List of British towns with no railway station Totally Explained

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This is a list of towns and cities in Great Britain with no railway station. Despite closures in the 1960s, Great Britain has an extensive railway network and a large majority of towns have railway stations. Some of the few larger towns without railway stations have proposals for new stations, noted below.

England

East of England

Aldeburgh
Ampthill (Served by Flitwick station)
Aylsham
Brightlingsea
Buntingford
Coggeshall (Served by nearby Kelvedon Station)
Chatteris
Dunstable
East Dereham (Station in use by the Mid-Norfolk Railway with services to Wymondham's Abbey)
Fakenham
Halstead
Haverhill
Chipping Ongar (Ongar station used by the preserved Epping-Ongar railway)
Hunstanton
Leiston (Formerly served by a spur from the Great Eastern Line. Track still in place to serve nearby Sizewell power stations)
Maldon (Formerly had 2 stations on branch lines, Maldon North, leading to Witham and Maldon South, leading to South Woodham Ferrers)
Mildenhall
Saffron Walden (Served by Audley End station)
Soham
Swaffham
St Ives
Waltham Abbey (Served by Waltham Cross railway station and Loughton tube station)
Wells, Norfolk
Wisbech

East Midlands

Clay Cross (the location of the Clay Cross railway tunnel. The town was formerly served by a station located just outside the tunnel's northern entrance.)

Coalville

Corby (on a freight line, passenger station due to open in 2011, currently has a bus link to Kettering)

Finedon

Louth

Oundle

Raunds

Rushden

Winslow - Closed NOT because of Beeching axe. There are intermittent proposals for a station to open

Wragby

North East England

Alnwick - formerly served by the Alnwick branch line of the East Coast Main Line, now served by Alnmouth railway station

Ashington

Barnard Castle

Blyth

Consett

Guisborough

Peterlee (Horden) - formerly served by the Durham Coast Line

Washington

North West England

Alston

Ambleside

Bacup

Barnoldswick

Bury (served by Metrolink since 1992 and the East Lancashire Railway since 1987)

Clayton-le-Moors

Cockermouth (formerly served by the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway and the Cockermouth and Workington Railway)

Earby

Heywood (served by the East Lancashire Railway)

Keswick (formerly served by the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway)

Leigh

Longridge

Middlewich

Padiham

Penwortham

Ramsbottom (served by the East Lancashire Railway)

Rawtenstall (served by the East Lancashire Railway)

Saddleworth - served by Greenfield station

Summerseat (served by the East Lancashire Railway)

Skelmersdale (formerly served by the Skelmersdale Branch)

Tyldesley

South East England

Abingdon (1856 - 1963, branch line terminus, currently served by Radley and Didcot Parkway)

Brasted

Chipping Norton

Cowes (although tickets can be purchased between Cowes and mainland stations, allowing travel via ferry services).

Cranbrook

Gosport (part of Portsmouth Urban Area, served by ferry to Portsmouth Harbour)

Hailsham

Heathfield

Hythe

Midhurst

Newport, Isle of Wight

Steyning

Thame (Served by Haddenham and Thame Parkway railway station)

Ventnor (Ventnor railway station closed in 1966, currently served by Rail Link bus from Shanklin)

Wantage

Waterlooville (although South West Trains introduced a bus link service to Petersfield station in late 2007)

Westerham

Witney

South West England

Ashburton, England

Bideford

Blandford Forum

Bodmin (Served by Bodmin Parkway with preserved branch to central station Bodmin General

Bridport

Brixham

Bude

Calne

Cheddar

Corsham There are intermittent proposals for a station to open

Devizes

Fowey

Helston

Marlborough, Wiltshire

Minehead BR service ceased in early 1970s - now on West Somerset Railway

Okehampton Regular BR service ceased in 1972 but in recent years summer weekend service runs to Exeter.

Padstow

Seaton

Street

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

Tavistock

Verwood

Wadebridge

Watchet BR service ceased early 1970s - now on West Somerset Railway

Wellington, Somerset

Wells

Wincanton

Wimborne Minster

West Midlands

Alcester

Brierley Hill - no passenger trains since 1964 due to Beeching Axe, though the town is still served by goods trains

Burntwood

Darlaston - no passenger trains since 1916 due to wartime economy measures

Dudley - (NB: station at Dudley Port nearby) no passenger trains since 1964 due to Beeching Axe, and no freight trains since 1993, though freight traffic and light rail (Midland Metro) are set to begin in 2010

Ellesmere

Halesowen - no passenger or freight trains since 1960s due to Beeching Axe

Kenilworth

Leek

Market Drayton

Much Wenlock

Newcastle-under-Lyme (served by Stoke-on-Trent railway station)

Newport

Oswestry (served by Gobowen railway station)

Ross-on-Wye

Sedgley - no rail connections have ever existed due its location on a hill

Stourport-on-Severn

Wednesbury - no passenger trains after 1972, although Midland Metro trams have served the town since 1999

Yorkshire and the Humber

Bawtry

Cleckheaton

Elland There are intermittent proposals for a station to open

Heckmondwike

Holmfirth

Hornsea

Maltby

Market Weighton

Ossett

Otley

Pickering - served by Pickering station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Ripon

Withernsea

Scotland

Auchterarder

Banff

Campbeltown

Clackmannan

Dalkeith (would be served by Eskbank station on proposed Waverley Railway line(External Link

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East Linton

Forfar

Fraserburgh

Galashiels (on proposed Waverley Railway line(External Link

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Haddington

Hawick

Kilsyth (served by Croy)

Kincardine

Kirkintilloch (served by Lenzie)

Leven

Newton Stewart

Peebles

Penicuik

Peterhead

Renfrew

Selkirk

Strathaven

St Andrews

Towns on islands with no railway service

Lerwick

Portree

Tobermory

Wales

Abertillery (Aberbeeg railway station serving the town is proposed as part of the Ebbw Valley Line)

Bala

Brecon

Caernarfon

Corwen

Denbigh

Mold

Ruthin

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