Trivia - named stations that were located outside their towns etc.

[Millisle]

At Carstairs station is the village of Carstairs Junction, the village of Carstairs being about a mile distant.

 

[snowball]

At Carstairs station is the village of Carstairs Junction, the village of Carstairs being about a mile distant.

The term "Carstairs" used alone might also, depending on context, refer to the Scottish equivalent of Broadmoor, which is nearer to the station than to Carstairs village.

 

[birchesgreen]

The nearest settlement to Shottle is Cowers Lane not Shottle itself but apparently the owner of Shottle Hall wanted the station named after it.

 

[Tracked]

Hope station (Sheffield) is well away from the village.

As is Bamford, on the same line.
Plus Grindleford station is nearer to Nether Padley and Upper Padley than it is to Grindleford.

are there any lines with more stations located outside their towns?

 

[THC]

Chalfont and Latimer station is in the village of Little Chalfont, which grew up around it, and 2-4 miles north of Chalfonts St Giles and St Peter, which it was built to serve. It is also over a mile south of Latimer village. As such, it is named for not just one but three places in which it is not located.

THC

 

[imagination]

Maidenhead's original station was in another county, on the other side of the Thames to the town of Maidenhead. The station was then renamed Maidenhead and Taplow, despite not being at the village of Taplow either. When the current Maidenhead station was opened, this station closed and Taplow got a replacement station (the current one) half a mile away...
...which is actually slightly further from Taplow than the original one was.

 

[Calthrop]

Rather entering facetious territory, and naughtily sneaking in an Irish Republic reference -- concerning Limerick Junction, renowned focus of Irish railway battiness in general (long famous for elaborate operational complexities and difficulties; and it's on the Dublin -- Cork main line, but some 20+ miles away from Limerick city; is 4 miles or so, though -- along the Waterford line -- from the town of Tipperary). A hoary old railway enthusiasts' joke: in characteristic Irish fashion, the station was given its name because it was not such a long, long way from Tipperary.

 

[Ianno87]

I believe most of Cambridge North station actually falls outside the Cambridge city boundary, actually in South Cambridgeshire.

 

[a_c_skinner]

Kirkby Stephen is a decent step from the town, uphill too.

 

[edwin_m]

Looking at track plans of Limerick Junction, I see it had (prior to 2004) five lines going through it.

The layout at Limerick Junction
Was terribly awkward in function
You had to reverse
Causing many a curse
To simplify was the compunction

 

[73001]

Tiverton Parkway in somewhere that isn't Tiverton, Sandbach station in Elworth, Dinsdale station in Middleton St. George, Cark and Cartmel is in Flookbrough and I don't understand the Cartmel part and Uphall station is in Livingston.

I always assumed the Cartmel bit was so people would know where to get off for the racecourse; there's a heavily used bus service from there to the races each time they have a meeting.

 

[Shaun_92]

Crowle Railway Station is in Ealand rather that Crowle itself.

 

[PeterC]

Chalfont and Latimer station is in the village of Little Chalfont, which grew up around it, and 2-4 miles north of Chalfonts St Giles and St Peter, which it was built to serve. It is also over a mile south of Latimer village. As such, it is named for not just one but three places in which it is not located.

THC

Originally Chalfont Road.

 

[Spankthemonkey]

Hampton Court station is in a different county to the palace it is named after. Should really be East Molesey.

 

[keith1879]

I was going to mention that, along with

Maddaford Moor for Thorndon Cross
Ashbury for North Lew
Halwill for Beaworthy
Hole for Black Torrington
Whitstone and Bridgerule was in the middle of nowhere and more of a passing place than serving either hamlet.
Lynton is several hundred feet above the seaside town of that name.

The New Forest, like the Lake District did not welcome the railway, the Brockenhurst - Ringwood line was known as Castleman's corkscrew due to the route it was forced to take. I am aware that the op has disallowed "road" and "parkway" stations, but Ashurst and Beaulieu rd are as a result of this.

Salisbury to Exeter, where traffic between the two cities was more important, and intermediate stations often remote, Crewkerne nearer Misterton, Yeovil Junction some 2 miles outside the town

Lynton and Lynmouth station was quite close to Lynton I think ......it is Lynmouth that is down at the water's edge.

 

[Calthrop]

Looking at track plans of Limerick Junction, I see it had (prior to 2004) five lines going through it.

The layout at Limerick Junction
Was terribly awkward in function
You had to reverse
Causing many a curse
To simplify was the compunction

Further to "the verse-form of the city, or t'other way about": one which I came up with a very long time ago, about Limerick and its railways (am aware that it probably features a mispronunciation of Foynes):

You get trains for the Junction, and Foynes --
The route for Tralee also joins;
And for Nenagh, and Ennis,
Where the kids are a menace
When for flattening, on the rail they place coins.

I'd plead in mitigation, that I was aged about twelve when I composed this item...

 

[A0]

Welwyn North is nowhere near Welwyn village, if anything it's in Digswell.

And it predates the existence of Welwyn Garden City as a town.

Several on the old Great Central also had questionable names given their location - Culworth and Braunstone and Willoughby spring to mind.

