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What is the only train station named after a book?

Here's a few things worth knowing about Waverley Station! First of all, it's the world's only railway station named after a work of literature. Waverley was the first prose novel published by Walter Scott, who followed it up with a series of similar stories which became, collectively, the Waverley Novels.



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Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, England, is the world's oldest station.

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Wales' longest station name: How it got its name, and what it means. TAKE a deep breath and say it with me: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. No, I didn't just drop something on the keyboard, that is the actual name of a train station in Anglesey, serving the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

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The deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern line, which runs down to 58.5 metres. 15. In Central London the deepest station below street level is also the Northern line.

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The Stourbridge Town branch line is a 0.8-mile (1.3 km) railway branch line, in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It is the shortest line in Britain, and can also be defined as the shortest line in Europe. A Parry People Mover approaching Stourbridge Town station.

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Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, England, is the world's oldest station. It was first used on September 15, 1830 and was finally closed on September 30, 1975. Part of the original station is now a museum.

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NB Its worth noting that Campbelltown on the Mull of Kintyre is the town in the UK furthest away (by road) from a railway station, at well over a hundred miles from stations on the railway north of Glasgow.

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The Gare du Nord in Paris is the busiest train station in Europe, and the world outside Japan. It is estimated that approximately 214.2 million passengers go through the station each year.

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These are the 10 least used railway stations in Great Britain
  • Kildonan – 76 entries and exits.
  • Reddish South – 94 entries and exits. ...
  • Golf Street – 104 entries and exits. ...
  • Havenhouse – 106 entries and exits. ...
  • Buckenham – 122 entries and exits. ...
  • Stanlow & Thornton AND Elton & Orston – 128 entries and exits each. ...


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TAKE a deep breath and say it with me: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. No, I didn't just drop something on the keyboard, that is the actual name of a train station in Anglesey, serving the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

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The Glacier Express is known as the slowest express train in the world. As St. Moritz and Zermatt are home to two well-known mountains, the Glacier Express is also said to travel from Matterhorn to Piz Bernina.

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The Glacier Express is the world's slowest train, taking more than eight hours to travel between Zermatt and St. Moritz in Switzerland at an average of 18mph. Along the way, it passes over nearly 300 bridges, travels through 91 tunnels and takes in endless stunning Alpine views.

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The Glacier Express is known as the slowest express train in the world.

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At 408 metres above sea level, Corrour Station in the West Highlands is the highest, most remote train station in the UK and if it looks familiar, this might be why! Located on the famous West Highland Line, at the end of Rannoch Moor, the Corrour Estate draws walkers out to this remote spot to explore the wilderness.

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Where Are The Main Train Stations in England? There are 2,576 passenger train stations in England.

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