Unique railway stations

[MidnightFlyer]

Surely New Street is classed as a non-terminal station outside London that kinda scuppers that fact?! Temple Meads? Newcastle? They all have higher passenger figures than Chelmsford - that is according to Office of Rail Regulation anyway.
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Oh and Edinburgh Waverley has even more than those three too - which surprises me.

I meant no trains terminate there whatsoever

 

[TGV]

Ahhhhh I see.

 

[imagination]

Corrour station has several:

Highest main line station in the UK
Only station without a public road within a 5 mile radius of it
Furthest main line station from anyone's home
Only station with the closest building to it being a youth hostel (I think)

Technically it is also another station with a settlement built specifically for it - although this hardly counts as it is a single building, 1 mile from the station

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Corrour station has several:
. . .
Only station with the closest building to it being a youth hostel (I think)
. . .

well, somewhere between a hostel and a Guest House really, but when its entirely booked up by Network Rail staff (as hapened last year), then it effectively becomes just another part of the railway, so you COULD argue that even that building isn't there!

 

[12CSVT]

If Waterloo and Waterloo East count as one station then it would be the only station to have a direct interchange with two underground stations on the same line (as the eastern exit to Waterloo East is linked directly to one of the entrances to Southwark underground station)

 

[Vulcan]

Summit station on the Snowdon mountain railway is the highest station above sea level in England and Wales. This is quite an obvious one though.

 

[ert47]

If Waterloo and Waterloo East count as one station then it would be the only station to have a direct interchange with two underground stations on the same line (as the eastern exit to Waterloo East is linked directly to one of the entrances to Southwark underground station)

Wouldn't Charing Cross come under that with both Charing Cross tube and Embankment? As Northern and Bakerloo serve both (if you ignore the whole original station namings)

 

[LE Greys]

Wouldn't Charing Cross come under that with both Charing Cross tube and Embankment? As Northern and Bakerloo serve both (if you ignore the whole original station namings)

Up until 1978 (I think) it would have been unique in connecting with three stations on two lines, since Strand and Trafalgar Square were separate stations at the time.

On the subject of Tube stations, if we've had Snowdon Summit as the highest station in the country, can I have Hampstead as the lowest (or deepest)?

 

[12CSVT]

Wouldn't Charing Cross come under that with both Charing Cross tube and Embankment? As Northern and Bakerloo serve both (if you ignore the whole original station namings)

The difference is that from Charing Cross (Network Rail station), you can only access Embankment at street level. At Waterloo, there is an entrance from the concourse leading to Waterloo underground station while an exit from the platforms at Waterloo East lead directly to the booking hall at Southwark station.

 

[Andrew Nelson]

Well, there are loads of stations that have no services to Glasgow Central, such as the whole of the the Airdrie/Drumgelloch line, Springburn, Cumbernauld and local stations to Falkirk etc. I guess you meant Central OR Queen St though.

I like this idea though. In West Yorkshire the only stations that don't have services to Leeds are Baildon and the (utterly pointless) stations between Pontefract and Wakefield. Also (these days) Slaithwaite and Marsden.

Slaithwaite and Marsden DO have a service to / from Leeds.

 

[deltic1989]

Correct me if im wrong but isnt Nottingham the largest city to have a station thats NOT on a main line.

 

[MCR247]

Midland Mainline?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Bradford or Hull surely take that honour?

 

[reb0118]

Well, there are loads of stations that have no services to Glasgow Central, such as the whole of the the Airdrie/Drumgelloch line, Springburn, Cumbernauld and local stations to Falkirk etc. I guess you meant Central OR Queen St though.

I like this idea though. In West Yorkshire the only stations that don't have services to Leeds are Baildon and the (utterly pointless) stations between Pontefract and Wakefield. Also (these days) Slaithwaite and Marsden.

By connecting into the Highland Sleeper at Falkirk Grahamston or the West Highland Sleeper at Westerton or Dalmuir/Dumbarton many of these stations have one change for London.