 

[adrock1976]

East Kilbride station in Scotland is sited in the old village rather than the present day New Town.

On the topic of New Towns, I believe Harlow Town is sited in the New Town, with Harlow Mill being closer to the old village. Perhaps somebody from Essex/Anglia region could confirm if that is the case or not?

 

[steamybrian]

Penshurst station is actually in the village of Chiddingstone Causeway. Penshurst village is approx. 2 miles from the station.
Frant is in the small village of Bells Yew Green
Knockholt station is three miles from Knockholt village. The station is actually sited between the delightfully named places of "Pratts Bottom" and "Badgers Mount".
Hampton Court station is in East Molesey. Hampton Court Palace is on the other side of the River Thames.

 

[Dr_Paul]

Malden station on the LSWR main line was opened in open country on a lane a good mile north of Malden village itself. The settlement that grew up around the station became known fairly soon as New Malden; and the station was renamed New Malden and Coombe in 1859, then Coombe and Malden in 1862, Malden for Coombe in 1912, Malden in 1955, and finally New Malden in 1957. Stations closer to the old village of Malden were later opened by the LSWR at Worcester Park and in the 1930s by the Southern Railway at Malden Manor, but let's not complicate things.

Surbiton station on the LSWR main line was originally called Kingston, as it was the nearest station to the town, albeit a good mile to the south. It then became Kingston Junction in 1852, then Surbiton and Kingston in 1863, and Surbiton in 1867, once Kingston finally had a station within half a mile of its town centre.

 

[randyrippley]

............... Cark and Cartmel is in Flookbrough .........

The station is closer to Cark than Flookburgh, and I suspect Cartmel comes from its proximity to Cartmel Abbey rather than the village

Yeovil Junction is at Barwick
Crewkerne is at Misterton
Chard Junction was at Perry Street
Seaton Junction was at Colyton........

funny they're all on the same line, almost as if they didn't want any passengers

 

[contractador]

Burnham (Buckinghamshire) is actually in Slough (Berkshire)

 

[30907]

Yeovil Junction is at Barwick
Crewkerne is at Misterton
Chard Junction was at Perry Street
Seaton Junction was at Colyton........

funny they're all on the same line, almost as if they didn't want any passengers

Or perhaps they reckoned the towns they named them after were a better bet than villages. Colyton excepted, because ISTR Seaton Jn was originally named Colyton Road, until they built the branch.

 

[Dai Corner]

Or perhaps they reckoned the towns they named them after were a better bet than villages. Colyton excepted, because ISTR Seaton Jn was originally named Colyton Road, until they built the branch.

I wonder if there were any cases where a station opened as Anytown Road and was renamed Anytown Junction after a branch to Anytown was built?

 

[steamybrian]

I wonder if there were any cases where a station opened as Anytown Road and was renamed Anytown Junction after a branch to Anytown was built?

The first answer
Tiverton Road was opened in 1844 and renamed Tiverton Junction in 1848 when the branch to Tiverton opened

 

[PeterC]

On the topic of New Towns, I believe Harlow Town is sited in the New Town, with Harlow Mill being closer to the old village. Perhaps somebody from Essex/Anglia region could confirm if that is the case or not?

Harlow Town, originally Burnt Mill, is on the edge of the new town close to the county boundary. Harlow Mill was originally Harlow and is close to the original settlement.

 

[Calthrop]

Lynton and Lynmouth station was quite close to Lynton I think ......it is Lynmouth that is down at the water's edge.

Responding belatedly: Lynton station was in fact a considerable (and toilsome) way uphill from Lynton itself -- one of a number of factors which combined to make the Lynton & Barnstaple less of a success, than one would have wished for it. The topic of Lynton station and its location vis-a-vis the two villages is discussed in the threads "Most-loved English classic narrow-gauge line" (commenced 14 / 4 / 16) and "A heretical notion" (commenced 4 / 1 / 17) in the "Railway History and Nostalgia" sub-forum.

 

[Thebaz]

Further to "the verse-form of the city, or t'other way about": one which I came up with a very long time ago, about Limerick and its railways (am aware that it probably features a mispronunciation of Foynes):

You get trains for the Junction, and Foynes --
The route for Tralee also joins;
And for Nenagh, and Ennis,
Where the kids are a menace
When for flattening, on the rail they place coins.

I'd plead in mitigation, that I was aged about twelve when I composed this item...

My missus is from Limerick.. I can confirm that your assumed pronunciation of Foynes is correct.

 

[Dr_Paul]

I wonder if there were any cases where a station opened as Anytown Road and was renamed Anytown Junction after a branch to Anytown was built?

I mentioned above that Kingston on the LSWR main line (now Surbiton) was renamed Kingston Junction; this was in 1852. The odd thing is that the junction was not for a line to Kingston, but for a short branch to Hampton Court, which opened in 1851.

 

[156443]

Prudhoe Station is actually in Low Prudhoe, which is down a long, steep hill approximately 1 mile from the town centre. It is located adjacent to the A695 bypass road below the town and next to the River Tyne