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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Brimstone
Date: Jul 9, 2008 02:23

Tony Dragon wrote:
> Brimstone wrote:
>> John Wright wrote:
>>> Mike Barnes wrote:
>>>> In uk.transport, Steve Firth wrote:
>>>>> Or there was High Lane station in Cheshire
>>>> There isn't a High Lane station. You're probably thinking of
>>>> Middlewood Station.
>>>>
>>>>> which was a mile from High
>>>>> Lane as the crow flies,
>>>> Actually it's only just over half a mile from the centre of High
>>>> Lane.
>>>>> but a three mile walk from High Lane.
>>>> In reality it's well under a mile on foot. But why let facts get in
>>>> the way of a good rant, eh?
>>>>
>>>>> Again,
>>>>> where's the point in that?
>>>> You forgot the best bit: You can't drive there! How stupid is that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Middlewood Station, as its correct name implies, is principally
>>>> used for access to the Middlewood Way, a walking and cycling path
>>>> (also horse- riding, but that's of little interest to rail users I
>>>> imagine). This pattern of use is reflected in the timetable: most
>>>> weekday trains don't stop there.
>>>>
>>>> Middlewood Way was created from a disused railway line, and the
>>>> station was built at the crossing for obvious reasons.
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlewood_railway_station
>>> At a guess I would say that station is unique in having no vehicular
>>> access.
>>
>>
>> Your guess would be wrong, although not by much.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berney_Arms_railway_station
>>
>> http://www.talyllyn.co.uk/stations.html#NantGwernol
>>
>> http://www.bluebellrailway.co.uk/bluebell/access.html Kingscote Stn
>> has no road access
>>
>> There a few others but they're on miniature railways.
>>
>>
> You forgot 'Smallbrook Junction' on the Isle of Wight.

No, I did't forget it. I simply didn't find it it a brief Google search.
But, thank you for the addition. :-)
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