HOW MANY EXACTLY? NOT AS SIMPLE A QUESTION AS IT MIGHT SEEM...

摘要

THE question as to exactly how many main line stations there are in Britain is not particularly straightforward. Lichfield Trent Valley, Tarn worth, Willesden Junction, Shotton, Liskeard, Glasgow Queen Street, Glasgow Central, Liverpool Lime Street, Liverpool Central and Moorfields, although listed as one, are in fact two separate stations from different origins and former railway companies, but National Rail and the TOCs combine them for administrative and management purposes. Also, during the time of my project, Barlaston, Wedgwood, Norton Bridge and Newhaven Marine, while on the National Rail database, were all inaccessible to passengers. The first two had been 'temporarily' closed on May 23,2004 to accommodate upgrade work on the West Coast Main Line and never reopened, but they were still extant, and it was possible to stand on the platform ramp to photograph them.