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please empty your brain below

First letter different:

Cottingham, Nottingham, Mottingham

dg writes: Mottingham added, thanks.

NLW | 20.07.17 - 7:02 a.m. | #

Shouldn't Buxton/Cuxton be under First Letter Different.

dg writes: Shifted, thanks.

Anon | 20.07.17 - 7:12 a.m. | #

Dalston (London) and Dalston (Cumbria).

dg writes: London has no station called plain 'Dalston'.

Sprout Eater | 20.07.17 - 7:15 a.m. | #

Queens Park (Glasgow) and Queens Park (London). I once bought a ticket between the two, though probably got off one stop early at Pollokshields East.

Par and Partick.

dg writes: Added, thanks.

martin | 20.07.17 - 7:22 a.m. | #

actually, speaking of Glasgow's similar stations, there's a Pollokshields East and West and a Pollokshaws East and West.

Honourable mention for Hillington East and West and Hillingdon tube?

dg writes: Tube stations are not included

martin | 20.07.17 - 7:26 a.m. | #

Nearly sound the same:
Pollockshaws East / Pollockshields East
Pollockshaws West / Pollockshields West

dg writes: Unexpectedly close, but not the same.

Stephen | 20.07.17 - 7:28 a.m. | #

If the Leigh you are thinking about is the one in Kent is is pronounced Lye, which of course does mean that there is a different homonym.

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Robert Butlin | 20.07.17 - 7:29 a.m. | #

Guilford / Ilford?

dg writes: Guildford isn't spelt like that.

London Cyclist | 20.07.17 - 7:32 a.m. | #

I now have the urge to go and buy a ticket between some of these stations just to see tge confusion it causes!

Jon Combe | 20.07.17 - 7:34 a.m. | #

This all seems very familiar.

Geofftech | 20.07.17 - 7:39 a.m. | #

Almost sound the same - Newark Castle/ Newcastle.

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Look the same but sound different - Gillingham (Kent) and Gillingham (Dorset)

@Robert Butlin - There is Lee in SE London and Lye in Kent. Not sure which one rhymes with Leigh (Kent).

There is also Leigh-on-Sea, Lea Bridge, and the closed Leigh in Lancashire.

Berwick (Sussex) and Berwick on Tweed
Shoreham (Kent) and Shoreham on Sea

dg writes: I have no list for these.

timbo | 20.07.17 - 7:41 a.m. | #

Walthamstow Queens Road, Queen's Road Peckham

Cardiff Queen Street, Glasgow Queen Street

dg writes: I have no list for these.

martin | 20.07.17 - 7:42 a.m. | #

Lye (West Midlands) and Leigh (Kent) are pronounced the same. Lee (Greater London) and Leigh (Greater Manchester) are pronounced the same.

dg writes: Leigh (Greater Manchester) closed in 1969.

Robert Butlin | 20.07.17 - 7:50 a.m. | #

@ Timbo. There isn't a Lye in Kent, just the homonym Leigh.

Robert Butlin | 20.07.17 - 7:52 a.m. | #

Are Hampton Court and Hampton in Arden near enough to be included somewhere?

dg writes: No. A list of "quite similar" stations would be really long.

Tony Martin | 20.07.17 - 7:56 a.m. | #

I can't believe you wrote this post only 2 days after a post complaining about pedantry. I'm starting to think you secretly love it ;)

It could be much worse - in Germany there are 14 stations simply called "Neustadt", and 8 more with "Neustadt" in the name.

Jonathan | 20.07.17 - 7:57 a.m. | #

Anagrams:
Aldrington, Darlington
Bridgeton, Tonbridge
Dalreoch, Rochdale

dg writes: Fabulous, thanks.

Joachim | 20.07.17 - 8:29 a.m. | #

Burnham and Barnham?

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Rich (not that one, the other one) | 20.07.17 - 8:37 a.m. | #

Oh Marion, you have excelled yourself today.

b | 20.07.17 - 8:59 a.m. | #

Bangor (Gwynedd) and Bangor (NI) (for which tickets can, I think, be purchased in NR stations?)

dg writes: Stations in Northern Ireland are not included.

Jim | 20.07.17 - 9:03 a.m. | #

So would Ashford (surrey) and Ashford international not count on account of their suffixes?

dg writes: That's precisely the example I gave.

louise | 20.07.17 - 9:09 a.m. | #

Midgham / Mitcham

There is no National Rail station called just Mitcham. (But there is a Tramlink stop by that name).

dg writes: Deleted, thanks.

Andy c | 20.07.17 - 9:13 a.m. | #

I only recently heard of Leigh being pronounced Lie, when my uncle took me for lunch at The Seven Stars at Leigh, near Dorking. (Highly recommended, btw).

Previously in all my life I'd only ever heard Lee.

Joho

Joho | 20.07.17 - 9:18 a.m. | #

There are actually three stations called Whitchurch, uniquely. As well as the Shropshire and Hampshire ones you have identified, there is also a suburban station in Cardiff http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/WHT.aspx.

