List of British towns with no railway station
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This is a list of towns and cities in Great Britain
with no railway station. Despite closures in the 1960s, most of which during the Beeching Axe
, Great Britain has an extensive railway network, and most towns have railway stations. Some of the few larger towns without railway stations have proposals for new stations, which are noted below.
Defining whether or not a town has a railway station can be problematic. Some of the largest towns in the list such as Dudley
, Gosport
, Oldham
and Newcastle-under-Lyme
are defined by the Office for National Statistics
as being within larger conurbations, together with smaller towns such as Dunstable
, Leigh
, Skelmersdale
and Ilkeston
. In those cases, the conurbation as a whole has rail access.
On the other hand, it may be argued that inclusion in a list of non-rail linked towns should be based not on a technical or administrative link but on the town's being an identifiable distinct community lacking proximity or practical accessibility to a railway station. This latter criterion seems to be used by Network Rail
in its Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) documents, as in the 2009 North West Route Utilisation Strategy, which identifies Skelmersdale as a large separate "community" (even if administratively part of a larger conurbation) lacking rail access, suggesting ways of linking it to the rail network.
Similarly, campaigners cite Dunstable as a distinct separate community for its lack of administrative links to Luton
. Also, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
views Leigh as a separate entity for transport planning purposes from, even if it is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
.
If one excludes towns located within conurbations, the largest British towns without direct access to a railway station are Blyth
(36,000), Rushden
/ (35,500), Peterlee
(30,000) and Coalville
(30,000). If towns within conurbations are included, Oldham
(following the closure of the Oldham Loop Line) is the largest.
As well as Oldham
, other large towns including Bury
and South Shields
have no railway station but are served by metro/light rail services. Fleetwood
is served by the Blackpool tramway
. Other towns are served only by a "parkway" some distance from the town: for example, Tiverton is served by the distant Tiverton Parkway
.
Inclusion in the list below relates to not only population but also regional importance: the town may be small but remains the commercial and political centre of its area.
, but it is not connected to the rest of the national network. The following towns are not on the Island Line:
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
with no railway station. Despite closures in the 1960s, most of which during the Beeching Axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
, Great Britain has an extensive railway network, and most towns have railway stations. Some of the few larger towns without railway stations have proposals for new stations, which are noted below.
Defining whether or not a town has a railway station can be problematic. Some of the largest towns in the list such as Dudley
Dudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, Gosport
Gosport
Gosport is a town, district and borough situated on the south coast of England, within the county of Hampshire. It has approximately 80,000 permanent residents with a further 5,000-10,000 during the summer months...
, Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
and Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal town of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area and North Staffordshire. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 73,944...
are defined by the Office for National Statistics
Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Overview :...
as being within larger conurbations, together with smaller towns such as Dunstable
Dunstable
Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles north of London. These geographical features form several steep chalk escarpments most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north.-Etymology:In...
, Leigh
Leigh, Greater Manchester
Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss....
, Skelmersdale
Skelmersdale
Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the west of Wigan, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest of Preston. As of 2006, Skelmersdale had a population of 38,813, down from 41,000 in 2004. The town is known locally as Skem.The...
and Ilkeston
Ilkeston
Ilkeston is a town within the Borough of Erewash, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the River Erewash, from which the local borough takes its name. Its population at the 2001 census was 37,550...
. In those cases, the conurbation as a whole has rail access.
On the other hand, it may be argued that inclusion in a list of non-rail linked towns should be based not on a technical or administrative link but on the town's being an identifiable distinct community lacking proximity or practical accessibility to a railway station. This latter criterion seems to be used by Network Rail
Network Rail
Network Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...
in its Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) documents, as in the 2009 North West Route Utilisation Strategy, which identifies Skelmersdale as a large separate "community" (even if administratively part of a larger conurbation) lacking rail access, suggesting ways of linking it to the rail network.
Similarly, campaigners cite Dunstable as a distinct separate community for its lack of administrative links to Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
. Also, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
Transport for Greater Manchester is the public body responsible for co-ordinating public transport services throughout Greater Manchester, in North West England. The organisation traces its origins to the Transport Act 1968, when the SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive was established to...
views Leigh as a separate entity for transport planning purposes from, even if it is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. It is named after its largest component town, Wigan and also includes the towns of Leigh, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Ince-in-Makerfield, and Hindley. The borough was formed in 1974 and is an...
.
If one excludes towns located within conurbations, the largest British towns without direct access to a railway station are Blyth
Blyth, Northumberland
Blyth is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approximately 21 kilometres northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne...
(36,000), Rushden
Rushden
Rushden is a town and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire, England.The parish of Rushden covers an area of some and is part of the district of East Northamptonshire. The population of Rushden was estimated at around 28,368, making it the fifth largest town in the county...
/ (35,500), Peterlee
Peterlee
Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and Hartlepool.-Peterlee:...
(30,000) and Coalville
Coalville
Coalville is a town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population estimated in 2003 to be almost 33,000. It is situated on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and...
(30,000). If towns within conurbations are included, Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
(following the closure of the Oldham Loop Line) is the largest.
As well as Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
, other large towns including Bury
Bury
Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester...
and South Shields
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...
have no railway station but are served by metro/light rail services. Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Fleetwood is a town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, England, lying at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 26,840 people at the 2001 Census. It forms part of the Greater Blackpool conurbation. The town was the first planned community of the Victorian era...
is served by the Blackpool tramway
Blackpool tramway
The Blackpool tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England, and is the only surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom. The tramway dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is run by Blackpool Transport as...
. Other towns are served only by a "parkway" some distance from the town: for example, Tiverton is served by the distant Tiverton Parkway
Tiverton Parkway railway station
Tiverton Parkway railway station is on the London to Penzance Line, from London Paddington station; it is operated by First Great Western. The "Parkway" name signifies that the station is a distance from Tiverton town itself: it is actually located in the civil parish of Burlescombe, near...
.
Inclusion in the list below relates to not only population but also regional importance: the town may be small but remains the commercial and political centre of its area.
East of England
- AldeburghAldeburgh railway stationAldeburgh railway station was a station in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. It was opened in 1860 by the East Suffolk Railway, and later came under the control of the Great Eastern Railway...
terminus on branch line from SaxmundhamSaxmundham railway stationSaxmundham is a railway station which serves the town of Saxmundham in Suffolk, England. It is located on the East Suffolk Line and is 36 km east of Ipswich....
closed 1966 - AmpthillAmpthill railway stationThis article is about the former Midland Railway station in Bedfordshire. For the similarly named Ampthill station see the article on Millbrook railway station...
on Midland Main LineMidland Main LineThe Midland Main Line is a major railway route in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system.The present-day line links London St...
closed 1959, route open but town now served by FlitwickFlitwick railway stationFlitwick railway station is in the centre of Flitwick, in Bedfordshire, England. The station is situated on the Midland Main Line. The station is managed by First Capital Connect, and is served by the Thameslink line service... - AylshamAylshamAylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, about north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain,...
had two stations: Aylsham NorthAylsham North railway stationThis article is about the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway station. For the Bure Valley Railway station see Aylsham South railway station....
station, on Midland and Great Northern Joint RailwayMidland and Great Northern Joint RailwayThe Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, was a joint railway owned by the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway in eastern England, affectionately known as the 'Muddle and Get Nowhere' to generations of passengers, enthusiasts, and other users.The main line ran from Peterborough to...
, closed 1959, and Aylsham South station, on branch lineEast Norfolk RailwayThe East Norfolk Railway was a standard gauge 25 mile, mostly single track, railway running between Norwich Thorpe railway station and Cromer in the English county of Norfolk. It opened in 1874, reaching Cromer three years later, and remains mostly operational...
from WroxhamHoveton and Wroxham railway stationHoveton and Wroxham is a railway station serving the town of Wroxham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is technically situated in the adjacent village of Hoveton, but the two settlements are usually regarded as one....
to County SchoolCounty School railway stationCounty School is a railway station approximately one mile north of the village of North Elmham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is part of a line being gradually restored by the Mid-Norfolk Railway from East Dereham to Fakenham.-History:...
, closed 1952 - BrightlingseaBrightlingsea railway stationBrightlingsea railway station was located in Brightlingsea, Essex. It was on the single track branch line of the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway which opened in 1866 and closed in 1964.-History:...
terminus for WivenhoeWivenhoe railway stationWivenhoe railway station is on the Tendring Hundred Railway and serves the small town of Wivenhoe in Essex, England. It is operated by National Express East Anglia. The station has two platforms and a footbridge, and a manned ticket office and waiting room...
and Brightlingsea Railway closed 1964, now served by Great BentleyGreat Bentley railway stationGreat Bentley railway station is a staffed railway station serving Great Bentley in Essex, England. The station is located north east of London Liverpool Street on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line. The station is located at street level on Station Road in the...
, closest station with car park facilities - BuntingfordBuntingford railway stationBuntingford railway station is a former station in Buntingford, Hertfordshire that served as the terminus of a branch from the Hertford East Branch Line. It was first opened in 1863 and closed to passengers just over a century later in 1964. It was served by direct trains from London Liverpool...
terminus of a branch lineBuntingford Branch LineThe Buntingford Branch Line was a railway in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It ran between the village of St Margarets and the town of Buntingford...
from St Margarets (Hertfordshire) closed 1964 - BungayBungay railway stationBungay railway station was opened as part of the now disused Waveney Valley Line. The station was closed in 1953 and the buildings eventually demolished to make way for the A143 road. It was one of two stations in Suffolk on the line, which curved across the county boundary then back into...
on Waveney Valley LineWaveney Valley LineThe Waveney Valley Line was a branch line running from in Norfolk to Beccles in Suffolk connecting the Great Eastern Main Line at Tivetshall with the East Suffolk Line at . It provided services to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Ipswich and many other smaller towns in Suffolk with additional...
closed 1953 - CoggeshallCoggeshallCoggeshall is a small market town of 3,919 residents in Essex, England, situated between Colchester and Braintree on the Roman road of Stane Street , and intersected by the River Blackwater. It is known for its almost 300 listed buildings and formerly extensive antique trade...
served by KelvedonKelvedon railway stationKelvedon is a railway station serving the villages of Kelvedon and Feering in Essex. The station is located on the Great Eastern Main Line. It is also the closest station to the large settlements of Coggeshall and Tiptree... - ChatterisChatteris railway stationChatteris railway station was a station in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire on the line between St Ives and March. For much of its history it was run by the Great Eastern Railway. It closed to passengers on 6 March 1967 in the wake of the Beeching Report...
on Great Eastern RailwayGreat Eastern RailwayThe Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...
March Line closed 1967 - DerehamDereham railway stationDereham railway station is a railway station in the town of Dereham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by heritage services on the Mid-Norfolk Railway from Dereham to Wymondham.- History :...
closed 1969, now part of preserved Mid-Norfolk RailwayMid-Norfolk RailwayThe Mid-Norfolk Railway or MNR is a heritage railway in the English county of Norfolk. Opening as a tourist line in 1997, it is often referred to as a "New Generation" heritage railway.... - DunmowDunmow railway stationDunmow railway station was a station serving Great Dunmow, Essex. It was opened on 22 February 1869 and closed to passengers on 3 March 1952 and goods on 1 April 1969. The site and trackbed have been used for the B1256 Dunmow bypass and no trace of the railway remains.-Route:-External links:*...
on Bishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch LineBishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch LineThe Bishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch Line was a long line connecting the towns of Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree.-History:Originally proposed to Eastern Counties Railway in 1859, the line from Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree was eventually built by Great Eastern Railway who...
closed to passenger 1952 - DunstableDunstableDunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles north of London. These geographical features form several steep chalk escarpments most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north.-Etymology:In...
had two stations: Dunstable TownDunstable Town railway stationDunstable Town railway station was a station on the Great Northern Railway branch line from Hatfield. It served the town of Dunstable until the passenger service ceased in 1965 under the Beeching axe.-History:...
and Dunstable NorthDunstable North railway stationDunstable North was a railway station on the London and North Western Railway's branch line from Leighton Buzzard which served Dunstable in Bedfordshire from 1848 to 1967. Originally the terminus of the London and North Western Railway's branch line from Leighton Buzzard, Dunstable became the point...
, on Dunstable Branch LinesDunstable Branch LinesThe Dunstable Branch Lines were railway branch lines that joined the English town of Dunstable to the main lines at Leighton Buzzard and Welwyn. The two lines were under separate ownership, and they joined just east of the Dunstable North station....
, both closed 1965) - FakenhamFakenhamFakenham is a town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, some north east of King's Lynn, south west of Cromer, and north west of Norwich....
had two stations: Fakenham EastFakenham East railway stationFakenham East railway station was a railway station in the market town of Fakenham in the English county of Norfolk.This station is one of the possible sites protected in local plans in case it is needed to be restored as part of the Mid-Norfolk Railway's eventual plans to return to Fakenham...
on Wells and Fakenham Railway, secondary route from WymondhamWymondham railway stationWymondham is a railway station in the town of Wymondham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by local services operated by East Midlands Trains and National Express East Anglia on the Breckland Line 17 km west of Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.Wymondham station is...
to WellsWells-On-Sea railway stationWells-next-the-Sea railway station served the small seaside port of Wells-next-the-Sea in North Norfolk, England. It was opened in 1857 by the Wells & Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway's Wymondham to Wells branch, and became a junction in 1866 with the arrival of the West...
, closed 1964, and Fakeham WestFakenham West railway stationFakenham West railway station was a station in Norfolk. It was built as part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway main line that meandered across Norfolk from King's Lynn to a number of coastal destinations. It was closed in 1959....
on Midland and Great Northern Joint RailwayMidland and Great Northern Joint RailwayThe Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, was a joint railway owned by the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway in eastern England, affectionately known as the 'Muddle and Get Nowhere' to generations of passengers, enthusiasts, and other users.The main line ran from Peterborough to...
, closed 1959 - FramlinghamFramlingham railway stationFramlingham railway station was located in Framlingham, Suffolk, UK. It opened in 1859 and closed to passengers in 1952, and to freight in 1963.-External links:*...
terminus of Framlingham BranchFramlingham BranchThe Framlingham Branch was a six mile long single track branch railway line that ran from Wickham Market railway station on the East Suffolk Line to via three intermediate stations, , , and .-Opening:...
from Wickham MarketWickham Market railway stationWickham Market is a railway station located in the village of Campsea Ashe in Suffolk, approximately two miles east of Wickham Market itself. The station is located on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line....
closed 1952 - GorlestonGorlestonGorleston-On-Sea, also known colloquially as Gorleston, is a settlement in Norfolk in the United Kingdom, forming part of the larger town of Great Yarmouth. Situated at the mouth of the River Yare it was a port town at the time of the Domesday Book. The port then became a centre of fishing for...
had three stations on Yarmouth-Lowestoft LineYarmouth-Lowestoft LineThe Yarmouth to Lowestoft line was an East Anglian railway line which linked the coastal towns of Yarmouth and Lowestoft. It opened on 13 July 1903 as the first direct railway link between the two towns and was constructed by the Great Eastern Railway and the Midland and Great Northern Railway in...
