There are numerous examples of station pairs which share the same name, and it is not all uncommon for passengers to end up travelling to the wrong one. One of the most well-known examples is Stratford, where people who fancy a day out at Westfield or the Olympic Park end up in Shakespeare’s hometown instead (and vice versa). What would be interesting to find out is if there are many common offenders, as in stations which receive a high proportion of passengers who did not intend to travel there in the first place, by means of accidentally travelling to the wrong namesake station.
Even better would be to find stations which share their name with a namesake settlement that is better-known but does NOT have a station. An example of this is Stow, since far more people know of the settlement on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire than the one in the Scottish Borders, yet it is the latter which has the railway connection while the former does not. I am betting that at least two groups of tourists wishing to have a day out in the Cotswolds have been caught out by this!
Even better would be to find stations which share their name with a namesake settlement that is better-known but does NOT have a station. An example of this is Stow, since far more people know of the settlement on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire than the one in the Scottish Borders, yet it is the latter which has the railway connection while the former does not. I am betting that at least two groups of tourists wishing to have a day out in the Cotswolds have been caught out by this!
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