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[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Helens Central was also the scene of a rail incident with fatalities in 1988.

 

[John Hunt]

150209 was the DMU involved in the rail accident at St Helens in 1988.
In 2016 another class 150, 150219, collided with a stationary IC125 at Plymouth with no fatalities but 35 injuries.

 

[David Goddard]

Edinburgh Waverley is also served by Cross Country HSTs

 

[Esker-pades]

Leeds also has platforms numbered up to 17[/B]

Does Plymouth have a platform 17?

 

[David Goddard]

Does Plymouth have a platform 17?

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[Esker-pades]

Sorry, screen had not refreshed properly. The last post I had in few was CLJ. Post was amended as soon as I realised

No problem! Happens to all of us at some point.

 

[Esker-pades]

Edinburgh Waverley is also served by Cross Country HSTs

Chester also has bay platforms that face in opposite directions.

 

[David Goddard]

Salisbury also has a regular service to London using diesel traction for which the majority of the journey is on an electrified route

 

[Springs Branch]

When a normal timetable is operating, trains between Waterloo and Exeter / Bristol regularly combine or divide at Salisbury.
Another station where trains combine and divide on a regular basis is Crianlarich.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Garelochhead was also opened by the West Highland Railway in 1894 and had services operated by the North British Railway.

 

[Springs Branch]

Falkirk Grahamstown is also served by a portion of CS's Highland Sleeper

 

[John Hunt]

Burntisland is also a former North British Railway station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Reading was also the scene of a rail accident with fatalities in 1914.

 

[John Hunt]

The original Reading station was designed by Brunel, as was St Germans.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Penistone station is also a stone's throw from a viaduct.

 

[John Hunt]

The original Penistone Stn was opened in 1845 and the current station along with Liverpool Street was opened in 1874.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh Waverley is also managed by Network Rail.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Waverley is the traditional Northern terminus of 'The Flying Scotsman'. In the early 80s, the southbound Flying Scotsman started at Glasgow Queen Street.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Liverpool Lime Street also has both surface-level and low-level platforms.

 

[John Hunt]

John Cunningham was one of the three architects who designed the original Lime St Stn which opened in 1836.
He was also the architect for Crewe Station which opened one year later.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newcastle is also a twelve-platform station.

 

[David Goddard]

Partick also has lower level platforms serving a non NR system

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Altrincham is also an interchange station.

 

[John Hunt]

Folkestone West was opened in 1881, the same year as the original Altrincham & Bowdon Station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Martin Mill is also a Southeastern managed station with a DfT category rating of "E"

 

[John Hunt]

Beauly near Inverness was used by the LMS as a location for camping coaches between 1935 and 1939.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Conon Bridge is another station where a modern single platform was constructed that was only long enough for a single carriage.

 

[John Hunt]

Conon Bridge original station was closed by Beeching in 1960. Another station opened the same year as Conon Bridge (1862) is Pewsey.

 

[David Goddard]

Long Buckby is also 75.25 miles from it's London terminal

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Folkestone West is also a DfT category "E" station that was opened in 1881.