: Gorleston NorthGorleston North railway stationGorleston North railway station was a former station on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway connecting Great Yarmouth with Lowestoft. It was located on the northern outskirts of Gorleston-on-Sea, close to Great Yarmouth...
, closed 1942, Gorleston-on-Sea, closed 1970, and Gorleston LinksGorleston Links railway stationGorleston Links was a railway station in Gorleston, England. It was located on an embankment to the north of Links Road and to the south west of the end of Hill Avenue. The tracks southward crossed Links Road by bridge....
, closed 1970 - HalsteadHalstead railway stationHalstead railway station was located in Halstead, Essex. It closed in 1962.-External links:*...
on Colne Valley and Halstead RailwayColne Valley and Halstead RailwayThe Colne Valley and Halstead Railway is a closed railway between Haverhill, Suffolk and Chappel and Wakes Colne, Essex, in England.-History:...
closed 1962 - Harleston, NorfolkHarleston railway stationHarleston was a railway station in Harleston, Norfolk on the Waveney Valley Line. It was an early post-war closure, services on this line were withdrawn in 1953 - 10 years before the Beeching Axe, goods trains lasting until the complete closure of the line in 1966. It should not be confused with...
on Waveney Valley LineWaveney Valley LineThe Waveney Valley Line was a branch line running from in Norfolk to Beccles in Suffolk connecting the Great Eastern Main Line at Tivetshall with the East Suffolk Line at . It provided services to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Ipswich and many other smaller towns in Suffolk with additional...
until 1953 - HaverhillHaverhill, SuffolkHaverhill is an industrial market town and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies southeast of Cambridge and north of central London...
had two stations: Haverhill SouthHaverhill (CVHR) railway stationHaverhill railway station was a station in Haverhill, Suffolk. It was a terminus on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway. It was sometimes known as Haverhill South to distinguish it from Haverhill railway station on the Stour Valley Railway which also served the town.Former Services-External...
station, on Colne Valley and Halstead RailwayColne Valley and Halstead RailwayThe Colne Valley and Halstead Railway is a closed railway between Haverhill, Suffolk and Chappel and Wakes Colne, Essex, in England.-History:...
, closed 1924, and Haverhill NorthHaverhill railway stationHaverhill railway station was a station in Haverhill, Suffolk on the Stour Valley Railway, which is now closed. It was sometimes known as Haverhill North because of a separate station in the town on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway.-References:...
station, on Stour Valley RailwayStour Valley RailwayThe Stour Valley Railway is a partially closed railway line that ran between , near Cambridge and in Essex, England. The line opened in sections between 1849 and 1865...
, closed 1967 - Chipping OngarChipping OngarChipping Ongar is a small market town, and a civil parish called Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is located East of Epping, South-East of Harlow and North-West of Brentwood.-Geography:...
had Ongar station transferred to London UndergroundLondon UndergroundThe London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
on 29 September 1949 but closed 1994, now part of preserved Epping Ongar RailwayEpping Ongar RailwayThe Epping Ongar Railway operates on a preserved railway along the final section of the old Great Eastern Railway and London Underground Central Line branch line between Epping and Ongar, with an intermediate station at North Weald... - HunstantonHunstanton railway stationHunstanton was a railway station which served the seaside town of Hunstanton in Norfolk, England. Opened in 1862, the station was the northern terminus of the King's Lynn to Hunstanton line immortalised by John Betjeman in the British Transport Film John Betjeman Goes By Train...
terminus station of branch line from King's LynnKing's Lynn railway stationKing's Lynn railway station serves the town of King's Lynn in Norfolk. The station is the terminus of the Fen Line from Cambridge, which is electrified at 25 kV AC overhead...
closed 1969 - LeistonLeiston railway stationLeiston railway station was a station in Leiston, Suffolk. It was opened in 1859 by the East Suffolk Railway and later became part of the Great Eastern Railway on its branch line from to . It was closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching Axe as much of the British rural rail network was cut back...
on branch line from SaxmundhamSaxmundham railway stationSaxmundham is a railway station which serves the town of Saxmundham in Suffolk, England. It is located on the East Suffolk Line and is 36 km east of Ipswich....
closed 1966, route open for freight - MaldonMaldon, EssexMaldon is a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon district and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.Maldon is twinned with the Dutch town of Cuijk...
had two stations: Maldon EastMaldon East and Heybridge railway stationMaldon East and Heybridge railway station was a station in Maldon, Essex, England. It closed in 1964.Former Services-External links:*...
station, on Witham-Maldon branch lineWitham-Maldon branch lineThe Witham-Maldon branch line is a long closed railway line between Witham and Maldon in Essex, England which operated from 1848 until closure in 1966.-Infrastructure:...
from WithamWitham railway stationWitham railway station is a railway station serving the town of Witham in Essex. The station is located on the Great Eastern Main Line and is also the junction of the Witham-Braintree line...
, closed 1964, and Maldon WestMaldon West railway stationMaldon West railway station was a station in Maldon, Essex. It closed to passengers in 1939 but the line to Maldon East was used for freight trains until 1959.Former Services-External links:* * * *...
station, on branch line from Woodham Ferrers, closed 1939 - MildenhallMildenhall railway stationMildenhall railway station is a disused railway station that was the terminus of the closed Cambridge to Mildenhall railway. It served the market town of Mildenhall, Suffolk, and closed in 1962. The station building is now a private residence....
, closed 1962, of branch lineCambridge to Mildenhall railwayThe Cambridge to Mildenhall railway is a closed railway between Cambridge and Mildenhall in England. The line was built by the Great Eastern Railway and opened from Cambridge to Fordham on 2 June 1884 and then to Mildenhall on 1 April 1885 with a length of ....
from CambridgeCambridge railway stationCambridge railway station is a railway station serving the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located at the end of Station Road, off Hills Road, 1 mile south-east of the city centre... - Saffron WaldenSaffron Walden railway station-History:The station yard has been developed for housing, with the station building being retained and converted into private dwellings.-Route:-External links:*...
on Saffron Walden RailwaySaffron Walden RailwayThe Saffron Walden Railway was a branch of the Great Eastern Railway between Audley End and Bartlow on the Stour Valley Railway between Shelford to Haverhill, a distance of ....
until 1964, served by Audley EndAudley End railway stationAudley End railway station serves the small village of Wendens Ambo and the nearby town of Saffron Walden. The station is named after the manor of Audley End in Essex. There was formerly a platform at the east end of the station for a branch line to Saffron Walden, though this was closed in 1964... - SohamSoham railway stationSoham railway station was opened on 1 September 1879 on the Ely to Newmarket line and served the town of Soham in Cambridgeshire.The station was destroyed on 2 June 1944, when a munitions train caught fire and blew up, killing two and damaging over seven hundred buildings...
on Ipswich to Ely lineIpswich to Ely LineThe Ipswich to Ely Line is a railway line linking East Anglia to the English Midlands via Ely. There is also a branch line to . Passenger services are operated by National Express East Anglia...
closed 1965, route open and service may be restored - SouthwoldSouthwoldSouthwold is a town on the North Sea coast, in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is around south of Lowestoft and north-east...
terminus of narrow gauge railwaySouthwold Railway- External links :* * * *...
from HalesworthHalesworth railway stationHalesworth is a railway station serving the town of Halesworth in Suffolk. The station is located on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.It is the nearest station to the town of Southwold, although some passengers from Southwold prefer to use Darsham station.The station is served by National...
closed 1929 - SwaffhamSwaffham railway stationSwaffham railway station was located in Swaffham, Norfolk. It was the junction for lines to Lynn, Dereham and Roudham Junction, and closed in 1968.-References:- External links :*...
on Lynn and Dereham RailwayLynn and Dereham RailwayThe Lynn and Dereham Railway was a standard gauge single track railway running between King's Lynn and Dereham in the English county of Norfolk...
closed 1968, also terminus of branch line from ThetfordThetford railway stationThetford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thetford in the English county of Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by National Express East Anglia on the Breckland Line and Long distance East Midlands Trains services. It lies 49 km west of Norwich on the line to...
until 1964 - St IvesSt Ives railway station (Great Eastern)St Ives railway station is a former railway station in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. It formed a junction, with lines to the east heading towards Cambridge, Ely and March. It closed in 1970.-External links:* *...
on branch line from Cambridge closed 1970, reopening rejected in favour of Cambridgeshire Guided BuswayCambridgeshire Guided BuswayThe Cambridgeshire Guided Busway , branded the busway , is a public transport scheme connecting the population centres of Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives in the English county of Cambridgeshire... - Waltham AbbeyWaltham Abbey, EssexWaltham Abbey is a market town of about 20,400 people in the south west of the county of Essex, in the East of England region. It is about 24 km north of London on the Greenwich Meridian and lies between the River Lea in the west and Epping Forest in the east. It takes its name from The Abbey...
served by Waltham CrossWaltham Cross railway stationWaltham Cross railway station, opened in 1840, is a railway station that serves Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire, England. It is also the closest railway station to Waltham Abbey, Essex, England...
and LoughtonLoughton tube stationLoughton is a London Underground station, some two miles north of the Greater London boundary, in the Epping Forest district of Essex.It is served by the Central Line and lies between Buckhurst Hill and Debden...
stations - Wells-next-the-Sea terminus station of branch line from WymondhamWymondham railway stationWymondham is a railway station in the town of Wymondham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by local services operated by East Midlands Trains and National Express East Anglia on the Breckland Line 17 km west of Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.Wymondham station is...
via Fakenham EastFakenham East railway stationFakenham East railway station was a railway station in the market town of Fakenham in the English county of Norfolk.This station is one of the possible sites protected in local plans in case it is needed to be restored as part of the Mid-Norfolk Railway's eventual plans to return to Fakenham...
closed 1964, partly reopened as Wells and Walsingham Light RailwayWells and Walsingham Light RailwayThe Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Wells and Walsingham which is further inland... - WisbechWisbechWisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
had three stations: Wisbech NorthWisbech North railway stationWisbech North railway station was a station in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. It had been part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network in East Anglia, and closed in 1959.Former Services-History:...
station, on Midland and Great Northern Joint RailwayMidland and Great Northern Joint RailwayThe Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, was a joint railway owned by the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway in eastern England, affectionately known as the 'Muddle and Get Nowhere' to generations of passengers, enthusiasts, and other users.The main line ran from Peterborough to...
, closed 1959; Wisbech EastWisbech East railway stationThis article is about the Great Eastern Railway station in Wisbech. For the Midland and Great Northern railway station see Wisbech North.Wisbech East was a railway station in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. It was opened in 1848 and became part of the Great Eastern Railway network, providing connections...
station, on Great Eastern RailwayGreat Eastern RailwayThe Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...
secondary line from MarchMarch railway stationMarch railway station serves the town of March in Cambridgeshire, England. The station is east of Peterborough on the Ely to Peterborough Line....
to Magdalen RoadWatlington railway stationWatlington railway station serves the village of Watlington in Norfolk, England. Watlington station lies on the Fen Line from Cambridge to King's Lynn, which is electrified at 25 kV AC overhead.- History :...
(Watlington), closed 1968 but reopening to March under consideration; and Wisbech St MaryWisbech St Mary railway stationWisbech St Mary railway station was a station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Wisbech and Peterborough. Located in Wisbech St. Mary it is now closed.Former Services-External links:*...
, also closed
East Midlands
- AlfordAlford Town railway stationAlford Town was a railway station on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the town of Alford in Lincolnshire between 1848 and 1970. It originally opened as Alford, but was renamed in 1923. Withdrawal of goods facilities took place in 1966, followed by passenger services in 1970...
formerly served by East Lincolnshire RailwayEast Lincolnshire RailwayThe East Lincolnshire Railway was a main line railway linking the towns of Boston, Louth and Grimsby in Lincolnshire, England. It opened in 1848 and was closed to passengers in 1970.-History:...
between GrimsbyGrimsbyGrimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
and BostonBoston, LincolnshireBoston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census... - Ashbourne, DerbyshireAshbourne, DerbyshireAshbourne is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales, England. It has a population of 10,302.The town advertises itself as 'The Gateway to Dovedale'.- Local customs :...
formerly served by AshbourneAshbourne railway stationAshbourne railway station formerly served the town of Ashbourne in DerbyshireThe original station was opened in 1852 by the North Staffordshire Railway on its branch from Rocester on its Churnet Valley Line.-History:...
on Ashbourne LineAshbourne LineThe Ashbourne Line was a railway from Buxton via Ashbourne to Uttoxeter. It was built by the London and North Western Railway using a section of the Cromford and High Peak Railway and it joined the North Staffordshire Railway at Ashbourne, proceeding to Uttoxeter with a junction onto the main...
to BuxtonBuxtonBuxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England. It has the highest elevation of any market town in England. Located close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, Buxton is described as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park"... - Ashby-de-la-ZouchAshby de la Zouch railway stationAshby de la Zouch railway station was a railway station at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The Midland Railway opened it on 1849 and British Railways closed it on 1964....
plans are to open new station on Leicester and Swannington RailwayLeicester and Swannington RailwayThe Leicester and Swannington Railway was one of England's first railways, being opened on 17 July 1832 to bring coal from collieries in west Leicestershire to Leicester.-Overview:...
, currently open only to freight, as part of possible extension of Ivanhoe Line) - BakewellBakewell railway stationBakewell railway station was a railway station built to serve the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire, England by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway line from Rowsley.-History:...
formerly served by London, Midland and Scottish RailwayLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayThe London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four... - BrackleyBrackleyBrackley is a town in south Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Oxford and miles form Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes between London, Birmingham and the English Midlands and between Cambridge and Oxford...
had two stations: Brackley CentralBrackley Central railway stationBrackley Central was a railway station on the former Great Central Main Line which ran from Manchester Piccadilly to London Marylebone, the last main line to be built from the north of England to London.- History :...
, on Great Central Main LineGreat Central Main LineThe Great Central Main Line , also known as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway , is a former railway line which opened in 1899 linking Sheffield with Marylebone Station in London via Nottingham and Leicester.The GCML was the last main line railway built in...
; and BrackleyBrackley railway station- History :From 1899 until 1963, Brackley was served by two railway stations on different lines. Brackley Central - opened by the Great Central Railway - was the second, the Buckinghamshire Railway having already connected the town to the railway in 1850...
