Station association

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Wigan North Western was also opened by the North Union Railway in 1838.

 

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Platform 1 at Wigan North Western is used for services to both Manchester stations, Stalybridge, Alderley Edge and, in the peak, Northern services to Leeds.

 

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Handforth is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway in 1842.

 

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The platforms of Heaton Chapel, another station on Northern's Manchester to Crewe via Stockport service, also display station name signs in heritage style.

 

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Acocks Green is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1852.

 

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Dore & Totley also opened with the name it has now, but has been renamed to a different name and then renamed back.

 

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Shrewsbury was also the scene of a rail accident in 1907.

 

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London Cannon Street is also partly built over a river.

 

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London Marylebone is another London terminus which will not be served by Thameslink or Crossrail.

 

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Wrexham & Shropshire was a former railway company running express services between Wrexham General and London Marylebone from 2008 to 2011.

 

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The suffix "General" was used by the GWR and later the Western Region of British Railways to differentiate their main stations from others in the area, which belonged to other companies. Following the Beeching axe, Wrexham General remains the only "General" station on the National Rail network. Other "General" stations, including Shrewsbury General and Chester General, were simply renamed "Shrewsbury" and "Chester" respectively.

 

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Nuneaton is also a seven-platform station.

 

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The present station at Nuneaton dates from 1915, when it was rebuilt and enlarged with the buildings designed by Reginald Wynn Owen. Amongst his works is the North London Railway War Memorial, which was originally at Broad Street station, but is now at Hoxton station.

 

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Salford Central is another two-platform station located on a brick-arch viaduct.

 

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

 

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According to ORR statistics, Moses Gate had 19,030 entries & exits in 2017/18 (possibly affected by electrification disruption) and was the 2,229th busiest station on National Rail.

The next busiest station, ranked as 2,228th in the same period, was Llandeilo.

 

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Llandybie was also opened in 1857 by the Llanelly Railway.

 

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At Llandybie, trains in one direction must stop, despite the station being a request stop, to allow the driver to operate the level crossing. Similarly, although the station is an infrequently served request stop, trains always have to stop on the spur which is Coombe Junction Halt due to the need for the train to reverse.

 

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Scotscalder is also a single-platform station with a very low annual passenger footfall.

 

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Scotscalder is currently the least used station on the Far North Line. Previously, that honour was held by Kildonan.

 

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Furness Vale also has a level crossing immediately before it.

 

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Ancaster is also a station with the lowest DfT category rating of F2 that was opened in 1857.

 

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Bootle (Cumbria) also has a mechanical signal box adjacent to the station.

 

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Millom was also opened by the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway in 1850.

 

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Acle is also a station that has seen Class 37 passenger services in recent years.

 

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Merthyr Vale is also a station that was opened in 1883 and currently having the lowest DfT category rating of F2.

 

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Darwen is another station where improvements to passing loop infrastructure has allowed an increase in service frequency in recent years.

 

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Aldermaston is also a DfT category F1 station that was opened in 1847.

 

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Appleford also has its train services provided by GWR Class 165 Turbo DMUs.

 

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Tackley is also a station on the Cherwell Valley Line that has the lowest DfT category rating of F2.