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UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 13:16
by Das
Hello I'm just a bit bored so I thought I would list towns in England and Wales that should be connected by rail,many of them already have a line running through them,so here goes-
Helston,Bude
Ross ON Wye
Ruthin,Mold,St Asaph,Almwich,Llangefni
Alnwick,Blyth,Ashington
Cowes,Newport,Ventnor
Market Drayton
Wilton,Devizes,Ludgershall,Tidworth,Amesbury,Marlborough
Hornsea,Withernsea
Ampthill,Dunstable,Shefford,Potton
Spennymooor,Peterlee
Middlewich
Cleckheaton,Heckmondwike
Kenilworth
Olney,Newport Pagnell,Buckingham
Witney,Wantage
Keswick,Cockermouth
Stourport on Severn
Wisbech,Gamlingay
Hailsham
Wells,Wellington,Shepton Mallet,Glastonbury,Midsomer Norton
Bishops Cleeve,Cinderford,Coleford,Cirencester,Nailsworth,Thornbury,Chipping Sodbury
Oundle,Brackley,Towcester,Irthlingborough,Rushden,Raunds,Thrapston,Higham Ferrers
Fkenham,Swaffham,Hunstanton,Watton
Haverhill,Southwold
Bridport,Blandford Forum,Shaftesbury,WImborne Minster
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 13:20
by Das
Continued
Coalville,Ashby de la Zouch
Arnold
Market Deeping,Bourne
Swadlincote,Ashbourne,Ripley,Heanor,Bolsover
Leek
Buntingford
Tavistock,Bideford,Ilfracombe,Brixham,Sidmouth,Seaton,Cullompton
Ripon
Ringwood,Hythe,Borden
Maldon
Ramsbottom,Rawthenstall
and errr thats it
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 13:22
by tubeguru
A lot of those places did have railway stations, but Mr Beeching put an end to that.
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 15:24
by The Orange One
Millers Dale for Tideswell, Kirby Muxloe, Mow Cop and Scholar Green, Blandford Forum, Mortehoe, Midsomer Norton, Mumby Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Littleton Badsey, Long Stanton, Four Crosses, Dunstable Town, Dogdyke, Tumby Woodside, Trouble House Halt, Audlem, Chittening Platform, Cheslyn Hay, Cockermouth for Buttermere, Armley Moor, Pye Hill and Somercotes, Windmill End
There's loads of them, I just picked these, ahem, randomly...
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 15:41
by tubeguru
The Orange One wrote:Millers Dale for Tideswell, Kirby Muxloe, Mow Cop and Scholar Green, Blandford Forum, Mortehoe, Midsomer Norton, Mumby Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Littleton Badsey, Long Stanton, Four Crosses, Dunstable Town, Dogdyke, Tumby Woodside, Trouble House Halt, Audlem, Chittening Platform, Cheslyn Hay, Cockermouth for Buttermere, Armley Moor, Pye Hill and Somercotes, Windmill End
There's loads of them, I just picked these, ahem, randomly...
No you didn't, and you *know* you didn't.
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 16:12
by Tube Geek
PORTISHEAD
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 16:39
by GuyBarry
The Orange One wrote:Millers Dale for Tideswell, Kirby Muxloe, Mow Cop and Scholar Green, Blandford Forum, Mortehoe, Midsomer Norton, Mumby Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Littleton Badsey, Long Stanton, Four Crosses, Dunstable Town, Dogdyke, Tumby Woodside, Trouble House Halt, Audlem, Chittening Platform, Cheslyn Hay, Cockermouth for Buttermere, Armley Moor, Pye Hill and Somercotes, Windmill End
There's loads of them, I just picked these, ahem, randomly...
And most of them aren't towns - apart from Blandford Forum, Midsomer Norton, Dunstable Town (obviously) and Cockermouth. And Chorlton has a stop on Metrolink.
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 16:41
by GuyBarry
Tube Geek wrote:PORTISHEAD
Does it have a bus?
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 16:42
by Tube Geek
GuyBarry wrote:Tube Geek wrote:PORTISHEAD
Does it have a bus?
well yes. X3, X4, X5, 88A/C (Circle Line)
but getting a train! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 16:48
by tractakid
i think altnabreac and sugar loaf and diss and dolgellau need stations
and paris
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 17:28
by A Challenge
Tube Geek wrote:GuyBarry wrote:Tube Geek wrote:PORTISHEAD
Does it have a bus?
well yes. X3, X4, X5, 88A/C (Circle Line)
but getting a train! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY
You impatient boy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishea ... ay_station
I think this is a great name for a station!
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 17:30
by Tube Geek
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 17:33
by A Challenge
Tube Geek wrote:
I edited most of that!
The Portishead Railway station article, the Portishead railway article or something else?
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 17:34
by Tube Geek
A Challenge wrote:Tube Geek wrote:
I edited most of that!
The Portishead Railway station article, the Portishead railway article or something else?
oh sommat else. ''Portishead (town)'', then the travel bit
Re: UK Towns without a station
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 17:37
by A Challenge
Tube Geek wrote:A Challenge wrote:Tube Geek wrote:
I edited most of that!
The Portishead Railway station article, the Portishead railway article or something else?
oh sommat else. ''Portishead (town)'', then the travel bit
What has the RNLI got to do with travel then? They are used to save people not to transport people along the coast!