tattenham Corner stations.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newquay is also a single-platform terminal station.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The local trains between Par and Newquay are designated as a community rail service, and is supported by marketing from the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The Partnership also supports the Tamar Valley Line between Plymouth and Gunnislake.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Calstock is another single-platform station that was opened in 1908.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Looe is another station managed by Great Western Railway.

 

[A Challenge]

Causeland is also a station on the line where trains to Looe are 'locked in' to the Looe branch so freight trains can access Moorswater.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Luxulyan is also a single-platform Great Western Railway managed station with the lowest DfT station category rating of F2.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Penmere is another station situated on a Cornish branch.

 

[LOL The Irony]

Poulton-Le-Fylde also has a large old station sign.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lancaster was also served by a now-closed branch line

I had the one to Glasson Dock in mind.

 

[Harshil]

Lancaster Gate is an underground station with Lancaster in it.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Note that you should only reply with a station on the main BR network (e.g. not Underground or Preserved Railway) that is still open.

The above extract from the rules of this quiz is sometimes overlooked by contestants.

 

[Harshil]

Sorry for the mistake. Im new to the forum.

York. The opposing house in the Battle of the Roses.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bristol Temple Meads is also a major DfT category "A" station with curved platforms

 

[EbbwJunction1]

To accommodate the increasing number of trains, Bristol Temple Meads station was expanded in the 1870s by Francis Fox and again between 1930 and 1935 by Percy Emerson Culverhouse. The same architect had also been responsible for the rebuilding of Newton Abbot station in the late 1920s.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Teignmouth was also opened by the South Devon Railway in 1846.

 

[itznonbine]

Edinburgh Waverly was also opened in 1846
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1846_in_rail_transport)