Trivia: Best connected village station?

[anti-pacer]

We've had the "Worst Connected Cities" thread, so which village station in the country has the best connections in terms of destinations and frequency?

Cononley has a good frequency, with 8tph calling, and being linked to 2 cities.

 

[Leylandlad]

Oxenholme (Lake District)....

Only village station on the WCML according to Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxenholme_Lake_District_railway_station

 

[pemma]

Buckshaw Village has 6tph and regular trains to Manchester, Bolton, Preston and Blackpool and occasional trains to Windermere and Barrow.

 

[Buttsy]

Hanborough is connected to 3 cities and has an almost hourly service to London & Worcester using HST (253 & 180) stock in the main.

 

[CalderRail]

Hebden Bridge has 4tph going east, all of which go to or through Leeds. 3 of those go via Halifax & Bradford, the 4th via Brighouse. After Leeds one goes on to York and one to Selby.

In the other direction, 3tph to Rochdale & Manchester, 1 tph to Burnley & Blackpool.

 

[Deerfold]

Hebden Bridge has 4tph going east, all of which go to or through Leeds. 3 of those go via Halifax & Bradford, the 4th via Brighouse. After Leeds one goes on to York and one to Selby.

In the other direction, 3tph to Rochdale & Manchester, 1 tph to Burnley & Blackpool.

But then Hebden Bridge is a town.

We've had the "Worst Connected Cities" thread, so which village station in the country has the best connections in terms of destinations and frequency?

Cononley has a good frequency, with 8tph calling, and being linked to 2 cities.

Only 1 tpd (0605 from Cononley), but it's connected to a thrid city (Carlisle).

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Hebden Bridge has 4tph going east, all of which go to or through Leeds. 3 of those go via Halifax & Bradford, the 4th via Brighouse. After Leeds one goes on to York and one to Selby.

In the other direction, 3tph to Rochdale & Manchester, 1 tph to Burnley & Blackpool.

Hebden Bridge is not a village though, it's a bustling market town!

Considering it's diminutive size, Castle Cary doesn't do too bad, Bedwyn likewise.

 

[pemma]

But then Hebden Bridge is a town.

I thought it was England's second city.

 

[30907]

Only 1 tpd (0605 from Cononley), but it's connected to a thrid city (Carlisle).

When I lived there, you could get to Lancaster direct as well - but the post-333 service of 8tph was a great improvement overall.

I can't think of anywhere so rural that can match it, especially considering the population is only 1000-odd.

 

[basfordlad]

Buckshaw Village has 6tph and regular trains to Manchester, Bolton, Preston and Blackpool and occasional trains to Windermere and Barrow.

Dont mention this place, its where the evil Parking Eye are based, full of hard nosed people

 

[LowLevel]

Tring does fairly well?

 

[Deerfold]

I thought it was England's second city.

Not yet, not yet.

 

[BantamMenace]

When I lived there, you could get to Lancaster direct as well - but the post-333 service of 8tph was a great improvement overall.

I can't think of anywhere so rural that can match it, especially considering the population is only 1000-odd.

The first train in a morning to Lancaster still calls at all stops i believe, Cononley included

 

[tractakid]

Oxenholme (Lake District)....

Only village station on the WCML according to Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxenholme_Lake_District_railway_station

Cheddington is a village. But it's service isn't as good.

 

[causton]

Brookmans Park, with 3tph off-peak to London, with Peterborough and Cambridge in one change? Can say the same about Bayford as well, although I don't even know if there are any houses near Bayford station!

 

[causton]

Brookmans Park, with 3tph off-peak to London, with Peterborough and Cambridge in one change? Can say the same about Bayford as well, although I don't even know if there are any houses near Bayford station!

 

[thenorthern]

Cononley and Stoke Mandeville are quite good, so is Shenstone. Lancing is relatively good as well although for this purpose I would class it as a town.

 

[Cherry_Picker]

Hatton in Warwickshire is pretty well served. It benefits from being a junction obviously but it has a good service to Leamington Spa and Birmingham plus trains to London, Stratford & Worcester.

 

[johnnychips]

Barnetby might not have a great variety of destinations, but has any other village station got four directions off it, if you see what I mean.

 

[merlodlliw]

Gowerton Village Station within the Gower, has had over extra 90 services a week since last year,so must rank as one of Wales best served villages in South West Wales or all Wales, plus its the Political Constituency of Wales Rail Minister Edwina Hart..

 

[Hadders]

Harlington in Bedfordshire has an excellent service for a village. 4 trains in each direction for most of the day, giving easy access to Gatwick and Luton Airports as well as to Bedford, Luton, London, Brighton etc.

 

[lj9090]

Brockenhurst? 2tph to London and 1tph to Birmingham and Manchester. Total trains per hour usually exceeds 10 if you include the branch line.

 

[tbtc]

Bicester Shopping Village?

 

[306024]

Wendens Ambo pop. 400 ish

AKA Audley End direct to London and Birmingham, and with one change at Stansted Airport to more European destinations than any other airport according to their advert.

 

[Hebden Bridger]

My favourite village station has trains to Scotland, The North East, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Derby, Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth as well as Reading and London.

Unfortunately the station has never actually been called Sampford Peverell - rather Tiverton Rd, Junction and now Parkway, but it is only a 10min walk from the village pub

St Erth station is named after the village, although its actually in Rose-An-Grouse and has services on the same routes.

 

[RichmondCommu]

Cononley and Stoke Mandeville are quite good, so is Shenstone. Lancing is relatively good as well although for this purpose I would class it as a town.

My Dad lives in Shenstone. I concur that the service into Birmingham is good but there are plenty of wealthy people living in that village!

 

[Hebden Bridger]

I thought it was England's second city.

Well if Hebden Bridge's going to be the core of a Manchester-Leeds "hub" and England's Second City, they'd better hurry up electrifying the Calder Valley line else they may chose Marsden instead.

 

[Carlisle]

Oxenholme (Lake District)....

Only village station on the WCML according to Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxenholme_Lake_District_railway_station

True but Oxenholme was probably only built to be the mainline railhead for nearby Kendal ,due to the builders of the WCML not wanting to route it through the town and spend extra time and money on a tunnel under Shap :roll:

 

[Greenback]

Gowerton Village Station within the Gower, has had over extra 90 services a week since last year,so must rank as one of Wales best served villages in South West Wales or all Wales, plus its the Political Constituency of Wales Rail Minister Edwina Hart..

Most locals consider Gowerton on the edge of the peninsula, not within it!

In fact, it would probably have been considered a town a few decades ago, as it had its own Magistrates Courts, market and a variety of shops and industries.

The problem with these sor tof threads is that there is no real consistent definition of what is a village and what is town or city.

 

[pemma]

Well if Hebden Bridge's going to be the core of a Manchester-Leeds "hub" and England's Second City, they'd better hurry up electrifying the Calder Valley line else they may chose Marsden instead.

Well London got to be capital and kept that status despite not being one of the first places to get a train service.