, part of Banbury to Verney Junction Branch LineBanbury to Verney Junction Branch LineThe Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line was a railway branch line constructed by the Buckinghamshire Railway which connected the Oxfordshire market town of Banbury with the Buckinghamshire town of Bletchley via the historic county town of Buckingham and the Northamptonshire town of Brackley, a... - Clay CrossClay CrossClay Cross is a former mining town and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, about six miles south of Chesterfield. It is directly on the A61, the former Roman road Ryknield Street...
location of Clay Cross railway tunnelClay Cross TunnelClay Cross Tunnel is a 1,784-yard tunnel on the former North Midland Railway line near Clay Cross in Derbyshire, England now part of the Midland Main Line....
and formerly Clay CrossClay Cross railway stationClay Cross railway station was a railway station built by the North Midland Railway in 1840. It served the town of Clay Cross in Derbyshire.It was originally planned to have been built within the Clay Cross Tunnel, however it was clear that it would be impossible to ventilate it effectively, so...
, just outside tunnel's northern entrance - Coalville TownCoalville Town railway stationCoalville Town was a railway station at Coalville in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The Midland Railway opened the station in 1894 and British Railways closed it on 7th September 1964....
plans to open new station on Leicester and Swannington RailwayLeicester and Swannington RailwayThe Leicester and Swannington Railway was one of England's first railways, being opened on 17 July 1832 to bring coal from collieries in west Leicestershire to Leicester.-Overview:...
, currently freight only, as part of possible extension of Ivanhoe Line) - DaventryDaventry railway stationDaventry was a railway station serving the town of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. It was on the Weedon to Leamington Spa line. In 1888 a branch from the main line at Weedon reached the town...
formerly part of Weedon to Leamington Spa lineWeedon to Leamington Spa lineThe Weedon to Marton Junction line was a rural branch line that linked the West Coast Main Line at Weedon to Leamington Spa.-History:The single track line was constructed in two phases. First a branch from the West Coast Main Line at Weedon to Daventry was constructed in 1888... - EastwoodEastwood and Langley Mill railway stationEastwood and Langley Mill railway station was a former railway station to serve the villages of Eastwood and Langley Mill . It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875-6....
formerly part of Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
, now served by Langley Mill railway stationLangley Mill railway stationLangley Mill railway station on the Erewash Valley Line serves the village of Langley Mill and the towns of Heanor in Derbyshire and Eastwood in Nottinghamshire, England...
, previously called Langley Mill and Eastwood - Higham FerrersHigham Ferrers railway stationSee also Irthlingborough Northampton and Peterborough Railway station.Higham Ferrers is a former railway station on a Midland Railway branch line from Wellingborough. It served the market town of Higham Ferrers....
plans for new Rushden Parkway railway stationRushden Parkway railway stationRushden Parkway railway station is a proposed new railway station to serve the towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers and the large village of Irchester in Northamptonshire. The two towns and village have not seen passenger rail services since 1959. The former station building at Rushden has been... - HolbeachHolbeach railway stationHolbeach railway station was a station in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. It closed in 1959.The station buildings survive including station, up and down platform and the large goods shed...
formerly part of Midland and Great Northern Joint RailwayMidland and Great Northern Joint RailwayThe Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, was a joint railway owned by the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway in eastern England, affectionately known as the 'Muddle and Get Nowhere' to generations of passengers, enthusiasts, and other users.The main line ran from Peterborough to... - HorncastleHorncastle railway stationHorncastle railway station was a station in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. It was at the end of a short branch line that ran from Woodhall Junction which opened in 1855...
formerly terminus of Horncastle Branch of Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway.... - Ilkeston had three stations: Ilkeston Junction & CossallIlkeston Junction and Cossall railway stationIlkeston Junction and Cossall railway station was a railway station which served the town of Ilkeston in Derbyshire, England. It was opened in 1847 by the Midland Railway on the Erewash Valley Line at the junction of a short branch to the town itself....
, part of Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
; Ilkeston NorthIlkeston North railway stationIlkeston North railway station was a former railway station in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire Extension in 1878 and closed in 1964.- History :...
, part of Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
); and Ilkeston TownIlkeston Town railway stationIlkeston Town railway station was a railway station which served the town of Ilkeston in Derbyshire, England. it was opened in 1847 by the Midland Railway on a short branch from the Erewash Valley Line....
, part of Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.... - IrthlingboroughIrthlingborough railway stationSee also Higham Ferrers Midland Railway station.Irthlingborough railway station is a former railway station in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire on a the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway line which connected Peterborough and Northampton....
formerly part of Northampton and Peterborough RailwayNorthampton and Peterborough RailwayThe Northampton and Peterborough Railway was an early railway promoted by the London and Birmingham Railway to run from a junction at Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough.-Origin:... - LouthLouth railway stationLouth railway station was a station in Louth, Lincolnshire. It served as a junction for several different now closed lines which converged on the town.-History:...
formerly part of Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
, plans for station to become terminus of Lincolnshire Wolds RailwayLincolnshire Wolds RailwayThe Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is a heritage railway based at Ludborough station, near Grimsby in Lincolnshire, England and the only standard gauge steam railway in Lincolnshire open to the public. The line is part of the original Great Northern Railway , a rail system that opened in 1848 and once... - LutterworthLutterworth railway stationLutterworth was a station on the Great Central Railway, the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, which opened in 1899 to serve the small Leicestershire town of Lutterworth...
formerly on Great Central RailwayGreat Central RailwayThe Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern... - MablethorpeMablethorpe railway stationMablethorpe railway station was a station in the town of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire which is now closed....
formerly part of Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway.... - OundleOundle railway stationOundle railway station is a former railway station in Oundle, Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway line which connected Peterborough and Northampton. In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham, became part of the London and North Western Railway...
formerly part of Northampton and Peterborough RailwayNorthampton and Peterborough RailwayThe Northampton and Peterborough Railway was an early railway promoted by the London and Birmingham Railway to run from a junction at Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough.-Origin:... - RaundsRaunds railway stationRaunds railway station is a railway station that once served the town of Raunds in Northamptonshire, England. The station was an intermediate stop on the to railway line that closed in 1959....
formerly part of Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.... - RushdenRushdenRushden is a town and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire, England.The parish of Rushden covers an area of some and is part of the district of East Northamptonshire. The population of Rushden was estimated at around 28,368, making it the fifth largest town in the county...
plans for new Rushden ParkwayRushden Parkway railway stationRushden Parkway railway station is a proposed new railway station to serve the towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers and the large village of Irchester in Northamptonshire. The two towns and village have not seen passenger rail services since 1959. The former station building at Rushden has been...
, Rushden railway stationRushden railway stationRushden railway station is a railway station that once served the town of Rushden in Northamptonshire, England. It is now a heritage station at the end of a short running line....
preserved as part of Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough RailwayRushden, Higham and Wellingborough RailwayThe Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway is a heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the United Kingdom. The aim is to re-open the ex-Midland Railway branch line from Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers, which had been closed completely in November 1969. At... - SouthwellSouthwell, NottinghamshireSouthwell is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, best known as the site of Southwell Minster, the seat of the Church of England diocese that covers Nottinghamshire...
formerly branch line of Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
) - SwadlincoteSwadlincoteSwadlincote is a town and unparished area in South Derbyshire, about southeast of Burton-upon-Trent and about south of Derby. It is the main town of South Derbyshire and the seat of South Derbyshire District Council....
formerly on Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.... - ThrapstonThrapstonThrapston is a small town in Northamptonshire, England. It is the headquarters of the East Northamptonshire district, and in 2001 had a population of 4,855. By 2006, this was estimated to be over 5,700....
had two stations: Thrapston Bridge StreetThrapston Bridge Street railway stationSee also Thrapston Midland RoadThrapston Bridge Street railway station is a former railway station in Thrapston, Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railwaya line which connected Peterborough and Northampton....
, part of Northampton and Peterborough RailwayNorthampton and Peterborough RailwayThe Northampton and Peterborough Railway was an early railway promoted by the London and Birmingham Railway to run from a junction at Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough.-Origin:...
; Thrapston Midland RoadThrapston Midland Road railway stationSee also Thrapston Bridge Street on the Northampton and Peterborough Railway station.Thrapston Midland Road railway station is a former railway station on a Midland Railway branch line from Kettering. The Station officially closed to Passengers on the 15th June 1959. However the actual last...
, part of Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
) - TowcesterTowcester railway stationTowcester was a railway station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway which served the Northamptonshire town of Towcester between 1866 and 1964. It was one of the most important stations on the line, and once served as an interchange for services to Stratford, Banbury and Olney....
formerly on Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction RailwayStratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction RailwayThe Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway was a small independent railway company which ran a line across the empty, untouched centre of England. It visited the counties of Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and a little of Buckinghamshire, only existing as the SMJR from 1909 to... - UppinghamUppingham railway stationUppingham railway station was a station in Uppingham, Rutland. It was the terminus of a branch line from Seaton and opened in 1894 and closed in 1960...
formerly terminus of branch line on London and North Western RailwayLondon and North Western RailwayThe London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway... - WarsopWarsop railway stationWarsop railway station was a former railway station in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway in March 1897 and closed by British Railways in 1955....
formerly on Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast RailwayLancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast RailwayThe Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway was a British railway company built toward the end of the era of British railway construction. It opened its line from Chesterfield to Lincoln in 1897.... - WragbyWragby railway stationWragby railway station was a station in Wragby, Lincolnshire. The station opened in 1874 and finally closed in 1960, although the passenger service from Bardney to Louth was withdrawn in 1951. The station building remains standing adjacent to the A158 road on the outskirts of the village, and has...
formerly on Louth to Bardney LineLouth to Bardney lineThe Louth to Bardney line was a railway line built by the Great Northern Railway to link to . It closed in 1960.- History :The Great Northern Railway planned and built a branch line from to in stages, beginning in 1874. The line reached South Willingham on 09 November 1874 with intermediate...
North East England
- AlnwickAlnwick railway stationAlnwick railway station was the terminus of the Alnwick branch line, which diverged from the East Coast Main Line at Alnmouth in Northumberland, Northern England. The branch opened on 1 October 1850 and closed in January 1968, leaving the former junction at Alnmouth as the nearest station to Alnwick...
formerly on Alnwick branch lineAlnwick branch lineThe Alnwick branch line was a railway line in Northumberland, northern England. It ran from Alnmouth railway station, on the East Coast Main Line, to the town of Alnwick, a distance of 2.75 miles ....
of East Coast Main LineEast Coast Main LineThe East Coast Main Line is a long electrified high-speed railway link between London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh...
, now served by AlmouthAlnmouth railway stationAlnmouth for Alnwick is a station on the East Coast Main Line about one mile from Alnmouth in Hipsburn, Northumberland, northern England. It is 10–15 minutes by road to the town of Alnwick.-History:... - AshingtonAshington railway stationAshington railway station was a station serving the town of Ashington in Northumberland, Northern England. It was on the branch to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea....
- Barnard CastleBarnard Castle railway stationBarnard Castle railway station was situated on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Bishop Auckland and Kirkby Stephen East. The railway station served the town of Barnard Castle. The first station opened to passenger traffic on 9 July 1856, and was replaced with a new station on 1...
- BedlingtonBedlingtonBedlington is a town in Northumberland, to the north of the Tyne and Wear urban area. It lies north of Newcastle and southeast of the county town of Morpeth. Other nearby places include Ashington to the north northeast, Blyth to the east and Cramlington to the south.The parish of Bedlington...
- BlythBlyth railway stationBlyth railway station was situated in Blyth, Northumberland on the North Eastern Railway Blyth Branch line, originally part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway....
- ConsettConsettConsett is a town in the northwest of County Durham, England, about southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is home to 27,394 .Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. In 1841, it was a village community of only 145, but it was about to become a boom town: below the ground was coking coal and...
- GuisboroughGuisborough railway stationGuisborough railway station was the terminus of the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway. It served the town of Guisborough in North Yorkshire, England. The station was opened on 25 February 1854 and closed, along with the entire Nunthorpe-Guisborough branch, on 2 March 1964.The station had a...
- Newbiggin-by-the-SeaNewbiggin-by-the-SeaNewbiggin-by-the-Sea is a small town in Northumberland, England, lying on the North Sea coast. Once an important port for shipping grain and a coal mining town, it is still a small fishing port making use of traditional coble boats.- History :...
- PeterleePeterleePeterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and Hartlepool.-Peterlee:...
(HordenHordenHorden is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated on the North Sea coast, to the east of Peterlee, approximately 12 miles south of Sunderland. Horden was a mining village until the closure of the Horden Colliery in 1987. Main features include the Welfare and Memorial Parks and St...
) formerly served by the Durham Coast LineDurham Coast LineThe Durham Coast Line is the name given to the railway line which links Newcastle upon Tyne with Middlesbrough, via Sunderland and Hartlepool...
, but plans for opening a new station are under way - South ShieldsSouth ShieldsSouth Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...
formerly served by South Shields railway stationSouth Shields railway stationSouth Shields railway station was the main railway station for South Shields, in Tyne and Wear, North-East England. The station was located on Mile End Road in the town centre. The station was closed and replaced by South Shields Metro station in the 1980s...
, now by South Shields Metro stationSouth Shields Metro stationSouth Shields Metro station is the main Tyne and Wear Metro station for South Shields, England. In 2008-9 the station was used by over 1 million passengers. The station is located on a bridge above King Street, the main shopping street in South Shields Town Centre... - WashingtonWashington, Tyne and WearWashington is a town in the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it joined a new county in 1974 with the creation of Tyne and Wear...
North West England
- AlstonAlston railway stationAlston railway station once served the town of Alston, Cumbria, England. The station was the terminus of the Alston Line which ran from the junction at Haltwhistle on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway....
, closed in 1976 - AmblesideAmblesideAmbleside is a town in Cumbria, in North West England.Historically within the county of Westmorland, it is situated at the head of Windermere, England's largest lake...
never had railway station - BacupBacup railway stationBacup railway station served the town of Bacup in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1852 until closure in 1966 and was the terminus of two lines one from and the other from .-History:...
formerly served by Rochdale to Bacup LineRochdale to Bacup LineThe Rochdale to Bacup line was a branch railway line which ran between Rochdale in Lancashire and Bacup in Lancashire via seven intermediate stops, Wardleworth, Shawclough and Healey, Broadley, Whitworth, Facit, Shawforth, and Britannia.-History:...
and Rawtenstall to Bacup LineRawtenstall to Bacup LineThe Rawtenstall to Bacup railway line opened in two stages, from Rawtenstall to Waterfoot in 1848, and from Waterfoot to Bacup in 1852. Passenger and freight services operated until the Beeching cuts in 1966.-External links:*... - BarnoldswickBarnoldswick railway stationBarnoldswick railway station was the only railway station on the Midland Railway's 1 mile 64 chains long Barnoldswick Branch in the West Riding of Yorkshire in England. The line left the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway at Barnoldswick Junction 55 chains from Earby railway station...