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Political Animal | Homepage | 20.07.17 - 9:28 a.m. | #

I couldn't find any more anagrams.

Wolf | 20.07.17 - 9:30 a.m. | #

Crowdsourced lists are the best lists.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 20.07.17 - 9:44 a.m. | #

Whitton & Witton stations?

dg writes: Added, thanks.

MarcB | 20.07.17 - 9:49 a.m. | #

extra letters - Preston/Preston Park?

Cian | Homepage | 20.07.17 - 10:14 a.m. | #

Oh, ignore that, I didn't read the one word bit... first comment and I mess it up.

Cian | 20.07.17 - 10:15 a.m. | #

Extra letters on the end - Welling-ton: Battle-sbridge

dg writes: Added, thanks.

The "two letters different" list would include not only all the east/west pairs but the nOrTH/sOuTH ones as well, so it would be very long. But there are Appledore and Appleford

One of the railway magazines recently highlighted that one of the St Margarets stations was displaying a map showing the local facilities near the other one. It managed to confuse the issue further by placing the stations in Essex and Surrey (both wrong)

timbo | 20.07.17 - 10:23 a.m. | #

Amberley / Camberley
Fareham / Farnham

dg writes: Added, thanks.

michaelH | 20.07.17 - 10:35 a.m. | #

Bosham is pronounced Bozzham and Cosham is pronounced cosh'em.

Richard | Homepage | 20.07.17 - 10:46 a.m. | #

...and also Hersham / Horsham

dg writes: Added, thanks.

michaelH | 20.07.17 - 10:49 a.m. | #

Lindfield / Lingfield ?

Dazza84 | 20.07.17 - 10:55 a.m. | #

Scratch that, No Lindfield station

dg writes: ...except in Australia.

Dazza84 | 20.07.17 - 10:56 a.m. | #

Minster and Ax-, Bed-, Kidder-, Leo-, South-, Up-, War- & Yet- ?

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Michael Churchill | 20.07.17 - 11:11 a.m. | #

Llanaber / Llanbedr have one letter different.

dg writes: Added, thanks.

We also have Llangammarch, but I don't think there's a Llandelta, Llanepsilon or Llanzeta.

timbo | 20.07.17 - 11:23 a.m. | #

There is also a Charing Cross station in Glasgow.

dg writes: See second list.

Martin | 20.07.17 - 11:34 a.m. | #

One letter different
Baildon and Basildon

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Martin | 20.07.17 - 11:45 a.m. | #

One extra letter within: Dalton and Dalston

dg writes: See comment at 7:15am.

Jeremy | 20.07.17 - 11:58 a.m. | #

One extra letter within:
Horley / Horsley

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Tunnel Bore | 20.07.17 - 12:14 p.m. | #

One extra letter within:
Carlton / Charlton

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Michael Churchill | 20.07.17 - 12:23 p.m. | #

Clacton / Clapton

dg writes: Clacton is officially Clacton-on-Sea.

Michael Churchill | 20.07.17 - 12:28 p.m. | #

How do you do it?

Apparently Lindfield could have had a station, but they refused, as did neighbouring Cuckfield, so they put it through the middle at Haywards Heath.

Sarah | Homepage | 20.07.17 - 12:32 p.m. | #

Oh, it's Clacton in the AllTheStations list and the ORR spreadsheet (which is presumably their source).

Same for Dunbridge which is actually Mottisfont & Dunbridge, which caused it to not appear on the AllTheStations map for a couple of days.

Michael Churchill | 20.07.17 - 1:04 p.m. | #

After fifteen years of telling people I live in Ely, I can readily vouch for the fact that most Londoners hear 'Ealing' and I have to resort to spelling it out!

(though of course the station is Ealing Broadway so definitely won't make your list!)

Sam | Homepage | 20.07.17 - 1:09 p.m. | #

Something that used to puzzle me when living in Hinckley was why on tickets it appeared as Hinckley (Leics) when there's no other Hinckley station...

Moogal | 20.07.17 - 1:19 p.m. | #

Admittedly one of them is Underground, but I always think of this pair first:

Northfield (West Midlands), Northfields (London)

Patrickov | 20.07.17 - 1:25 p.m. | #

There is no Dalston station in London, but there is one in Cumbria - so the pairing with Dalton does fit.

dg writes: Ah, so there is, sorry. Added, thanks.

(Clacton-on-Sea station was called just "Clacton" until a few years ago - NXEA went round renaming/tidying up/making more accurate the names of several of their stations on the Essex branchlines. Walton-on-the-Naze (the station name of which oddly previously lacked the definite article, unlike the town), Frinton-on-Sea, South Woodham Ferrers, North Fambridge also all ended up with more accurate names than they previously had)

Dominic H | 20.07.17 - 4:53 p.m. | #

One letter difference

Bellingham Station (SE London)
Billingham Station (Stockton-on-Tees)

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Lol wot? | 20.07.17 - 5:05 p.m. | #

And then there are Chapelton (Devon) and Chapeltown

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Andy H | 20.07.17 - 5:11 p.m. | #

Extra letters on the end

Bexley and Bexleyheath

Lol wot? | 20.07.17 - 5:33 p.m. | #

Midgham station is actually in the village of Woolhampton a couple of miles away, but was renamed by the GWR to avoid confusion with Wolverhampton at ticket offices.

dg writes: On-the-spot report from last summer.

