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UK Towns without a station

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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
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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
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A lot of those places did have railway stations, but Mr Beeching put an end to that.
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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...
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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...
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PORTISHEAD
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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.
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Tube Geek wrote:PORTISHEAD
Does it have a bus? :wink:
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GuyBarry wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:PORTISHEAD
Does it have a bus? :wink:
well yes. X3, X4, X5, 88A/C (Circle Line)

but getting a train! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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i think altnabreac and sugar loaf and diss and dolgellau need stations

and paris
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Tube Geek wrote:
GuyBarry wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:PORTISHEAD
Does it have a bus? :wink:
well yes. X3, X4, X5, 88A/C (Circle Line)

but getting a train! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
You impatient boy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishea ... ay_station

I think this is a great name for a station!
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A Challenge wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:
GuyBarry wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:PORTISHEAD
Does it have a bus? :wink:
well yes. X3, X4, X5, 88A/C (Circle Line)

but getting a train! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
You impatient boy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishea ... ay_station

I think this is a great name for a station!
I edited most of that!
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Tube Geek wrote:
A Challenge wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:
GuyBarry wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:PORTISHEAD
Does it have a bus? :wink:
well yes. X3, X4, X5, 88A/C (Circle Line)

but getting a train! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
You impatient boy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishea ... ay_station

I think this is a great name for a station!
I edited most of that!
The Portishead Railway station article, the Portishead railway article or something else?
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A Challenge wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:
A Challenge wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:
GuyBarry wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:PORTISHEAD
Does it have a bus? :wink:
well yes. X3, X4, X5, 88A/C (Circle Line)

but getting a train! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
You impatient boy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishea ... ay_station

I think this is a great name for a station!
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
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Tube Geek wrote:
A Challenge wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:
A Challenge wrote:
Tube Geek wrote:
GuyBarry wrote:
Does it have a bus? :wink:
well yes. X3, X4, X5, 88A/C (Circle Line)

but getting a train! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
You impatient boy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishea ... ay_station

I think this is a great name for a station!
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!
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