- BuryBuryBury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester...
, served only by Manchester MetrolinkManchester MetrolinkMetrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of four lines which converge in Manchester city centre and terminate in Bury, Altrincham, Eccles and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated under contract by RATP Group...
and heritage East Lancashire RailwayEast Lancashire RailwayThe East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended... - Clayton-le-MoorsClayton-le-MoorsClayton-le-Moors is a township in Hyndburn in Lancashire, England. The town is locally referred to as 'Clayton'. To the west lies Rishton, to the north Great Harwood, and two miles to the south, Accrington. Clayton-le-Moors is situated on the A680 road alongside the M65 motorway.-Description:It is...
- CockermouthCockermouth railway stationCockermouth railway station was situated on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway and served the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865, and closed on 18 April 1966. The station was the second to be built in the town...
formerly served by Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith RailwayCockermouth, Keswick and Penrith RailwayThe Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 1 August 1861, for a line connecting the town of Cockermouth with the London and North Western Railway West Coast Main Line at Penrith. Arrangements for the use of the stations at either end The Cockermouth,...
and Cockermouth and Workington RailwayCockermouth and Workington RailwayThe Cockermouth & Workington Railway was a railway between the towns of Workington and Cockermouth established by Act of Parliament in 1845. A single-tracked line of eight and a half miles length, it was built primarily to carry coals from the pits of West Cumberland to the port at Workington for... - ConistonConiston, CumbriaConiston is a village and civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. It is located in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, between Coniston Water, the third longest lake in the Lake District, and Coniston Old Man; about north east of Barrow-in-Furness.-Geography and...
- EarbyEarby railway stationEarby railway station was a railway interchange station serving the small town of Earby, which was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, at the time but is now in Lancashire. It was built by the Midland Railway....
closed 1970 but SELRAP – Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership campaigns for it to be reopened - Egremont
- FleetwoodFleetwood railway stationThere have been three locations for Fleetwood railway station in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The first, from 1840 to 1883, was in Dock Street, opposite Church Street. The second, from 1883 to 1966, was in Queen's Terrace...
served only by Blackpool trams - GarstangGarstangGarstang is a town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is ten miles north-northwest of the city of Preston and eleven miles south of Lancaster, and had a total resident population of 4,074 in 2001....
had two stations: Garstang and CatterallGarstang and Catterall railway stationGarstang and Catterall railway station served as the interchange between the Garstang and Knot-End Railway and the London and North Western Railway, in Lancashire, England...
and Garstang TownGarstang Town railway stationGarstang Town railway station served the market town of Garstang in Lancashire, England.... - Great HarwoodGreat Harwood railway stationGreat Harwood railway station was located in the south-east side of Great Harwood, Lancashire, England on Station Road, which still remains. The station was on a branch line of the East Lancashire Line from Burnley to Blackburn via Rose Grove, Padiham, Simonstone and Great Harwood.-History:The...
- HaslingdenHaslingden railway stationHaslingden railway station served the town of Haslingden in Rossendale, Lancashire. The station was built by the East Lancashire Railway on their Bury to line and opened on 17 August 1848. The ELR was merged into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 13 May 1859, this company operating it until...
- HeywoodHeywood railway stationHeywood railway station serves the town of Heywood in Greater Manchester, England. The original station opened on the national rail network in 1841 and closed in 1970. It re-opened on 6 September 2003 as an extension of the East Lancashire Railway from Bury Bolton Street...
served only by heritage East Lancashire RailwayEast Lancashire RailwayThe East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended... - HorwichHorwichHorwich is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest from the city of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway close to the...
served by BlackrodBlackrod railway stationBlackrod railway station serves the village of Blackrod, 6.5 miles north west of Bolton railway station, 1.5 miles from the town centre of Horwich - closer indeed than station.... - KeswickKeswick railway stationKeswick railway station was situated on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway between Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumbria, England. The station served the town of Keswick. The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865, and closed on 6 March 1972. The station building still exists...
formerly served by Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith RailwayCockermouth, Keswick and Penrith RailwayThe Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 1 August 1861, for a line connecting the town of Cockermouth with the London and North Western Railway West Coast Main Line at Penrith. Arrangements for the use of the stations at either end The Cockermouth,...
closed 1972 - LeighLeigh, Greater ManchesterLeigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss....
, served by Atherton stationAtherton railway stationAtherton railway station serves the town of Atherton, Greater Manchester, and is the main station on the line between Wigan and Manchester on the Manchester to Southport Line, and according to Strategic Rail Authority figures) is the busiest station on the line .The station is located 19 km... - LongridgeLongridge railway stationLongridge railway station was a passenger terminus of the Preston and Longridge Railway. It served the town of Longridge in Lancashire, England....
- LymmLymm railway stationLymm railway station was a station to the west of Whitebarrow Road, Lymm, England on the Warrington and Stockport Railway. It opened on the 1 November 1853; and it closed to passengers on 10 September 1962. The railway was absorbed by the LNWR. The station was on the southern most railway line...
- MiddletonMiddleton, Greater ManchesterMiddleton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Irk, south-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester...
now served by only Mills Hill stationMills Hill railway stationMills Hill railway station is in the Mills Hill area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. The station is 9 km north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line...
following closure of MiddletonMiddleton railway stationMiddleton Railway station served the town of Middleton. Opened on 5 January 1857 it was at the end of short branch from Middleton Junction railway station. It closed to passengers on 7 September 1964 and completely on 11 October 1965.-References:...
in 1965 - MiddlewichMiddlewich railway stationMiddlewich railway station served the Cheshire England salt-producing town of Middlewich between 1868 and 1960. It lay on a branch line from Sandbach to Northwich...
- Oldham MumpsOldham Mumps railway stationOldham Mumps Railway Station opened on 1 November 1847 and served the town of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The station was a primary station located on the Oldham Loop Line north east of Manchester Victoria operated and managed by Northern Rail....
being converted to Manchester MetrolinkManchester MetrolinkMetrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of four lines which converge in Manchester city centre and terminate in Bury, Altrincham, Eccles and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated under contract by RATP Group...
. - PadihamPadiham railway stationPadiham railway station in Station Street, Padiham, Lancashire, England was on a branch line of the East Lancashire Line from Burnley to Blackburn.-History:The line between Padiham and Rose Grove opened in 1875...
- PenworthamPenwortham-Landmarks:Penwortham Priory was built for the Rawsthorne family and redesigned by the Cumbrian architect George Webster. The priory was demolished due to the rapid expansion of the area and the need for new housing...
- RamsbottomRamsbottom railway stationRamsbottom railway station serves the town of Ramsbottom in Greater Manchester, England.-History:The station was built by the East Lancashire Railway and opened on 28 September 1846...
served only by the heritage East Lancashire RailwayEast Lancashire RailwayThe East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended... - RawtenstallRawtenstall railway stationRawtenstall railway station serves the town of Rawtenstall in Lancashire, England, and is the northern terminus of the East Lancashire Railway. It was formerly on the national railway network and also had a connection to Bacup as well as Bury and Manchester....
served only by the heritage East Lancashire RailwayEast Lancashire RailwayThe East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended... - SkelmersdaleSkelmersdale railway stationSkelmersdale railway station was a station located on the Skelmersdale Branch at Skelmersdale, England. The station was originally named Blague Gate, having its name changed to Skelmersdale on 8 August 1874.-Recreation proposals:...
formerly served by Skelmersdale BranchSkelmersdale BranchThe Skelmersdale Branch railway connected the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway at Ormskirk with Rainford Junction . At Rainford it connected with the Liverpool and Bury Railway and the St. Helens Railway. It was built by the East Lancashire Railway, which was taken over by the Lancashire...
and potential candidate for reopening by Merseyrail - TottingtonTottington, Greater ManchesterTottington is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England.Historically a part of Lancashire, Tottington's early history is marked by its status as an important Medieval fee, a type of Royal Manor which encompassed several townships...
closed to passengers 1952, freight 1963 - TyldesleyTyldesleyTyldesley is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It occupies an area north of Chat Moss near the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, east-southeast of Wigan and west-northwest of the city of Manchester...
- WhitworthWhitworth, LancashireWhitworth is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Rossendale in Lancashire, England. It is set amongst the foothills of the Pennines, between the towns of Bacup, to the north, and Rochdale, to the south. It has a population of 7,263....
formerly served by the Rochdale to Bacup LineRochdale to Bacup LineThe Rochdale to Bacup line was a branch railway line which ran between Rochdale in Lancashire and Bacup in Lancashire via seven intermediate stops, Wardleworth, Shawclough and Healey, Broadley, Whitworth, Facit, Shawforth, and Britannia.-History:...
South East England
- AbingdonAbingdon railway stationAbingdon railway station was a station which until 1963 served the town of Abingdon, then in Berkshire, now in Oxfordshire, in England.-History:...
branch line terminus closed 1963, currently served by RadleyRadley railway stationRadley railway station serves the villages of Radley and Lower Radley, and the town of Abingdon, both in Oxfordshire, England.-History:The station was built primarily for the boys of Radley College. It was formerly a junction station for a now-dismantled branch to the adjacent town of Abingdon...
and Didcot ParkwayDidcot Parkway railway stationDidcot Parkway is a railway station serving the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire in England. The station was opened as Didcot on 12 June 1844, and renamed Didcot Parkway on 29 July 1985 to reflect its role as a park and ride railhead.... - BuckinghamBuckingham railway stationBuckingham was a railway station which served Buckingham, the former county town of Buckinghamshire, England, between 1850 and 1966.- Opening :...
formerly part of Banbury to Verney Junction Branch LineBanbury to Verney Junction Branch LineThe Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line was a railway branch line constructed by the Buckinghamshire Railway which connected the Oxfordshire market town of Banbury with the Buckinghamshire town of Bletchley via the historic county town of Buckingham and the Northamptonshire town of Brackley, a... - CartertonCarterton Railway StationCarterton Railway Station, in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand, is a single platform railway station in the town of Carterton. It is located at the corner of Cnr Broadway, Davy and Wheatstone Streets, near the main shopping precinct on State Highway 2...
- Chipping NortonChipping Norton railway stationChipping Norton railway station served the town of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. The station had two platforms and a signal box.- History :...
- Cranbrook
- CranleighCranleigh railway stationCranleigh was a railway station on the Cranleigh Line which served the village of Cranleigh. Opening in 1865 as "Cranley", its name was changed in 1867 to "Cranleigh" at the request of the Postmaster General as badly addressed letters to "Cranley" were often mistaken for "Crawley" and vice versa...
- FawleyFawley railway stationFawley railway station was the terminus of the Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway, which was built along the coast of Southampton Water to connect and and to provide a freight link to Fawley Refinery.-History:...
- GosportGosport railway stationGosport railway station was a terminus station designed by William Tite and opened to passenger and freight trains in 1841 by the London and South Western Railway . It was closed in 1953 to passenger trains, and in 1969 to the remaining freight services...
part of Portsmouth Urban AreaPortsmouth Urban AreaThe Portsmouth Urban Area, in south-east Hampshire in southern England, includes the following components :*Fareham*Portchester*Gosport*Havant*Lee-on-the-Solent*Portsmouth*Stubbington*Waterlooville...
, served by ferry to Portsmouth HarbourPortsmouth Harbour railway stationPortsmouth Harbour railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, England. It is situated beside Gunwharf Quays in the city's harbour, and is an important transport terminal, with a bus interchange and ferry services to Gosport and the Isle of Wight. The station currently has four platforms:... - HailshamHailsham railway stationHailsham Railway Station was on the Cuckoo Line between Polegate and Hellingly serving the town of Hailsham. Originally built in 1849 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. it was a terminus station serving both passengers and livestock for the nearby market...
- Heathfield (Sussex)Heathfield (Sussex) railway stationHeathfield railway station was on the Cuckoo Line between Horam and Mayfield, serving the market town of Heathfield.It was built in 1880 by London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on the line extension from Hailsham to Eridge.- Present day :...
- Hythe (Hampshire)Hythe (Hampshire) railway stationHythe railway station was an intermediate station on the Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway, which was built along the coast of Southampton Water to connect and and to provide a freight link to Fawley Refinery.-History:...
- MarchwoodMarchwood railway stationMarchwood railway station was an intermediate station on the Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway, which was built along the coast of Southampton Water to connect and and to provide a freight link to Fawley Refinery.-History:...
- MidhurstMidhurstMidhurst is a market town and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England, with a population of 4,889 in 2001. The town is situated on the River Rother and is home to the ruin of the Tudor Cowdray House and the stately Victorian Cowdray Park...
had 2 stations. 1) MidhurstMidhurst railway stationMidhurst Railway Station used to serve the market town of Midhurst in the county of West Sussex. The first railway to reach the town was a branch line from Petersfield opened by the London & South Western Railway on 1st September 1864....
& 2) Midhust (LSWR)Midhurst (LSWR) railway stationMidhurst railway station was opened on 1 September 1864 by the London and South Western Railway, the terminus of the line from Petersfield, serving the Market town of Midhurst in West Sussex. The station was closed on 4 April 1925, after the Southern Railway took over the LSWR and services...
. - Newport PagnellNewport Pagnell railway stationNewport Pagnell railway station was a railway station that served the town of Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire on the Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line. Opened in 1867 the station consisted of a brick built station building, and extensive goods facilities....
served by Wolverton stationWolverton railway stationWolverton railway station serves northern Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, especially Stony Stratford, Wolverton and New Bradwell.The station is served by London Midland local services from Northampton to London on the West Coast Main Line. It is one of the five stations serving Milton Keynes... - PetworthPetworth railway stationPetworth railway station was a railway station nearly two miles from the town of Petworth in West Sussex, England.It was located on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway single track Pulborough to Midhurst branch line...
- SteyningSteyning railway stationSteyning railway station was on the Steyning Line which served the small Saxon market town of Steyning.-Station opening and development:The arrival of the station accelerated residential development in the area and some houses were constructed by the railway contractor to the west of the station...
- ThameThame railway stationThame railway station was a station on the Wycombe Railway serving the town of Thame in Oxfordshire. It was opened in 1862 as the terminus of an extension from High Wycombe via Princes Risborough. In 1864 the line was extended from Thame to Oxford. The station was built with a train shed over its...
served by Haddenham and Thame Parkway railway stationHaddenham and Thame Parkway railway stationHaddenham and Thame Parkway railway station serves the village of Haddenham in Buckinghamshire and town of Thame in Oxfordshire. The station is on the western edge of Haddenham, about north east of Thame, and is served by Chiltern Railways.... - TadleyTadleyTadley is a town and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire.During the 1950s and 1960s, the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment , now known as AWE, became the area's largest employer, and a large number of houses were built during this period to accommodate AWRE workers...
