Trivia: Services to multiple same-suffix stations?

[Ivo]

If that doesn't make any sense, please forgive me.

Essentially, many stations on the network are often known by their suffix only (e.g. New Street, Lime Street, Piccadilly, Temple Meads, various London termini), even when not in said area. But some of these suffixes appear more than once; Victoria appears three times (London, Manchester and Southend), for instance.

Ignoring stations that have directional suffixes (North, East, South, West, Central) given that they are too frequent, how many services are there that pass through more than one station with the same suffix? I can only think of two at present; Waterloo to Guildford/Dorking (Clapham Junction and Effingham Junction) and Weymouth to Great Malvern (Bath Spa and Cheltenham Spa). Are there any other examples out there? In particular, are there any that would use more interesting examples than Spa, Town, and especially Junction and International, Airport and Parkway?

(N.B.: I'm not counting stations like Sudbury (Suffolk) in this sense. The (Suffolk) doesn't really count as a suffix in most instances.

 

[OxtedL]

Croydon doesn't count as a suffix does it...?

 

[EM2]

What about 'Park' and 'Road'?
A Gospel Oak to Barking service calls at
Blackhorse Road
Walthamstow Queens Road
Leyton Midland Road
Leytonstone High Road
Wanstead Park
Woodgrange Park
...in that order!

 

[atomicdanny]

There is always the South Eastern High Speed!

Ashford International, Ebbsfleet International, Stratford International and St Pancras International ! (but I'm not sure if that counts though!)

 

[Ivo]

Croydon has prefixes, so it doesn't work. And as for Park/Road, that's just plain cheeky. Neither is a true suffix; they both relate to a specific thing (i.e. Leyton Midland Road is the station for Midland Road in Leyton; Midland Road is a suffix but Road is not).

I'm probably being too picky here, but hey. I would say the same about the Hounslow loop as well; Barnes Bridge and Kew Bridge are both named after the bridges of the same name thereby disallowing them.

As for International...! That's even more cheeky. But, it is true! The service calls at four stations with the service "International" (how unoriginal )!

 

[Royston Vasey]

Loads of FGW services call at Bristol Parkway and Tiverton Parkway, or Didcot Parkway and Bristol Parkway, a small handful at Didcot Parkway and Tiverton Parkway...

But sadly none that stop at Didcot Parkway, Bristol Parkway and Tiverton Parkway! I suppose it would be possible if some sort of diversion is in place between Swindon and Temple Meads!

Lots between Weymouth and Bournemouth, though none from Portsmouth to Weymouth via Bournemouth!

Lots from Letchworth Garden City to Welwyn Garden City.

There is also the odd Chesterfield to Chester le Street on XC!

 

[ushawk]

Unsure if East Worthing, Worthing and West Worthing count for this.

 

[Ivo]

For something to count it has to be a genuine suffix. "Worthing" is not a suffix; "East" and "West" are prefixes. Parkway is OK, but is so common that I have been a bit naughty and added it to the banned list Also, "mouth" is part of the settlement name and therefore cannot count; even "Garden City" falls foul of this rule.

Is there nothing really unusual out there then? Unless someone is planning a Victoria to Victoria service?

 

[Royston Vasey]

For something to count it has to be a genuine suffix. "Worthing" is not a suffix; "East" and "West" are prefixes. Parkway is OK, but is so common that I have been a bit naughty and added it to the banned list Also, "mouth" is part of the settlement name and therefore cannot count; even "Garden City" falls foul of this rule.

Is there nothing really unusual out there then? Unless someone is planning a Victoria to Victoria service?

There aren't that many Parkways! Can I at least have a bonus point for the PAD-PNZ services that stop at Bristol Parkway, Tiverton Parkway and Bodmin Parkway? Go on!

 

[Ivo]

Yes, it's fine. But there are enough Parkways out there for it to have to be ignored for future examples. Otherwise everyone wll start using the Grand Central (Blackpool) idea of building new Parkway stations everywhere!

... Denton Parkway, Reddish Parkway, Guide Bridge Parkway ...

 

[ushawk]

Clapham Junction to Watford Junction ?

 

[Royston Vasey]

Pevensey Bay to Normans Bay?

How about St Budeaux Ferry Road to St Budeaux Victoria Road?

 

[LexyBoy]

Loads of FGW services call at Bristol Parkway and Tiverton Parkway, or Didcot Parkway and Bristol Parkway, a small handful at Didcot Parkway and Tiverton Parkway...

But sadly none that stop at Didcot Parkway, Bristol Parkway and Tiverton Parkway!

You can have Didcot, Bristol and Port Talbot Parkways on one train though!

 

[12CSVT]

Tyndrum Upper / Lower Tyndrum - does anybody know why one is a prefix and the other a suffix ?

