Re: Never served by rail

On 30 Sep, 18:11, billetelic_ferroequinolog...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sep 30, 3:03 pm, "Richard Hunt" <rh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was looking at some old maps the other day, and noticed how even most
small towns were once served by rail. I wondered whether anyone knew
which was the largest town in mainland GB never served by rail.

Richard Hunt

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A few spring to mind:

Ullapool
Shaftesbury
Torpoint
Salcombe
Mere
Waterlooville and Horndean
Biggin Hill
West Mersea (although this is on Mersea Island)
Hindhead
Rothwell (Northants) - was a long way from Desborough and Rothwell
station which purported to serve it
Braemar

Of these, I'd nominate Waterlooville/Horndean as the largest.

Before I went away to look at a map, I would have highlighted
Ullapool- not sure how big it is, but as the main port for much of the
Western Isles, I'd imagine that there must have been a scheme at some
point to connect it to the Highland Railway.

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