- WantageWantage railway stationWantage Station is a closed stone and brick built station at Mill Street, Wantage in Oxfordshire, England on the Wantage Tramway line.-History:...
- WaterloovilleWaterloovilleWaterlooville is a town in Hampshire, England approximately 8 miles north of Portsmouth.The town has a population itself of about 10,000 and is surrounded by Purbrook, Blendworth, Cowplain, Lovedean, Clanfield, Catherington, Crookhorn, Denmead, Hambledon, Horndean and Widley. It forms part of...
- WesterhamWesterham railway stationWesterham railway station served the village of Westerham in Kent from 1881 until its closure in 1961.- History :No railway was ever constructed all the way between Sevenoaks and Redhill to parallel what is now the A25 road and the Pilgrims' Way...
- WinslowWinslow railway stationWinslow is a disused railway station that served the town of Winslow in north Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the disused Varsity Line. A single track of the Varsity Line remains, this is rusted and overgrown far beyond use....
closed but has proposals for reopening - WitneyWitney railway stationWitney railway station served the Oxfordshire town of Witney on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway line. It consisted of two stone-built platforms, a station building, a signal box, and a shed in the form of a pagoda.-History:...
- YateleyYateleyYateley is a suburban town and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. It lies in the north-eastern corner of Hart District Council. It includes the settlements of Frogmore and Darby Green. It had a population of 21,011 according to the 2001 census...
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight has its own rail line, the Island LineIsland Line, Isle of Wight
The Island Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight, running some from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin down the eastern side of the island. The line was electrified in 1967. Trains connect with passenger ferries to Portsmouth Harbour at Ryde Pier Head, and these ferries in turn connect with the...
, but it is not connected to the rest of the national network. The following towns are not on the Island Line:
- AlverstoneAlverstone (Isle of Wight) railway stationAlverstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Alverstone garden village on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.-History:...
- Ashey Racecourse
- BembridgeBembridge railway stationBembridge was the terminus of the 2¾ mile branch line that connected it to the main line at Brading. On holiday Saturdays the sector table revolved continuously because the station area was too small to contain points. Opened in 1882, when the area contained the Island's main port, it ran with...
- BlackwaterBlackwater (Isle of Wight) railway stationBlackwater railway station, was an intermediate station in the very centre of the island situated on the A3020 road on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868 , opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later...
- Calbourne & Shalfleet
- Carisbrooke
- Cement Mills HaltCement Mills HaltCement Mills Halt was a railway station between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight. It was a public railway station throughout its life, although principally used by workers at the cement works in Stag Lane . It was not included on public time tables but was available to ramblers visible...
- CowesCowesCowes is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east Bank...
had 2 stations. 1) CowesCowes railway stationCowes Railway Station took pride in being the “prettiest station on the Garden Isle” . Opened in 1862, the very first on the island as part of the inaugural “Cowes and Newport” railway it expanded to three platforms as the railway branched out towards Ryde in the years before the motor bus began...
2) Mill Hill (Cowes)Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway stationMill Hill Railway Station was first seen as the down train from Cowes emerged from the 208 yard tunnel along the curving platform, the sweep still visible in 2005 on a small area of grass where the demolished station once stood...
but tickets can be purchased between Cowes and mainland stations, allowing travel via ferry services - FreshwaterFreshwater (Isle of Wight) railway stationThis article is about a defunct station on the Isle of Wight, not the similarly named station on the Skyrail & Kuranda Scenic Railway in Cairns, Australia....
- GodshillGodshill railway stationGodshill station opened on 20 July 1897 at Godshill on the Isle of Wight on the Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway, later the Isle of Wight Central Railway. It opened as a single platform station with a small goods siding and this layout remained until closure...
- HorringfordHorringford (Isle of Wight) railway stationHorringford railway station was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Horringford village on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868. The station was opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later in 1956...
- Medina Wharf HaltMedina Wharf Halt railway stationMedina Wharf Railway Station was a private halt between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight that provided a way for workers at the nearby wharf to get to work before the road was laid. No shelter for its few passengers was ever provided and it never appeared on a public timetable . The trackway...
- MerstoneMerstone (Isle of Wight) railway stationMerstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Merstone village on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868 , opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later...
- NewchurchNewchurch (Isle of Wight) railway stationNewchurch railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Newchurch village on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868, opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later. Despite its rural location a “respectable” number...
- NewportNewport, Isle of WightNewport is a civil parish and a county town of the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. Newport has a population of 23,957 according to the 2001 census...
had 3 stations. 1) NewportNewport railway station (FY&NR Isle of Wight)Newport FYN railway station, was, for ten years, the alternative terminus of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway. The new station, opened on 1 July 1913 after a conflict between the FYN and the Isle of Wight Central Railway, closed 10 years later on the creation of the Southern, when...
, 2 Newport & 3) Newport Pan laneNewport Pan Lane (Isle of Wight) railway stationNewport Pan Lane railway station, was, for four years, the temporary terminus of the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway incorporated in 1868. Opened on 11 August 1875 and closed 4 years later on 1 June 1879 when the line was extended northwards to link with the new Newport Station... - NingwoodNingwood (Isle of Wight) railway stationNingwood railway station, was an intermediate station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860 , opened over a ten month period between 1889 and 1889 and closed 65 years later . A typical rural station that rapidly lost passengers once buses reached West Wight , it...
- St Helens (IOW)St Helens (Isle of Wight) railway stationSt Helen's with its single platform was the only intermediate stop on the branch line that connected Brading to the coast at Bembridge. Opened in 1882, when the area was the Island's main port, it ran with ever dwindling passengers until 1953...
- St LawrenceSt. Lawrence railway stationSt. Lawrence railway station was the original terminus of the branch from Merstone until the 1½ mile extension to Ventnor was completed in June 1900. From 1927 the station was downgraded to the status of an unstaffed halt.- Location :...
- ShideShide (Isle of Wight) railway stationShide railway station, was an intermediate station at Shide on the southern fringes of Newport situated near Shide Chalk Pits on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868 , opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later...
- VentnorVentnorVentnor is a seaside resort and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies underneath St Boniface Down , and is built on steep slopes and cliffs leading down to the sea...
had 2 stations. 1) VentnorVentnor railway stationVentnor railway station was the terminus of the Isle of Wight Railway line from Ryde.The station lay on a ledge above sea level which had to be quarried into the hill side. The station was immediately outside a long tunnel through St. Boniface Down. A lack of space meant that a turntable was...
& 2 Ventnor WestVentnor West railway stationVentnor West railway station was opened on 1 June 1900 as the final addition to the railway network on the Isle of Wight. It was originally opened as Ventnor Town but the station was renamed in 1923 by the Southern Railway.- Location :...
. VentnorVentnorVentnor is a seaside resort and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies underneath St Boniface Down , and is built on steep slopes and cliffs leading down to the sea...
is currently served by bus from ShanklinShanklin railway stationShanklin railway station is a railway station serving Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. It is the present terminus of the Island Line from Ryde, although the line used to run to Ventnor. The station now has one platform with a ticket office and a small shop with the second platform now in use as a... - Watchingwell HaltWatchingwell Halt (Isle of Wight) railway stationWatchingwell Halt, was an intermediate station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway ,situated near the hamlet of Upper Watchingwell , that started life as a private halt...
- Whitwell Halt
- Yarmouth (IOW)Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) railway stationThis article is about a defunct station on the Isle of Wight, not the similarly named station in the English county of NorfolkYarmouth railway station, was an intermediate station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860 , opened over a ten month period between 1889...
South West England
- AshburtonAshburton railway stationAshburton railway station is a closed railway station situated in the town of Ashburton in Devon, England. It was the terminus of a branch line from Totnes. -History:...
- BeaminsterBeaminsterBeaminster is a small town and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, at the head of the valley of the River Brit. Beaminster is south of Bristol, west of Bournemouth, east of Exeter and northwest of the county town of Dorchester...
served by - BidefordBideford railway stationThe first Bideford railway station was opened on 2 November 1855 as the terminus of the Bideford Extension Railway from Barnstaple. This was taken over by the London and South Western Railway about ten years later....
- Blandford ForumBlandford Forum railway stationBlandford Forum railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between Templecombe and Broadstone, England. It served the town of Blandford Forum...
- BodminBodminBodmin is a civil parish and major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the centre of the county southwest of Bodmin Moor.The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character...
served by Bodmin ParkwayBodmin Parkway railway stationBodmin Parkway railway station is a station on the Cornish Main Line and serves the nearby town of Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The station is west of , in the civil parish of St Winnow....
with preserved branch to central station Bodmin GeneralBodmin General railway stationBodmin General railway station, located in Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom, was the terminus of the Great Western Railway's Bodmin branch line, and is now the principal railway station of the heritage Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway.-History:... - BridportBridport railway stationBridport railway station was on the Bridport Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened with the branch on 12 November 1857 it was renamed Bridport when the West Bay extension opened, to distinguish it from East Street and West Bay stations. In 1902 it was renamed Bridport...
- Brixham
- BudeBude railway stationBude railway station was the western terminus of the Bude Branch. It was opened in 1898 by the London and South Western Railway to serve the coastal town of Bude and closed in 1966 after having been proposed for closure in the Beeching Report....
closed 1966 - Burnham-on-SeaBurnham-on-SeaBurnham-on-Sea is a town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett and Bridgwater Bay. Burnham was a small village until the late 18th century, when it began to grow because of its popularity as a seaside resort. It forms part of the parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge...
served by Highbridge and BurnhamHighbridge and Burnham railway stationHighbridge and Burnham railway station is situated on the Bristol to Taunton Line in the town of Highbridge in Somerset, England and also serves neighbouring Burnham-on-Sea...
in Highbridge - CalneCalne railway stationCalne railway station was opened on 3 November 1863 by the Great Western Railway as a terminus for the branch line from the Great Western mainline . It was situated a short distance from Calne town centre and was equipped with only one platform...
on branch line to ChippenhamChippenham railway stationChippenham railway station serves the market town of Chippenham in Wiltshire, England. The station is on the Great Western Main Line, in between and , and is served by First Great Western main line services between Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington, and a smaller First Great Western local...
closed 1965 - Camelford closed 1966
- Carn Brea closed 1960
- ChardChardChard , is a leafy green vegetable often used in Mediterranean cooking. While the leaves are always green, chard stalks vary in color. Chard has been bred to have highly nutrious leaves at the expense of the root...
had 3 stations. 1) Chard CentralChard Central railway stationChard Central railway station was the principal railway station in Chard, Somerset, England. It was opened in 1866 and closed in 1962, during which time it was known by three different names.-History:...
, 2) Chard JunctionChard Junction railway stationChard Junction railway station was situated on the London and South Western Railway’s West of England Main Line in Somerset, England. It was the junction of a short branch line to Chard. It was opened in 1860 as Chard Road and closed in 1966. An adjacent milk depot was served by its own sidings...
& 3) Chard Town - Chacewater closed 1964
- CheddarCheddar railway stationCheddar railway station was a station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway's Cheddar Valley line in Cheddar, Somerset. The station had substantial goods traffic based on the locally-grown strawberries, which led to the line's alternative name as The Strawberry Line.-History:The station was opened as...
- Clevedon
- CinderfordCinderfordCinderford is a small town on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. A population of 8,116 people is recorded in the 2001 census....
- CirencesterCirencesterCirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...
had three stations 1) Cirencester TownCirencester Town railway stationCirencester Town railway station was one of three railway stations which formerly served the town of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England; the others were and .-History:...
, 2 Cirencester WatermoorCirencester Watermoor railway stationCirencester Watermoor railway station was on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway at Cirencester in Gloucestershire. The station opened on 18 December 1883 as the terminus of the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway line from Swindon Town. That line then amalgamated with the Swindon,...
& 3 Chesterton Lane Halt. - Cullompton
- CorshamCorsham railway stationCorsham railway station served the town of Corsham in Wiltshire, England. The station was on the main Great Western Railway line from London to Bristol and was opened when the Chippenham to Bath section opened in June 1841....
but has proposals for station to reopen - DelaboleDelaboleDelabole is a large village in north Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated approximately two miles west of Camelford.The village of Delabole came into existence in the 20th century; it is named after the Delabole Quarry. There were three hamlets: Pengelly, Medrose and Rockhead...
closed 1966 - DevizesDevizes railway stationDevizes railway station was the railway station serving Devizes in Wiltshire, England. The station was on the Devizes Branch Line, in between Pans Lane Halt and Bromham & Rowde Station.- Conception :...
closed 1966 - Doublebois closed 1964
- Egloskerry closed 1966
- FerndownFerndownFerndown is a town and civil parish in the East Dorset district of Dorset in southern England, situated immediately to the north of unitary authorities of Poole and Bournemouth. The parish, which until 1972 was called Hampreston, includes the communities of Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and...
- FoweyFowey railway stationThe railway from Fowey to Newquay was opened by the Cornwall Minerals Railway on 1 June 1874. Fowey railway station was opened on 20 June 1876 when a passenger service was introduced, the next station being at Par....
- FordingbridgeFordingbridge railway stationFordingbridge was a railway station serving Fordingbridge, a small town in Hampshire. It was one of many casualties of the mass closure of British railway lines in the 1960s and 1970s; the last service was on 2 May 1964. The line was officially closed on 4 May 1964 but as there was no Sunday...
- GlastonburyGlastonbury and Street railway stationGlastonbury and Street railway station was the biggest station on the original Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway main line from Highbridge to Evercreech Junction until closed in 1966 under the Beeching axe...
- Grampound Road closed 1964
- Great TorringtonTorrington railway stationTorrington station was a west country railway station that dispatched trains to Bideford and Barnstaple, as well as being a terminus for the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway line to Halwill in North Devon. The station was closed for regular passenger services in 1965 but special...
- Gwinear Road junction for HelstonHelstonHelston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles southwest of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town in the UK and is around further south than...
branch - Heathfield (Devon)Heathfield (Devon) railway stationFor the station in Sussex see Heathfield railway stationHeathfield railway station was on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway at Heathfield, nearly 4 miles from Newton Abbot, Devon, England....
- HelstonHelston railway stationHelston railway station was the terminus of the Helston Railway in Cornwall, in England . It was later operated by the Great Western Railway but has since been closed....
- HolsworthyHolsworthy railway stationHolsworthy was a railway station on the now closed railway line from Okehampton to Bude. It opened in 1879 to serve the market town of Holsworthy in Devon and closed in 1966, a victim of the Beeching Axe.- History :...