 

[W-on-Sea]

Yes, see here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Tyndrum_railway_station

It was Tyndrum Upper until 1988 - the introduction of a new radio system made it (more) desirable to avoid any confusion between the two.

 

[O L Leigh]

Lots of "Streets" too.

The slow Cheshunts start at Liverpool Street and stop at Silver Street and Turkey Street along the way. They also happen to stop at Bethnal Green and Edmonton Green, not to mention Bruce Grove and Theobalds Grove. So that's one train and three different suffixes that appear more than once.

Do I win a prize...?

O L Leigh

 

[martinsh]

Willesden Junction to Clapham Junction
Euston - Willesden Junction - Watford Junction

Do any Waterloo - Exeter trains stop at Clapham Junction as well as Yeovil Junction ?
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How about this one ?

Helensburgh Central - Dumbarton Central - Glasgow Central - Hamilton Central !!

 

[4SRKT]

How about this one ?

Helensburgh Central - Dumbarton Central - Glasgow Central - Hamilton Central !!

It's good, but don't Helensburgh trains go through to Edinburgh now, which knocks out both Glasgow and Hamilton Central?

In the evening peak however I've found a train in table 226 that starts at Dalmuir (16:53) and calls at Glasgow Central, Hamilton Central and terminates at Coatbridge Central. This is going to take some beating IMHO.

 

[37 418]

An real oddball suffix is:

Thorpe Culvert :roll:

Why wasn't it named Thorpe St Peter????

 

[imagination]

Do London Underground Lines count?

Bakerloo line:
Stonebridge park
Kilburn park

District line:
Putney bridge
Upminster bridge


there actually arent that many as many of them have "suffixes" that are actually a part of the placename.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Raynes Park - Motspur Park - Worcester Park; not only do services call at all three they are consecutive on the line as well!

 

[Ivo]

Do London Underground Lines count?

Bakerloo line:
Stonebridge park
Kilburn park

District line:
Putney bridge
Upminster bridge


there actually arent that many as many of them have "suffixes" that are actually a part of the placename.

This was the point I was trying to get across wth this thread. Most suffixes are either common or not suffixes at all.

However, the two pairs you've provided also fall foul of this; only Upminster Bridge actually works in my opinion.

 

[imagination]

How could upminster bridge count but not putney bridge?

Both are stations named after bridges which are named after the town they are situated in. The settlements are "upminster" and "putney", and both have other stations that are just named after the town.

 

[Ivo]

Is Upminster Bridge actually a real bridge, and not just the point where the railway crosses the river? If yes, then my mistake - but it would disqualify both.

...Never mind. I'll let this thread go; just keep firing away people.

 

[Mojo]

The Trent Valley local trains have Rugeley Trent Valley and Lichfield Trent Valley, both next to each other too.

 

[W-on-Sea]

"Is Upminster Bridge actually a real bridge,"

Yes, its the road bridge over the River Ingrebourne (which is barely much more than a stream) just east of the station. The pub next to it was formerly "The Bridge House Tavern". Possibly it has that name again now, actually. It is a far more modest structure than the one at Putney!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...=xhvMTdatSGC-OyWdv9DSRw&cbp=12,288.27,,1,5.11

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yes, it's fine. But there are enough Parkways out there for it to have to be ignored for future examples. Otherwise everyone wll start using the Grand Central (Blackpool) idea of building new Parkway stations everywhere!

... Denton Parkway, Reddish Parkway, Guide Bridge Parkway ...

Thank you...this is the best marketing idea yet for our world-famous inter-city route......we can't run more than one train a week because people would die from excitement

O.K......How about a line with two stations ending wth MILL on the same line, with only two other stations between them....

BARDON MILL and RIDING MILL.....On the Carlisle to Newcastle cross-country line

 

[EM2]

A number of EMT services call at both Luton Airport Parkway and East Midlands Parkway, and SET HS services call at Ashford International, Ebbsfleet International, Stratford International and St Pancras International.

 

[Class172]

Friday night LM service:
Birmingham New St
University
Bromsgrove
Droitwich Spa
Worcester Shrub Hill
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury
Cheltenham Spa
Gloucester

Snow Hill Lines:

Leamington Spa & Droitwich Spa
Acocks Green & Langley Green & Hall Green
Small Heath & Cradley Heath
Whitlocks End & Wood End
Worcester Shrub Hill & Old Hill & Birmingham Snow Hill

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Is Upminster Bridge actually a real bridge, and not just the point where the railway crosses the river? If yes, then my mistake - but it would disqualify both.

...Never mind. I'll let this thread go; just keep firing away people.

With regard to the word BRIDGEand the confusion this has caused, can I cite two very old stations built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire on the Calder Valley line that have only one other station between them:-

HEBDEN BRIDGE
MYTHOLMROYD
SOWERBY BRIDGE