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Grindleford was also opened by the Midland Railway in 1894.

 

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Woodsmoor is also a 2 platform station where Northern, East Midlands Trains and TransPennine Express services pass.

 

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Hag Fold is another station served exclusively by Northern which is within the GMPTE area.

 

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Fishguard Harbour is the station made up of the reverse 3 character code of Hag Fold (Hag Fold=HGF, Fishguard Harbour=FGH).

 

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Carshalton Beeches is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1906.

 

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Dagenham Dock station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Line is also in London Travelcard Zone 5.

 

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Leighton Buzzard was also the scene of a rail accident with fatalities in 1931.

 

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Warrington Bank Quay is another 4 platform station that has non-stop services to London Euston.

 

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Warrington Bank Quay is another 4 platform station that has non-stop services to London Euston.

Chester is another station with services to London Euston, Llandudno and Liverpool Lime Street in Cheshire.(Only other is Crewe)

 

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Southport is another station where both Northern and Merseyrail services terminate.

 

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Manchester Victoria is also a six-platform station.

 

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Birmingham Snow Hill is also an interchange with a metro light rail system.

 

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Leamington Spa is also a DfT category C1 railway station that was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1852

 

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Newton Abbot station was also built to the designs of the Chief Architect of the Great Western Railway, Percy Emerson Culverhouse.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newton Abbot station was also built to the designs of the Chief Architect of the Great Western Railway, Percy Emerson Culverhouse.

May I intercede here to say it was the currently-existing station buildings, not the station, that were designed by Culverhouse, as the station itself was opened far earlier by the South Devon Railway.

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

 

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May I intercede here to say it was the currently-existing station buildings, not the station, that were designed by Culverhouse, as the station itself was opened far earlier by the South Devon Railway. Teignmouth was also opened in 1846 by the South Devon Railway.

Quite correct ... my poor choice of words!

Mr H F Kelley was the Station Master at Teignmouth between 1925 and 1928; afterwards he became the Station Master at Plymouth North Road, which is now just known as Plymouth.

 

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Wigan North Western also has six platforms.

 

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Bolton also used to be served by TransPennine Express services.

 

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Kearsley was also opened by the Manchester and Bolton Railway in 1838.

 

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From Kearsley, there is an hourly service northbound to Wigan North Western and southbound to Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge throughout the day on Mondays to Fridays.

 

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Shipley is also a five-platform station with a DfT category rating of "D".

 

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The present Shipley station was built between 1883 and 1892 and was designed by the Midland Railway's Chief Architect, Charles Trubshaw. He was also responsible for the original station buildings at Langley Mill, which were demolished after the original closure in 1967 and replaced by modern shelters upon the station's reopening in 1986.

 

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Wakefield Westgate is also served by EMT's once-a-day train from Leeds to St Pancras.

 

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Wakefield Westgate appeared in the TV series "A Touch of Frost" as Denton Station. In the film "A Hard Day's Night", the Beatles arrive in London at Marylebone station - even though there aren't actually any connections to Liverpool!

 

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London Charing Cross is another London terminus with 6 platforms served by a single TOC.

 

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London Waterloo is also managed by Network Rail

 

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Edinburgh Waverley also has a platform 20.

 

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Edinburgh Waverley is called at by all LNER Scottish services. Some of these continue to, or start from, Aberdeen, as well as one a day to and from Glasgow Central, another to and from Inverness, and another to and from Stirling.

 

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The other end of the UK's longest direct rail journey is Penzance.

 

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William Lancaster Owen (8 November 1843 - 28 November 1911) was a British civil engineer primarily with the Great Western Railway.

He was responsible for some important works on the Great Western Railway including the rebuilding of Newport railway station in 1878, Torquay railway station in 1878 and Penzance railway station in 1879.