- Ilfracombe
- KingsbridgeKingsbridge railway station (Devon)Kingsbridge railway station was the terminus station of the single track branch GWR line from Brent to the town of Kingsbridge.Opened in December 1893 the stone built station served the town and the surrounding area. The station was also the railhead for the town of Salcombe...
- LauncestonLaunceston railway stationLaunceston railway station was situated in Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was served by both the Great Western Railway and London and South Western Railway ....
on North Cornwall line, Great Western RailwayGreat Western RailwayThe Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
from PlymouthPlymouthPlymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
closed 1966 from adjacent stations - Lyme RegisLyme Regis railway stationLyme Regis railway station was the terminus of the Lyme Regis branch line in the west of the English county of Dorset. Serving the village of Lyme Regis, it was sited high above the town centre as a result of the hilly nature of the local area...
- Marazion closed 1964
- Marlborough, Wiltshire had two stations but all closed 1964
- MineheadMineheadMinehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the border with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National Park...
regualr service ended 1971, now on West Somerset RailwayWest Somerset RailwayThe West Somerset Railway is a railway line that originally linked and in Somerset, England.It opened in 1862 and was extended from Watchet to by the Minehead Railway in 1874. Although just a single track, improvements were needed in the first half of the twentieth century to accommodate the... - OkehamptonOkehampton railway stationOkehampton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Okehampton in Devon, England. Heritage train services currently operate on certain weekdays, weekends and bank holidays...
regular service ended 1972 but in recent years, summer weekend service runs to ExeterExeterExeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the... - Otterham closed 1966
- PadstowPadstow railway stationPadstow railway station was the western terminus of the North Cornwall Railway. It was opened in 1899 by the London and South Western Railway to serve the port of Padstow...
closed 1967 - Port Isaac Road closed 1966
- PortisheadPortishead railway stationPortishead railway station was opened by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway in 1867; it was approximately from the village of Portishead. After the opening of the Pier in 1870, the line was extended with an additional railway station opened by the pier...
likely to reopen in future - RadstockRadstockRadstock is a town in Somerset, England, south west of Bath, and north west of Frome. It is within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset and had a population of 5,275 according to the 2001 Census...
had 2 stations. 1) Radstock NorthRadstock North railway stationRadstock North railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in the county of Somerset in England. Opened as Radstock on 20 July 1874, it was renamed in 1949 to differentiate it from the other Radstock station on the former Bristol and North Somerset Railway, later GWR,...
& 2) Radstock West - RingwoodRingwood railway stationRingwood is a closed railway station in the county of Hampshire which served the town of Ringwood. It lay on the former Southampton and Dorchester Railway, the original main line from Brockenhurst to Dorchester...
- Scorrier closed 1964
- SeatonSeaton, DevonSeaton is a seaside town in East Devon on the south coast of England. It faces onto Lyme Bay, to the west of the mouth of the River Axe with red cliffs to one side and white cliffs on the other. Axmouth and Beer are nearby...
- ShaftesburyShaftesburyShaftesbury is a town in Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury. The town is built 718 feet above sea level on the side of a chalk and greensand hill, which is part of Cranborne Chase, the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset...
was served by SemleySemley railway stationSemley was a railway station in Wiltshire, England. It was served by trains on the West of England Main Line and was the railhead for the town of Shaftesbury, Dorset, to the south....
due to Shaftesbury being on a hill. - Shepton MalletShepton MalletShepton Mallet is a small rural town and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset in South West England. Situated approximately south of Bristol and east of Wells, the town is estimated to have a population of 9,700. It contains the administrative headquarters of Mendip District Council...
had 2 stations. 1) Shepton Mallet (Charlton Road)Shepton Mallet (Charlton Road) railway stationShepton Mallet was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in the county of Somerset in England. Opened as Shepton Mallet on the 20th of July 1874, it was renamed to avoid confusion with the nearby GWR station in 1883. The station consisted of two platforms with the station building...
& 2) Shepton Mallet (High Street)Shepton Mallet (High Street) railway stationShepton Mallet was a railway station on the East Somerset Railway, serving the town of Shepton Mallet in the English county of Somerset....
. - SidmouthSidmouth railway stationSidmouth railway station was a fully operational single platform station located in Sidmouth, Devon, England until its closure in 1967. The station is now a privately owned property at the top of Alexandria Road, Sidmouth...
- Somerton
- StalbridgeStalbridge railway stationStalbridge railway station was a station in Stalbridge in the county of Dorset, England. It was located between Henstridge and Sturminster Newton stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Sited on a single line stretch, the station had a passing loop with a station building on the down side...
- Sturminster NewtonSturminster Newton railway stationSturminster Newton railway station was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Stalbridge and Shillingstone stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, A passing place on stretch of single line, the station had two platforms with shelters, and a small goods yard...
- St Kew Highway closed 1966
- St Mary's, Isles of Scilly never had a railway.
- Tavistock had 2 stations. 1) Tavistock NorthTavistock North railway stationTavistock North was a railway station operated by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway, serving the town of Tavistock. The station opened on 2 June 1890 and closed on 6 May 1968. The main station building has been completely restored by its current owners and converted in to 3...
& 2 Tavistock South. - Tresmeer closed 1966
- VerwoodVerwood railway stationVerwood Railway Station served Verwood, a town in East Dorset in southern England, and its hinterland, from 1866 to 1964. It was one of many casualties of the mass closure of British railway lines in the 1960s; the last train running on 2 May 1964...
- WadebridgeWadebridge railway stationWadebridge railway station was on the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway. It opened in 1834 to transport goods between the market town of Wadebridge, the limit of navigation on the River Camel, and inland farming and mining areas...
closed 1967 - WatchetWatchet railway stationWatchet railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in Somerset, England. It is situated in the small harbour town of Watchet.-History:...
regualar service ceased 1971, now on West Somerset RailwayWest Somerset RailwayThe West Somerset Railway is a railway line that originally linked and in Somerset, England.It opened in 1862 and was extended from Watchet to by the Minehead Railway in 1874. Although just a single track, improvements were needed in the first half of the twentieth century to accommodate the... - Wellington
- WellsWellsWells is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. Although the population recorded in the 2001 census is 10,406, it has had city status since 1205...
had 3 stations. 1) Wells East SomersetWells East Somerset railway stationWells station in the Somerset city of Wells was the terminus of the East Somerset Railway line from Witham and opened when the line was extended from Shepton Mallet in 1862....
, 2) Wells (Priory Road)Wells (Priory Road) railway stationWells was a railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Wells in the county of Somerset in England. Opening on 15 March 1859 as Wells, on the Somerset Central Railway, at that time a broad-gauge line operated by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, it was the terminus of the branch from...
& 3) Wells (Tucker Street)Wells (Tucker Street) railway stationWells railway station was the second terminus station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway's Cheddar Valley line in Somerset after the extension from the first terminus at Cheddar was opened...
. - WincantonWincanton railway stationWincanton railway station was a station in the county of Somerset, in England. It was located between Templecombe and Cole stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Sited on a double line stretch of the S&D, the station had two platforms with a station building...
- Wimborne Minster
West Midlands
- AlcesterAlcester railway stationAlcester was a railway station serving Alcester in the English county of Warwickshire.-History:Opened by the Evesham and Redditch Railway, and joining the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London...
- Brierley HillBrierley Hill railway station-History:It was opened in 1858. British Rail closed the station pre-Beeching in 1962. Two railways/routes served the station - originally the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the Great Western Railway and London, Midland and...
only freight trains since 1964 - BromyardBromyardBromyard is a town in northeast Herefordshire, England with a population of approximately 4,000. It lies near to the county border with Worcestershire on the A44 between Leominster and Worcester. Bromyard has a number of traditional half-timbered pubs and some buildings dating back to Norman times...
- BurntwoodBurntwoodBurntwood is a town in Staffordshire, England, lying in the Cannock Chase area approximately west of Lichfield. The town had a population of 25,674 at the time of the 2001 census and forms part of Lichfield district. The town forms one of the largest urbanised parishes in England. Samuel Johnson...
- DarlastonDarlaston James Bridge railway stationDarlaston James Bridge railway station was a station built on the Grand Junction Railway in 1837, serving the James Bridge area in the east of the town centre of Darlaston, near the junction of Walsall Road and Bentley Mill Way...
closed 1965. - DudleyDudley railway stationDudley Railway Station was a passenger railway station located at Dudley, England, built where the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line and the South Staffordshire Line diverged to Wolverhampton and Walsall and Lichfield respectively.-History:...
no passenger trains near centre and no freight trains since 1993, served by suburban CoseleyCoseley railway stationCoseley railway station is located in the Coseley area of the borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the West Coast Main Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.- History :...
in Metropolitan Borough of DudleyMetropolitan Borough of DudleyThe Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley... - Ellesmere closed 1962.
- HalesowenHalesowen railway stationHalesowen railway station was a railway station in Halesowen, England, on the Great Western Railway & Midland Railway's Joint Halesowen Railway line from Old Hill to Longbridge....
no passenger or freight trains since 1960s - KenilworthKenilworth railway stationKenilworth railway station on the Coventry to Leamington line was a railway station in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, opened in 1844 and closed in 1965 under the Beeching Axe, when the line was closed to passengers. Passenger services over the line restarted in the 1980s but the station was not...
closed in 1965, but Warwickshire County Council proposed building of new stationhttp://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/46631BFD7303D0878025763B004B2D62 - Kington
- LeekLeek, StaffordshireLeek is a market town in the county of Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet. It is an ancient borough and was granted its royal charter in 1214.It is the administrative centre for the Staffordshire Moorlands District Council...
- Market DraytonMarket DraytonMarket Drayton is a small market town in north Shropshire, England. It is on the River Tern, between Shrewsbury and Stoke-on-Trent, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" and earlier simply as "Drayton" ....
- Much WenlockMuch WenlockMuch Wenlock, earlier known as Wenlock, is a small town in central Shropshire, England. It is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the northeast, is the Ironbridge Gorge, and the new town of Telford...
- Newcastle-under-LymeNewcastle-under-Lyme railway stationNewcastle-under-Lyme railway station was a railway station that served the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1852.The station was located on King Street opposite the Borough Arms Hotel...
served by Stoke-on-Trent railway stationStoke-on-Trent railway stationStoke-on-Trent Railway Station is a main-line railway station in central England. It is located on the Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line and serves the Staffordshire city of Stoke-on-Trent... - NewportNewport railway station (Shropshire)Newport station was a railway station serving the Shropshire market town of Newport that was situated on the Stafford to Shrewsbury Line...
- OswestryOswestryOswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....
- Ross-on-WyeRoss-on-WyeRoss-on-Wye is a small market town with a population of 10,089 in southeastern Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean.-History:...
- SedgleySedgleySedgley is an urban village within the West Midlands county of England. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Sedgley was formerly an ancient manor composed of several smaller villages, including Gornal, Gospel End, Woodsetton, Ettingshall, Coseley and Brierley...
never had train service because of hilly terrain - Stourport-on-SevernStourport-on-SevernStourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster and down stream on the River Severn from Bewdley...
- WednesburyWednesburyWednesbury is a market town in England's Black Country, part of the Sandwell metropolitan borough in West Midlands, near the source of the River Tame. Similarly to the word Wednesday, it is pronounced .-Pre-Medieval and Medieval times:...
had two stations: Wednesbury CentralWednesbury Central railway stationWednesbury Central railway station was a major intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line. It was opened as Wednesbury in 1854 and was one of two stations serving Wednesbury in the West Midlands. It was renamed to Wednesbury Central in 1950...
and Wednesbury TownWednesbury Town railway stationWednesbury Town railway station was a station on the South Staffordshire Line.-History:It was opened in 1850. The station was built and served by the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became London, Midland and Scottish Railway...
, no passenger trains after 1972, but Midland MetroMidland MetroThe Midland Metro is a light-rail or tram line in the West Midlands of England between the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton via West Bromwich and Wednesbury. It is owned and promoted by Centro, and operated by West Midlands Travel Limited, a subsidiary of the National Express Group , under...
trams served latter since 1999 - West BromwichWest Bromwich railway stationWest Bromwich railway station was a major intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line. It opened in 1854 and served the town of West Bromwich in the English West Midlands...
- WillenhallWillenhallWillenhall is a town in the Black Country area of the West Midlands of England, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is situated between Wolverhampton and Walsall, historically in the county of Staffordshire...
had two stations: Willenhall Bilston StreetWillenhall Bilston Street railway stationWillenhall Bilston Street railway station was a station built on the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. It served the town of Willenhall, and was located just to the south of the town centre. It was one of two railway stations in the town - the other being Willenhall Stafford Street.The station closed...
and Willenhall Stafford StreetWillenhall Stafford Street railway stationWillenhall Stafford Street railway station was a station built by the Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway in 1872, and was operated by the Midland Railway from 1876 onwards. It served the town of Willenhall, and was located to the north of the town centre...
Yorkshire and the Humber
- BawtryBawtry railway stationBawtry railway station was situated to the east of the town of Bawtry, South Yorkshire, England on the Great Northern Railway main line between Retford and Doncaster.- History :...
- Cleckheaton CentralCleckheaton Central railway stationCleckheaton Central railway station was a railway station serving the West Yorkshire town of Cleckheaton, England, until it was closed in the Beeching era, which saw the closure of many minor lines and stations around the United Kingdom through the 1960s...
- DarfieldDarfield railway stationDarfield railway station was opened in 1840 by the North Midland Railway, serving the village of Darfield in South Yorkshire, England.The original station building was of typical Francis Thompson Italianate design...
(village, population 7,732) - DeepcarDeepcar railway stationDeepcar railway station, originally "Deep Car", is a disused railway station near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station, situated on the line built by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway, opened on 14 July 1845...
- EllandElland railway stationElland Railway Station served the town of Elland in West Yorkshire, England until 1962.Plans to re-open the station in 2000 were cancelled due to lack of funds....
- EpworthEpworth railway stationEpworth railway station was a station in Epworth, Lincolnshire.-References:...
- HeckmondwikeHeckmondwikeHeckmondwike is a small town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, which is located geographically at the centre of West Yorkshire, England, south west of Leeds. Close to Cleckheaton and Liversedge, it is part of Cleckheckmondsedge, a name invented by J.B. Priestley to represent a West Riding...
- HedonHedonHedon is a small town and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of Hull city centre. It lies to the north of the A1033 road at the crossroads of the B1240 and B1362 roads....
had 2 stations. 1) HedonHedon railway stationHedon railway station is a disused railway station on the North Eastern Railway's Hull and Holderness Railway on the northern edge of Hedon in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was opened by the York and North Midland Railway on 27 June 1854. The station was closed to passengers on 19...
& 2) Hedon RacecourseHedon Racecourse railway stationHedon Racecourse railway station is a disused railway station on the North Eastern Railway's Hull and Holderness Railway to the west of Hedon in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was opened by the York and North Midland Railway on 24 August 1888. The station was not timetabled and only...
