Brooke
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Slaithwaite and Slough ( )
I’ve always explained it to people as Slough-It, so I’m with you!
Slaithwaite and Slough ( )
Presumably this produced the rare occurrence of a coffin needing a return ticket.Whitley Bay is so named, because when it was Whitley, a funeral was delayed as the coffin was sent to Whitby - according to a notice at the station in Whitley Bay!
A few years ago you could see, on adjacent platforms every hour at Wakefield Kirkgate, trains to Nottingham and Knottingley.Conwy and Conway Park spring to mind. As do Nottingham, Mottingham and Cottingham!
Walkden and Walsden, Accrington and Acklington, Althorpe and Althorne? Then there are two Adlingtons, both on Northern's network. Eccles and Eccles Road - hope no-one has made that mistake.
Years ago a friend told me he was travelling from the north-east to a wedding at Harvington, Worcestershire, not knowing there were two Harvingtons. He went by train to the one near Evesham, as it happened on the day before closure of the Redditch - Ashchurch line, but it was the wrong Harvington. He should have gone to the one near Kidderminster and missed the wedding, luckily not his own!
On platform 17 at Leeds there is the xx:58 to Knottingley & the xx:09 to Nottingham, with the two trains sharing the same platform for roughly 5 minutes.A few years ago you could see, on adjacent platforms every hour at Wakefield Kirkgate, trains to Nottingham and Knottingley.
Similarly Kirkby and West Kirby (opposite ends of Merseyside and the socio-economic spectrum).Huyton and Hightown - both on Merseyside at least, so at least you won't end up at the wrong end of the country.
On trying to buy a ticket to Morecambe earlier this week I almost got issued a ticket to Moreton (on the Wirral) instead, though that was probably just me not speaking clearly enough
West Kirby can be rough at times. (Sea emoji)Similarly Kirkby and West Kirby (opposite ends of Merseyside and the socio-economic spectrum).
I attended a cremation several years ago and couldn’t help but laugh at there being doors either side of the “conveyor belt“ marked “Fire Exit”!Presumably this produced the rare occurrence of a coffin needing a return ticket.
A couple of times I've almost been sold a ticket to the former when going to the latter. One reason I usually used the ticket machine.A few years ago you could see, on adjacent platforms every hour at Wakefield Kirkgate, trains to Nottingham and Knottingley.
Ashford Surrey was origionally Ashford Middx; (still should be--)Ashford International and Ashford (Surrey) former used to be Ashford (Kent)
I’ve wondered aboutClassic ones from my time as an SW guard were:
Fareham and Farnham
Hampton / Hampton Wick and Hampton Court
Ashford (Surrey) and Ashford International
I thought they were the same place when I was 11.If it hasn’t already been mentioned, Sheffield and Shenfield.
During a foot and mouth disease epidemic, the Guardian had a headline "Sheepless in Settle".I have heard of people who live in Settle getting delayed letters that have been to Seattle!
It's why the destination boards and announcements now state the latter as (the non-existent) Clacton-on-Sea.Clapton and Clacton are not good ones to get wrong, as one passenger found out as we were appraching Shenfield.
And maybe it was at least part of the reason that the nearby Walton-on-Naze station was renamed Walton-on-the-Naze, to avoid confusion with Walton-on-Thames.It's why the destination boards and announcements now state the latter as (the non-existent) Clacton-on-Sea.
One weekend in the 1980s, a group of former university friends who had dispersed around the country were getting together for one of our group's wedding.Ashford International and Ashford (Surrey) former used to be Ashford (Kent)