Andy V | 20.07.17 - 8:22 p.m. | #

How about

Hamstead, West Midlands and Hampstead, Northern Line?

dg writes: Tube stations are not included

Tony Martin | 20.07.17 - 8:27 p.m. | #

It feels like you've written the lyrics to a future Jay Foreman song. The clever bit is selecting which ones to use and in which order.

Can't remember what pseudonym I used last time | 20.07.17 - 9:46 p.m. | #

You should feature stations that could be people's names.

Gordon Hill | 20.07.17 - 10:22 p.m. | #

I keep getting near misses. I was going to suggest Reedham and Dereham but I forgot the latter is on a heritage railway.

And I'm guessing you're not going to accept Roose (Cumbria) and Rhoose (South Glamorgan) because the latter is officially Rhoose Cardiff International Airport.

rgtgR | 20.07.17 - 11:12 p.m. | #

Are we allowed to use Welsh names? I present Pen-y-Bont (Powys) and Pen-y-Bont (Morgannwg) — the latter of course being known as Bridgend in English!

(And I've checked, the signs at Bridgend do say Pen-y-Bont, not Pen-y-Bont ar Ogwr which is the town's full Welsh name.)

Geoff | 20.07.17 - 11:18 p.m. | #

Broome / Frome for the sounds similar list?

gary | 21.07.17 - 2:01 a.m. | #

Not for your list, but similar - Long Hanborough Station Oxon, is in the village of Long Handborough.

Nick | 21.07.17 - 6:13 a.m. | #

The Ely chat reminded me of Elie in Fife - though its station was Beechinged in the 60s, so clearly doesn't count.

martin | 21.07.17 - 7:32 a.m. | #

Do any of the Cliftons count?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_railway_station

Uncle Audrey | 21.07.17 - 11:09 a.m. | #

Dorset's Gillingham is pronounced with a hard G, and Kent's Gillingham with a soft G - i.e Gillingham and Jillingham.

Alastair Palmer | 21.07.17 - 3:56 p.m. | #

It's a good job you didn't include underground stations as the pedants, myself included, would have had a field day arguing about apostrophes and whether the 2 St James Park stations have the same name or not - passing through Exeter recently I noticed GWR spelling the mainline stations two different ways in the same sign.

Whiff | 21.07.17 - 9:25 p.m. | #

A while back when a new departures board was being installed at Milton Keynes Central a large number of stations lost their first letter. I was particularly amused by the 09.47 to Ambridge

MisterT | 21.07.17 - 9:56 p.m. | #

Interesting that the two pairs of stations either side of my home station make it into these lists (OK, only interesting to me I guess). Indeed, Kent seems to be well represented here.

Travelling Man | Homepage | 21.07.17 - 10:06 p.m. | #

Sheffield / Shenfield (Essex).

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Herbof | 22.07.17 - 8:15 a.m. | #

Ockley / Brockley under "two extra letters on the front"?

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Nick L | 22.07.17 - 2:54 p.m. | #

Hayes (Kent)/ Hayes & Harlington(Middlesex/London)
Harlington Herts with Hayes & Harlington,as above
Hatfield Herts and Hatfield & Stainforth S Yorks

Down in Dorset, do not confuse Pokesdown (for Boscombe) with Parkstone, Poole...

Helen D Vecht | 22.07.17 - 3:21 p.m. | #

Did anyone say Ashford? (The Middx/Surrey one in contrast to the Kent one). I put Middx in as well to appease those who think it still exists ;-)

Marmaduke | 26.07.17 - 10:59 a.m. | #

Oops - now I see your comment about Ashford Intl. It was only in front of me eyes!

Marmaduke | 26.07.17 - 11:00 a.m. | #

Hadfield and Hatfield

dg writes: Added, thanks.

Rick | 27.07.17 - 8:20 p.m. | #

Tiverton and Twerton (both now closed) caused problems as luggage with hand-written labels often ended up in the wrong place. Twerton was then renamed as Twerton-on-Avon even though the place is not called that.

kev | 04.08.17 - 9:22 a.m. | #

In the new timetable that comes into effect at the end of May 2019, there will be an 0624 on weekdays from Stoke-on-Trent to Blackpool North, which will call at Adlington (Cheshire) at 0700 and at Adlington (Lancs)at 0804. Is this the only known example of a direct service between two stations with exactly the same name?

(There is no direct return working)

timbo | 01.04.19 - 4:31 p.m. | #

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