. - HolmfirthHolmfirth railway stationHolmfirth railway station is a former railway station that served the town of Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, England.-History:The branch line to Holmfirth was built at the same time as the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway line from Huddersfield to Penistone, incorporated by act of...
- HornseaHornseaHornsea is a small seaside resort, town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail.-Overview:According to the 2001 UK Census, Hornsea parish had a population of 8,243....
had 2 stations. 1) Hornsea BridgeHornsea Bridge railway stationHornsea Bridge railway station was a station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway, and served the seaside town of Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.It opened on 28 March 1864, and closed following the Beeching Report on 19 October 1964....
& 2) Hornsea TownHornsea Town railway stationHornsea Town railway station was the terminus of the Hull and Hornsea Railway, and served the seaside town of Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.It opened on 28 March 1864, and was originally named just "Hornsea"...
. - MaltbyMaltby railway stationMaltby railway station was located on the South Yorkshire Joint Railway on the eastern edge of Maltby, South Yorkshire.The station was opened in 1910, built by the Great Central Railway , who operated the passenger service over the SYJR between and jointly with the Great Northern Railway...
- Market WeightonMarket Weighton railway stationMarket Weighton railway station was a railway station at the junction of the Selby to Driffield and York to Beverley lines. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the town of Market Weighton. The overall roof of the station was removed in 1947 and replaced with steel awnings. It closed on 27...
- OssettHorbury and Ossett railway stationHorbury and Ossett railway station formerly served the town of Horbury in West Yorkshire, England. It was located on the Manchester and Leeds Railway , which ran along the Calder valley establishing a key link between Liverpool and Manchester to the west, and Leeds, York and Hull to the east...
- OtleyOtley railway stationOtley railway station was a railway station serving the town of Otley in West Yorkshire, England. It was opened as a joint venture on the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway, constructed by the North Eastern Railway and the Midland Railway, on 1 February 1865. The station was closed on 22 March 1965...
- PickeringPickering, North YorkshirePickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. It sits at the foot of the Moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south...
served by Pickering stationPickering railway stationPickering railway station is the southern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and serves the town of Pickering in North Yorkshire, England.-Whitby and Pickering Railway :...
on North Yorkshire Moors RailwayNorth Yorkshire Moors RailwayThe North Yorkshire Moors Railway is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. First opened in 1836 as the Whitby and Pickering Railway, the railway was planned in 1831 by George Stephenson as a means of opening up trade routes inland from the then important seaport of Whitby. The line... - PocklingtonPocklington railway stationPocklington railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line that served the town of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened on 4 October 1847 and closed on 27 November 1965....
- Ripon
- RawmarshParkgate and Rawmarsh railway stationParkgate and Rawmarsh railway station, originally named Park Gate and Rawmarsh was situated in Parkgate, adjacent to the Park Gate Iron and Steel Company's works...
(village, population 18,210) - RichmondRichmond railway station (North Yorkshire)Richmond railway station was a railway station that served the town of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England.-History:Richmond station was the terminus of the now closed Eryholme-Richmond branch line....
- RothwellRothwell, West YorkshireRothwell is a market town on the River Dolphin in the south east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, situated between Oulton to the east, Belle Isle to the west, Woodlesford to the north east and Robin Hood to the south west. Swillington, Methley and Kippax are located...
(is served by WoodlesfordWoodlesford railway stationWoodlesford railway station serves Woodlesford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Hallam Line and the Pontefract Line.-Service:Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service to Leeds and an hourly service to Sheffield on the Hallam Line and hourly towards Knottingley on the Pontefract...
within boundaries of old Rothwell Urban District) - StocksbridgeStocksbridge platformStocksbridge platform was a small railway halt, the terminus of, and only railway station on the Stocksbridge Railway. The platform was a simple wooden affair, nothing more was needed to cater for the service provided....
- TadcasterTadcasterTadcaster is a market town and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. Lying on the Great North Road approximately east of Leeds and west of York. It is the last town on the River Wharfe before it joins the River Ouse about downstream...
- Wath-upon-DearneWath-upon-DearneWath-upon-Dearne is a small town on the south side of the Dearne Valley in the historic county of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, lying 5 miles north of Rotherham, almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It has a population...
had 3 stations. 1) Wath (Hull & BarnsleyWath (Hull and Barnsley) railway stationWath railway station was one of three railway stations in Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. It was the southern terminus of The Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway which became part of the Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1898 and was the southern terminus of a branch line from...
, 2) Wath CentralWath Central railway stationWath Central railway station was on the South Yorkshire Railway's Doncaster - Barnsley Exchange line. It was the closest of Wath-upon-Dearne's three railway stations to the town centre, lying immediately to its north-east, over the Dearne and Dove Canal bridge...
& 3 Wath NorthWath North railway stationWath North railway station was on the Midland Railway's Sheffield - Cudworth - Normanton - Leeds main line, serving the South Yorkshire town of Wath-upon-Dearne...
. - WetherbyWetherbyWetherby is a market town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Wharfe, and has been for centuries a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road, being mid-way between London and Edinburgh...
had 3 stations. 1) Wetherby (Linton Road)Wetherby (Linton Road) railway stationWetherby railway station was first built on the London and North Eastern Railway Harrogate to Church Fenton Line and the station was situated on Linton Road. This station replaced the earlier station on York Road...
, 2) Wetherby (York Road)Wetherby (York Road) railway stationWetherby railway station was first built on the York and West Midland Railway Company's Harrogate to Church Fenton Line and the station was situated on York Road...
& 3) Wetherby RacecourseWetherby Racecourse railway stationWetherby Racecourse railway station was a railway station serving Wetherby Racecourse in Wetherby, West Yorkshire.When Wetherby's original station on York Road closed in 1902, for two decades the only rail access was via Wetherby's new station on Linton Road...
. - WithernseaWithernsea railway stationWithernsea railway station is a disused railway station that was the terminus of the North Eastern Railway's Hull and Holderness Railway in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was opened by the York and North Midland Railway on 27 June 1854. The station was closed to passengers on 19...
North of Scotland
- AberfeldyAberfeldy railway stationAberfeldy railway station served the village of Aberfeldy in Scotland. The station was the terminus of the branch line from Ballinluig. The station had a very uneventful history, the other main dates being the line from Ballinluig being closed to freight in March 1965, and then passengers in May...
- AberfoyleAberfoyle railway stationAberfoyle railway station served the village of Aberfoyle in Scotland. The station had a very uneventful history,-History:Opened by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway, and absorbed into the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923...
- AlythAlyth railway stationAlyth railway station served the village of Alyth in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was the terminus of a branch line from Alyth Junction on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.-History:...
- AuchterarderAuchterarder railway stationAuchterarder railway station served the village of Auchterarder near Gleneagles in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.-History:Opened by the Scottish Central Railway, then by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923...
- BanchoryBanchoryBanchory is a burgh or town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, lying approximately 18 miles west of Aberdeen, near where the Feugh River meets the River Dee.- Overview :...
- BanffBanff Bridge railway stationBanff Bridge railway station was a railway station in Banff Bridge, Banff, Aberdeenshire. It was the penultimate stop on a branch line from Inveramsay to Macduff.Another branch from Tillynaught railway station terminated at a separate station in Banff....
- BlairgowrieBlairgowrie and RattrayBlairgowrie and Rattray and Raitear is possibly from an English language cognate of Gaelic ràth, meaning fortress + a Pictish term cognate with Welsh tref, meaning settlement) is a twin burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Amongst locals, the town is colloquially known simply as "Blair"...
- BraemarBraemarBraemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee sitting at an altitude of ....
- BrechinBrechin City railway stationBrechin is a station in Angus, on the Caledonian Railway line.-History:-Sources:*...
- BuckieBuckieBuckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Buckie was the largest town in Banffshire by some thousands of inhabitants before regionalisation in 1975 removed that political division from the map of Scotland...
- Coupar Angus
- Crieff, PerthshireCrieff railway stationCrieff was a junction railway station at Crieff, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was where the Crieff Junction Railway, Crieff & Methven Railway and the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway met....
- Forfar
- Fort AugustusFort AugustusFort Augustus is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness. The village has a population of around 646 ; its economy is heavily reliant on tourism....
- FraserburghFraserburgh railway stationFraserburgh railway station is a former railway station that once served the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. It formed a junction where two lines met, the main line from the south terminated here, where it was joined by a small coastal branch line from St Combs . It is now closed, and the site...
- Grantown-on-Spey
- KirriemuirKirriemuirKirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie, is a burgh in Angus, Scotland.-History:The history of Kirriemuir extends to the early historical period and it appears to have been a centre of some ecclesiastical importance...
- Lossiemouth
- PeterheadPeterhead railway stationFor the railway station in Adelaide, Australia, see Peterhead railway station, Adelaide.Peterhead railway station was a railway station in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire....
Central Scotland (including Argyll)
- AberfoyleAberfoyle railway stationAberfoyle railway station served the village of Aberfoyle in Scotland. The station had a very uneventful history,-History:Opened by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway, and absorbed into the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923...
- AirthAirthAirth is a Royal Burgh, village, former trading port and civil parish in Falkirk, Scotland. It is north of Falkirk town and sits on the banks of the River Forth. Airth lies on the A905 road between Grangemouth and Stirling and is overlooked by Airth Castle, the village retains two market crosses...
- AlvaAlva- People :*A. Shanker Alva , Indian politician and lawyer*Bartolomé de Alva , Novohispanic mestizo secular priest and Nahuatl translator*Jeevaraj Alva , Indian politician...
- BalfronBalfron railway stationBalfron railway station served the village of Balfron in Scotland. The station was served by trains on the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway and the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.-History:...
- BalmoreBalmoreBalmore is a hamlet in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, located 1 km West of Torrance and 5 km East of Milngavie....
- BeithBeith Town railway stationBeith Town railway station was a railway station serving the town of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.- History :...
served by - CallanderCallander railway stationCallander was a railway station located in Callander, Stirling .- History :This station opened on 1 June 1870 along with the first section of the Callander and Oban Railway, between Callander and Glenoglehead...
- CampbeltownCampbeltownCampbeltown is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran , it was renamed in the 17th century as Campbell's Town after Archibald Campbell was granted the site in 1667...
- ChapelhallChapelhallChapelhall is a village outside the town of Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. However, with house building this distinction between Airdrie and Chapelhall is being eroded...
served by - ClackmannanClackmannan, ClackmannanshireClackmannan , is a small town set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is south-east of Alloa and south of Tillicoultry...
served by - DalkeithDalkeithDalkeith is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the River North Esk. It was granted a burgh of barony in 1401 and a burgh of regality in 1540...
would be served by Eskbank station on proposed Waverley Railway line http://www.waverleyrailwayproject.co.uk/route/ - Dollar served by
- DouneDoune railway stationDoune was a railway station located in Doune, Stirling .The station was rebuilt in typical Caledonian Railway style in the early 1900s after the completion of the Callander and Oban Railway in 1880. It closed on 5 November 1965 and was demolished around 1968. The site was used by a timber merchant...
- DunoonDunoonDunoon is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde to the south of Holy Loch and to the west of Gourock.-Waterfront:...
connecting ferry service to station - East LintonEast LintonEast Linton is a town in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the River Tyne and A199 road five miles east of Haddington, with a population of 1,774...
- ErskineErskineErskine is a town in the council area of Renfrewshire, and historic county of the same name, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.It lies on the southern bank of the River Clyde, providing the lowest crossing to the north bank of the river at Erskine Bridge connecting the town to Old Kilpatrick...
only Scottish New TownNew towns in the United KingdomBelow is a list of some of the new towns in the United Kingdom created under the various New Town Acts of the 20th century. Some earlier towns were developed as Garden Cities or overspill estates early in the twentieth century. The New Towns proper were planned to disperse population following the...
with no station, served by - FintryFintryFintry is a small village in central Scotland, nestled in the strath of the Endrick Water between the Campsie Fells and the Fintry Hills, some 19 miles north of Glasgow. It is within the local government council area of Stirling...
- GrangemouthGrangemouthGrangemouth is a town and former burgh in the council area of Falkirk, Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk, west of Bo'ness and south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the 2001...
served by - HaddingtonHaddington, East LothianThe Royal Burgh of Haddington is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which was known officially as Haddingtonshire before 1921. It lies about east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the 6th...
- InverarayInverarayInveraray is a royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the western shore of Loch Fyne, near its head, and on the A83 road. It is the traditional county town of Argyll and ancestral home to the Duke of Argyll.-Coat of arms:...
- KilbirnieKilbirnieKilbirnie is a small town of 7280 inhabitants situated in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland...
- KillearnKillearnKillearn is a small village of approximately 1700 people in the Stirling council area of Scotland. The village name stems from the Gaelic Cill Earnain, meaning Ernan's Church; the Ernan in question presumably being one of the canonised individuals of that name who were both relatives and followers...
- KillinKillin railway stationKillin railway station was a railway station located at Killin, Stirling .- History :Opened on 1 April 1886, the station comprised a single platform on the west side of the line...
- Kilsyth served by
- KincardineKincardineKincardine or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small town located on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a Burgh of barony in 1663. It was at one time a reasonably prosperous minor port...
- KinrossKinrossKinross is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was formerly the county town of Kinross-shire.Kinross is a fairly small town, with some attractive buildings...
- KippenKippenKippen is a small village approximately west of the city of Stirling, Scotland. It lies between the Gargunnock and Fintry hills and overlooks the strath of the River Forth. The name is believed to come from Scottish Gaelic, ceapan, meaning "place of the little stump", "outcrop" or "block". The...
- KirkintillochKirkintilloch railway stationKirkintilloch railway station served part of Kirkintilloch in Scotland. The station was constructed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, which became part of the North British Railway.-History:...
served by - LevenLeven, FifeLeven is a seaside town in Fife, set in the east Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the coast of the Firth of Forth at the mouth of the River Leven, north-east of Kirkcaldy and east of Glenrothes....
- LennoxtownLennoxtownLennoxtown is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland at the foot of the Campsie Fells, which are just to the north.It is now part of the East Dunbartonshire council area but prior to 1975 was in the county of Stirling....
- Linwood, Renfrewshire
- LochgilpheadLochgilpheadLochgilphead is a town and former burgh in Scotland, with a population of around 3,000 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute. The town lies at the end of Loch Gilp and lies on the banks of the Crinan Canal....
- MenstrieMenstrieMenstrie is a village in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland, UK. It is about 5 miles east-north-east of Stirling...
served by - Milton of CampsieMilton of CampsieMilton of Campsie is a small village situated in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland roughly 10 miles north of Glasgow. Nestling at the foot of the Campsie Fells, it is neighboured by Kirkintilloch and Lennoxtown...
