Re: Never served by rail


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On Sep 30, 6:20 pm, "David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk>
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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.
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.

Depends, of course, on what you mean by "served by rail". Remember the
Portsdown and Horndean Light Railway?
--
David Biddulph
Now resident in Waterlooville/ Horndean- Hide quoted text -

A similar argument could be used about Skelmersdale,
although a station of this name did exist on the Ormskirk - Rainford
line (closed 5/11/56). I don't know that area well but I'd guess that
the New Town was built from the late 50s onwards, so might have been
served for a brief time.


No. With wonderful planning typical of many UK Governments, they closed the
railway just before the new town was developed. An electrified Ormskirk -
Skelmersdale line would have proved useful today, although it might have
been desirable to add a branch to serve some of the newer areas of the town.

Bevan


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