 

[richard1976]

Workington north

station built in only six days

 

[sirdouglas]

damens, the shortest platform
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and, dent the highest mainline station

 

[imagination]

We've already had Corrour (408m) as highest mainline station. It is higher than Dent (351m)

 

[90019]

And Beauly's platform is shorter

 

[NLC1072]

Prestwick International Airport, the only railway station operated and maintained by an airport company rather than a TOC, PTE or Network Rail

There being two of them probably invalidates the unique-ness, but would Corkerhill and Drumbreck on the Paisley Canal Line be the only electrified stations that only have diesel passenger services?

The new Southend International Airport [SIA] station will be ran by eddie stowbart... interesting?

 

[plymothian]

If Waterloo and Waterloo East count as one station then it would be the only station to have a direct interchange with two underground stations on the same line (as the eastern exit to Waterloo East is linked directly to one of the entrances to Southwark underground station)

You could push it and say that Paddington has two separate but same named stations on the same line.

 

[Andrew Nelson]

The new Southend International Airport [SIA] station will be ran by eddie stowbart... interesting?

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The new Southend International Airport [SIA] station will be ran by eddie stowbart... interesting?

There being two of them probably invalidates the unique-ness, but would Corkerhill and Drumbreck on the Paisley Canal Line be the only electrified stations that only have diesel passenger services?

What about Fairfield?

or Thirsk...?

 

[mumrar]

I'm trying to think outside the box here, is Cardiff Central the busiest station (in terms of number of trains) to be served by only diesel traction?

 

[imagination]

I'm trying to think outside the box here, is Cardiff Central the busiest station (in terms of number of trains) to be served by only diesel traction?

Reading would beat it if it wasn't for the South West Trains services

But yes, I think it is. It has more than Oxford/Bristol Temple Meads/Inverkeithing (which perhaps surprisingly has the highest number out of those 3).

 

[dickdarlington]

Is Tyndrum still the smallest settlement to be served by two different NR stations? Upper and Lower?

Don't get the county town reference re N. Yorks. Is it that only trains that stop at York, Thirsk, Thornaby and Yarm are those which have a service to the county town (Northallerton)? Nothing unique there though is there? Or am i missing the point?

Station Town (Co Durham), the only 'station' where there is no station?
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Reading would beat it if it wasn't for the South West Trains services

But yes, I think it is. It has more than Oxford/Bristol Temple Meads/Inverkeithing (which perhaps surprisingly has the highest number out of those 3).

Bristol Parkway must run this close???

 

[scotsman]

But yes, I think it is. It has more than Oxford/Bristol Temple Meads/Inverkeithing (which perhaps surprisingly has the highest number out of those 3).

The Divit lost a lot of it's Aberdeen and Inverness services, have you taken this into account.

Surely Falkirk High has higer figure anyway?

 

[manaichain]

Regarding Riccarton Junction, the village of Verney Junction was created around the station

Regarding the not running to their county town, the Cornish branches (except Falmouth branch don't run to Truro, and the Southend-on-Sea lines don't run to Chelmsford, as 2 to start

 

[4SRKT]

Slaithwaite and Marsden DO have a service to / from Leeds.

Not a meaningful one though.

 

[b0b]

How about Farringdon, as the only station (?) with 3 different power types?

SR 750V 3rd rail DC, OHLE 25kV and LU 660V 4 rail DC?

(ok not all on the same platform though)





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I'm also wondering if Rutherglen station is the station having the longest bridge to connect the platforms with the pedestrian entrance? any ideas on that

 

[MidnightFlyer]

How about Farringdon, as the only station (?) with 3 different power types?

SR 750V 3rd rail DC, OHLE 25kV and LU 660V 4 rail DC?

(ok not all on the same platform though)

How about Highbury & Islington when the ELL reaches it in January, then you'll have 25kV on the NLL and FCC GN platforms, 4th rail on the Vic line platforms, and 3rd rail from the ELL extension.

 

[BRX]

How about Farringdon, as the only station (?) with 3 different power types?

SR 750V 3rd rail DC, OHLE 25kV and LU 660V 4 rail DC?

(ok not all on the same platform though)

Willesden Junction could claim much the same couldn't it?