- PenicuikPenicuikPenicuik is a burgh and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River North Esk. The town was developed as a planned village in 1770 by Sir James Clerk of Penicuik. It became a burgh in 1867. The town was well known for its paper mills, the last of which closed in 2005....
- RenfrewRenfrew-Local government:The town of Renfrew gave its name to a number of local government areas used at various times:*Renfrew a town to the west of Glasgow*Renfrewshire, the present unitary local council area in which Renfrew is situatated....
- StrathavenStrathaven North railway stationStrathaven North railway station was a railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.- History :The line itself was primarily built by iron and coal masters such as William Dixon of the Govan Ironworks to serve the coalmines in the Hamilton, High Blantyre, Meikle Earnock and Quarter areas as well...
- StrathblaneStrathblaneStrathblane is a village and parish in the registration county of Stirlingshire, situated in the southwestern part of the Stirling council area, in central Scotland. It lies at the foothills of the Campsie Fells and the Kilpatrick Hills on the Blane Water, north of Glasgow, east-southeast of...
- St AndrewsSt AndrewsSt Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
served by - TillicoultryTillicoultryTillicoultry...
served by - TorranceTorrance, East DunbartonshireTorrance is a village in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, located 8 miles north of the Glasgow city centre, the name of which comes from the Gaelic An Toran which means 'under the hills'. Torrance used to mainly consist of farmland, but in 2001 had a population of 2,480 and this is expected to have...
South of Scotland
- Castle DouglasCastle DouglasCastle Douglas , a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway, lies in the eastern part of Galloway known as the Stewartry, between the towns of Dalbeattie and Gatehouse of Fleet.-History:...
- DalbeattieDalbeattieDalbeattie is a town in Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland.Dalbeattie is situated in a wooded valley on the Urr Water east of Castle Douglas and south west of Dumfries...
- DunsDunsDuns is the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders.-Early history:Duns law, the original site of the town of Duns, has the remains of an Iron Age hillfort at its summit...
- EyemouthEyemouthEyemouth , historically spelt Aymouth, is a small town and civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is east of the main north-south A1 road and just north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It has a population of circa 3,420 people .The town's name comes from its location at...
- GalashielsGalashielsGalashiels is a burgh in the Scottish Borders, on the Gala Water river. The name is often shortened to "Gala" .Galashiels is a major commercial centre for the Scottish Borders...
on proposed Waverley Railway http://www.waverleyrailwayproject.co.uk/route/ - Gatehouse of FleetGatehouse of FleetGatehouse of Fleet is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which has existed since the mid-18th century, although the area has been inhabited since much earlier...
- HawickHawickHawick is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is...
- JedburghJedburghJedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.-Location:Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, it is only ten miles from the border with England and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey...
- Kelso
- Kirkcudbright
- MauchlineMauchlineMauchline is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a recorded population of 4105. It lies by the Glasgow and South Western Railway line, 8 miles east-southeast of Kilmarnock and 11 miles northeast of Ayr. It is situated on a gentle slope about 1 mile from the River Ayr,...
- MelroseMelrose, ScotlandMelrose is a small town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It is in the Eildon committee area.-Etymology:...
- MoffatMoffatMoffat is a former burgh and spa town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, lying on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. The most notable building in the town is the Moffat House Hotel, designed by John Adam...
- Newton StewartNewton StewartNewton Stewart is a burgh town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire....
- PeeblesPeeblesPeebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 8,159.-History:...
- PortpatrickPortpatrickPortpatrick is a village hanging on to the extreme south-westerly tip of mainland Scotland, cut into a cleft in steep cliffs.Dating back historically some 500 years, and built adjacent to the ruins of nearby Dunskey Castle, its position on the Rhins of Galloway affords visitors views of the...
- RoxburghRoxburghRoxburgh , also known as Rosbroch, is a village, civil parish and now-destroyed royal burgh. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland...
- Selkirk
- WigtownWigtownWigtown is a town and former royal burgh in the Machars of Galloway in the south west of Scotland. It lies south of Newton Stewart and east of Stranraer. It has a population of about 1,000...
Towns on islands with no railway service
- BowmoreBowmoreBowmore Bowmore Bowmore (Scottish Gaelic: Bogh Mòr is a village on the Scottish island of Islay and serves as administrative capital of the island. It gives its name to the famous distillery producing Bowmore Single Malt, a single malt scotch whisky.-History:...
- Brodick
- KirkwallKirkwallKirkwall is the biggest town and capital of Orkney, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046 when it is recorded as the residence of Rögnvald Brusason the Earl of Orkney, who was killed by his uncle Thorfinn the Mighty...
- LerwickLerwickLerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Scotland on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland...
- Millport
- PortreePortreePortree is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the Island, Portree High school. Public transport services are limited to buses....
- RothesayRothesay, Argyll and ButeThe town of Rothesay is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay which offers an onward rail link to Glasgow. At the centre of the town is Rothesay Castle, a ruined castle which dates back to the 13th...
connecting ferry service to Wemyss Bay station - Stornoway
- StromnessStromnessStromness is the second-biggest town in Orkney, Scotland. It is in the south-west of Mainland Orkney. It is also a parish, with the town of Stromness as its capital.-Etymology:...
- Tobermory
Wales
- AberaeronAberaeronAberaeron |Aeron]] being a Welsh god of war) is a seaside resort town in Ceredigion, Wales. Situated between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, it is home to the headquarters of Ceredigion County Council. The population was 1520 in 2001.-History and design:...
closed 1951 - AbertilleryAbertilleryAbertillery is a town in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, north-west of Newport, originally on the Great Western Railway. Its population rose steeply during the period of mining development in South Wales, being 10,846 in the 1891 census and 21,945 ten years later...
town would be served by Aberbeeg railway stationAberbeeg railway stationAberbeeg railway station served the village of Aberbeeg in Monmouthshire. It was the junction where the lines from Newport to Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale divided.-History:...
according to part of Ebbw Valley Railway proposal - AmlwchAmlwchAmlwch is the most northerly town in Wales. It is situated on the north coast of the Isle of Anglesey, on the A5025 which connects it to Holyhead and to Menai Bridge. The town has no beach, but it has impressive coastal cliffs. Tourism is an important element of the local economy. At one time it...
- BalaBala, GwyneddBala is a market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales, and formerly an urban district of the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies at the north end of Bala Lake , 17 miles north-east of Dolgellau, with a population of 1,980...
- Bethesda
- BreconBreconBrecon is a long-established market town and community in southern Powys, Mid Wales, with a population of 7,901. It was the county town of the historic county of Brecknockshire; although its role as such was eclipsed with the formation of Powys, it remains an important local centre...
- CaernarfonCaernarfonCaernarfon is a Royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,611. It lies along the A487 road, on the east banks of the Menai Straits, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is to the northeast, while Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and southeast...
- CardiganCardigan, CeredigionCardigan is a town in the county of Ceredigion in Mid Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Teifi at the point where Ceredigion meets Pembrokeshire. It was the county town of the pre-1974 county of Cardiganshire. It is the second largest town in Ceredigion. The town's population was 4,203...
- Connah's QuayConnah's QuayConnah's Quay is the largest town in Flintshire, North Wales, lying on the River Dee, near the border with England. It can be accessed by road from the A550, by rail from the nearby Shotton station and also lies on the National Cycle Network Route 5. It is situated near the region's industrial...
- CowbridgeCowbridgeCowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, approximately west of Cardiff. Cowbridge is twinned with Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique department in northwestern France.-Roman times:...
- CorwenCorwenCorwen is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales; it was previously part of the county of Meirionnydd). Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains. The town is situated west of Llangollen and south of Ruthin...
- DenbighDenbighDenbigh is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Before 1888, it was the county town of Denbighshire. Denbigh lies 8 miles to the north west of Ruthin and to the south of St Asaph. It is about 13 miles from the seaside resort of Rhyl. The town grew around the glove-making industry...
- DolgellauDolgellauDolgellau is a market town in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It was the county town of the former county of Merionethshire .-History and economy:...
- Hay-on-WyeHay-on-WyeHay-on-Wye , often described as "the town of books", is a small market town and community in Powys, Wales.-Location:The town lies on the east bank of the River Wye and is within the Brecon Beacons National Park, just north of the Black Mountains...
- HolywellHolywellHolywell is the fifth largest town in Flintshire, North Wales, lying to the west of the estuary of the River Dee.-History:The market town of Holywell takes its name from the St Winefride's Well, a holy well surrounded by a chapel...
- LampeterLampeterLampeter is a town in Ceredigion, South West Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Teifi and the Afon Dulas.-Demographics:At the 2001 National Census, the population was 2894. Lampeter is therefore the smallest university town in both Wales and the United Kingdom...
closed 1965, one of few university towns with no railway - Laugharne
- LlandysulLlandysulLlandysul is a small town in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. The community of Pont Tyweli lies directly across the Teifi River in Carmarthenshire. It is in the valley of the River Teifi and is visited for its fishing and canoeing....
- Llanfair CaereinionLlanfair CaereinionLlanfair Caereinion is a small town in Powys, east central Wales upon the River Banwy , around 6 miles west of Welshpool....
but Welshpool and Llanfair Light RailwayWelshpool and Llanfair Light RailwayThe Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales. The line is around long and runs westwards from the town of Welshpool via Castle Caereinion to the village of Llanfair Caereinion. The track gauge is ....
begins in town and continues to WelshpoolWelshpoolWelshpool is a town in Powys, Wales, or ancient county Montgomeryshire, from the Wales-England border. The town is low-lying on the River Severn; the Welsh language name Y Trallwng literally meaning 'the marshy or sinking land'...
, where there is mainline railway station - LlanfyllinLlanfyllinLlanfyllin is a small town in Powys, Mid Wales, United Kingdom.- Location, history and amenities :Llanfyllin's population at the date of the 2001 Census was 1,407. The town lies on the River Cain by the Berwyn Mountains in Montgomeryshire. It is known for its holy well, dedicated to Saint Myllin....
- LlangefniLlangefniLlangefni is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, the population of Llangefni was 4,662 people and it is the second largest settlement on the island...
- LlangollenLlangollenLlangollen is a small town and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains. It has a population of 3,412.-History:...
- LlanidloesLlanidloesLlanidloes is a town along the A470 road and B4518 road in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire , Mid Wales.It is the first town on the River Severn...
- MoldMold, FlintshireMold is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the administrative seat of Flintshire County Council, and was also the county town of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996...
- MonmouthMonmouthMonmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is situated close to the border with England, where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both....
- MontgomeryMontgomery, PowysThe historic county town of Montgomery in Powys, Wales lies just three miles from the English border in the Welsh Marches. It is best known for its castle, Montgomery Castle, begun in 1223, and its parish church, begun in 1227. However its origins go back much further, as seen by the Celtic Iron...
- NefynNefynNefyn is a small town and community on the north west coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 2,619. Welsh is the first language of almost 80% of its inhabitants. The A497 road terminates in the town centre.-History:...
- New QuayNew QuayNew Quay is a seaside town in Ceredigion, West Wales with a resident population of around 1,200 people. Located on Cardigan Bay with a harbour and large sandy beaches, it remains a popular seaside resort and traditional fishing town.-History:...
never had a train service - Newcastle EmlynNewcastle EmlynNewcastle Emlyn is a town straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in west Wales and lying on the River Teifi.Adpar is the part of the town that lies on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi...
closed for passengers 1952, freight 1973 - Newport (Pembrokeshire)Newport, PembrokeshireNewport is a town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying on the River Nevern in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.- History :The town was founded by the Norman William FitzMartin about 1197...
- PresteignePresteignePresteigne is a town and community in Powys, Wales. It was the county town of the historic county of Radnorshire, and is in the Diocese of Hereford...
- RhayaderRhayaderRhayader is a market town and community in Powys, Mid Wales. It has a population of 2,075, and is the first town on the banks of the River Wye, from its source on the Plynlimon range of the Cambrian Mountains....
- RhuddlanRhuddlanRhuddlan is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire , in north Wales. It is situated to the south of the coastal town of Rhyl and overlooks the River Clwyd. The town gave its name to the Welsh district of Rhuddlan from 1974 to 1996...
- RuthinRuthinRuthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...
- St AsaphSt AsaphSt Asaph is a town and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 3,491.The town of St Asaph is surrounded by countryside and views of the Vale of Clwyd. It is situated close to a number of busy coastal towns such as Rhyl, Prestatyn, Abergele,...
- St ClearsSt ClearsSt Clears is a small town on the River Tâf in Carmarthenshire, Wales. According to the 2001 UK census, it has a population of 2,820 people, most of whom are Welsh-speaking, although there is a marked difference between the southern and northern ends of the town in percentage terms.-History:The...
through which trains have not stopped since 1960s, but local campaign group is attempting to persuade Network RailNetwork RailNetwork Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...
to reopen the station - St David'sSt David'sSt Davids , is a city and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Lying on the River Alun on St David's Peninsula, it is Britain's smallest city in terms of both size and population, the final resting place of Saint David, the country's patron saint, and the de facto ecclesiastical capital of...
- TalgarthTalgarthTalgarth is a small market town and community in southern Powys , Mid Wales, with a population of 1,645. Notable buildings in the town include its 14th-century parish church and 13th century Pele Tower, located in the town centre, now home to the Tourist Information and Resource Centre...
- TregaronTregaronTregaron is a market town in the county of Ceredigion, Wales, lying on the River Brenig , a tributary of the River Teifi. The town is twinned with Plouvien, in Finistere, France. According to the 2001 Census, Tregaron's population was 1,183, of whom 68.8% spoke Welsh fluently.-History:Tregaron...
- UskUskUsk is a small town in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated 10 miles northeast of Newport.The River Usk flows through the town and is spanned by an ancient, arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. A castle above the town overlooks the ancient Anglo-Welsh border crossing - the river can...
- YstradgynlaisYstradgynlaisYstradgynlais is a town on the River Tawe in south west Powys; it is the second largest town in Powys, Wales. The town grew around the iron-making, coal-mining and watch-making industries....
Channel Islands and Isle of Man
These islands are geographically and culturally British, but legally and constitutionally, they are not part of the United Kingdom. Tourist railways remain on the Isle of Man and Alderney, but Jersey lost its two railway systems in the 1930s, and Guernsey never had a regular passenger rail service.See also
- List of closed railway stations in Britain
- Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail NetworkConnecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail NetworkConnecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network is a 2009 report by the Association of Train Operating Companies identifying potential expansion of the National Rail passenger railway network in England, primarily through the construction or re-opening of railway lines for passenger...
, a 2009 report from ATOC detailing 40 commercially viable sites in England for new or re-opened stations