Shaftesbury, Houghton-le-Spring? (served by Gillingham and Fencehouses respectively)
What about Kirkwall and Stornoway? Populations of 8 and 9 thousand respectively, definitely in the UK and definitely never had rail service.
Shaftesbury, Houghton-le-Spring? (served by Gillingham and Fencehouses respectively)
Slightly off topic, but what is the largest town never to have had a rail service?
At least there's been a long established regular bus corridor towards Bangor/ Llandudno, which suggests that there's a market for rail, week in week out. Pwllheli, I'm less convinced about though.
Slightly off topic, but what is the largest town never to have had a rail service?
No. It had one until 1956.Skelmersdale?
When it was a small town!No. It had one until 1956.
When it was a small town!
When it was a small town!
How about towns whose populations must swell during the holiday season? Glastonbury, Cheddar, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Padstow, Bude, Ilfracombe...
AlnwickPlenty in the north east: Consett, Sttanley, Anfield Plain, Lanchester, Crook, Barnard Castle, Spennymoor, Blyth, Ashington, South Shields, North Shields, Tynemouth, Whitley Bay, Washington, Peterlee and of course Gateshead.
Plenty in the north east: Consett, Sttanley, Anfield Plain, Lanchester, Crook, Barnard Castle, Spennymoor, Blyth, Ashington, South Shields, North Shields, Tynemouth, Whitley Bay, Washington, Peterlee and of course Gateshead.
There are several stations in the borough but none serve the town.Gateshead has Heworth
I'm not normally one to regret the closing of railway lines that did no business, but I've always regretted that the line from Spalding to Grimsby no longer exists. I'd have thought that a single track with simplified signalling would have come at least close to paying its way.Louth , which of course did have a station on the line between Grimsby and Boston line
Pop 16.5 thousand (2011 census)
Oooh, that's a bit sneaky! They do have railway stations, they're just not on the national rail network anymore.Plenty in the north east: [...] South Shields, North Shields, Tynemouth, Whitley Bay, [...] and of course Gateshead.
it depends if you include metro stations, or mean no stations on the national rail network. If not, then Birkenhead and Gateshead have to rely on Newcastle and Liverpool for their network connections. Both very large towns.What are the largest Towns in the UK that have no Railway Station?
it depends if you include metro stations, or mean no stations on the national rail network. If not, then Birkenhead and Gateshead have to rely on Newcastle and Liverpool for their network connections. Both very large towns.
Uppingham in Rutland. I always thought that should have a station.
There is no Metro through ticketing sadlyI'd distinguish between the two - there is full through ticketing from Merseyrail, but the arrangements for the Metro are much more murky (I think LNER offers through tickets from some destinations, and any rail ticket valid from Sunderland to Newcastle is also valid on the Metro due to interavailability).
There is no Metro through ticketing sadly