Station association

[Springs Branch]

Bentley (Hampshire) is another National Rail station with an identically-named twin (in this case in South Yorks.), necessitating use of the county suffix to distinguish the two.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dyce was also once served by a long-closed branch line.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Rhoose Cardiff International Airport station also has a dedicated shuttle bus which connects the station with the terminal building at the airport of the same name.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llantwit Major was also originally opened in 1897, closed in 1964 and the reopened in 2005.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Mr W Pedia tells us that although the station closed to regular passenger services in 1964, there was one final passenger working at the old station on 25th June 1965. This was the arrival and departure of the royal train, which conveyed Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh en route to an engagement at Atlantic College. Later, the Royal Party rejoined the train for the journey to Port Talbot (now Port Talbot Parkway) where the Queen was to open the new Afan Lido.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dalston Kingsland is also a DfT category "D" station that was opened in 1850.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Canonbury is another station on the North London Line that does not have a car park.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Albans Abbey is also a DfT category F1 station that was opened in 1858.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Albans Abbey was the second UK railway station to receive a Harrington Hump to improve accessibility. It is a modular and easy-to-install system by which the height of a railway platform can be increased at relatively low cost. The system takes its name from Harrington station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, the location of the first production version.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Workington was also opened by the Whitehaven Junction Railway in 1846.

 

[Springs Branch]

In the days when there were several railway stations in the town, today's station was named Workington Main.
Another station which retains its 'Main' suffix is Farnborough (Main).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Woking was also opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1838.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Woking station features two statues by the British Sculptor Sean Henry - Seated Man (2011) and The Wanderer (2013). This is one example of the many statutes in railway stations around the UK, including a bronze statue of 'Ruswarp' (the border collie dog) on the Southbound platform at Garsdale station on the Settle and Carlisle line. The actual dog belonged to the late Graham Nuttall, who played a prominent role in the campaign to save the Settle and Carlisle Railway in the 1980's.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Another station on the world famous Settle to Carlisle line which was reopened upon the saving of the line is Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Columb Road is also a station with the lowest DfT category rating of F2 that was opened in 1876.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Narberth is another station which is a request stop.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kilgetty is also a single-platform station that was opened in 1866.

 

[Springs Branch]

According to ORR statistics for 2019-20 (i.e. pre-pandemic times), there were 10 entries & exits that year by season ticket holders at Kilgetty.

A good handful of other small National Rail stations were also recorded with 10 season ticket entries & exits - including Dove Holes.

Presumably this means one person bought one weekly season ticket from each of those stations during that year.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chapel-en-le-Frith was also opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1863.

 

[Springs Branch]

The former Midland Railway main line between Chinley and Derby via Bakewell passed just below the ex-LNWR's Buxton line just outside Chapel-en-le-Frith station.

The same line also passed (and an operational stub of that railway still passes) below the LNWR Buxton line in a tunnel deep below Dove Holes station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The former Midland Railway main line between Chinley and Derby via Bakewell passed just below the ex-LNWR's Buxton line just outside Chapel-en-le-Frith station.

The same line also passed (and an operational stub of that railway still passes) below the LNWR Buxton line in a tunnel deep below Dove Holes station.

Dove Holes was posted two postings ago.

 

[Springs Branch]

Dove Holes was posted two postings ago.

It was indeed - and it was me who posted it. Possibly an unfortunate consequence of posting on R.UK Forums after sampling a rather nice bottle of red wine (it's later in the day here in Australia than the UK!)

However, good form aside, there's nothing I can see in the rules of this quiz which precludes this. The parallel Settlement Association quiz, of course, has its "rule of three" which would invalidate the post if it occurred there.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quintrell Downs is also the penultimate station on a long secondary line.

 

[htafc]

Hutton Cranswick is also served by Class 150 DMUs.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Driffield was also opened by the York and North Midland Railway in 1846.

 

[htafc]

Horton-in-Ribblesdale is also managed by Northern and served only by Northern.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Armathwaite was also opened by the Midland Railway in 1876, closed by British Rail in 1970 and subsequently reopened in 1986.

 

[htafc]

Wetheral is another 2-platform, Northern-managed, DfT Category F2 station that is one stop down the line from Carlisle.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Penistone is also immediately adjacent to a viaduct.

 

[htafc]

Ashton-under-Lyne was also opened in the mid-1840s by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway.