List of British towns with no railway station

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.

Many of the towns in the list e.g. Newcastle under Lyme, Gosport, Dudley and Washington form part of larger conurbations or metropolitan areas, with a railway station within easy reach. If you exclude these towns, the largest British towns without direct access to a railway station are Corby (population 50,000), Blyth (36,000), Rushden/Higham Ferrers (35,500), Peterlee (30,000) and Coalville (30,000).

England

East of England

*Aldeburgh
*Ampthill (Served by Flitwick station)
*Aylsham
*Brightlingsea
*Buntingford
*Coggeshall (Served by nearby Kelvedon Station)
*Chatteris
*Dunmow
*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 Main 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 {Plans to open the line to March are in place as a heritage railway)

East Midlands

*Ashby-de-la-Zouch
*Bakewell
*Brackley
*Buckingham
*Castle Donington
*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 December 2008, currently has a bus link to Kettering)
*Daventry
*Eastwood
*Higham Ferrers
*Horncastle
*Finedon
*Ilkeston
*Irthlingborough
*Louth
*Lutterworth
*Mablethorpe
*Oundle
*Raunds
*Rushden
*Southwell
*Swadlincote
*Thrapston
*Towcester
*Uppingham
*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)
*Coniston
*Earby
*Egremont
*Fleetwood
*Garstang
*Great Harwood
*Haslingden
*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

outh 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
*Cranleigh
*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

outh West England

*Ashburton, England
*Bideford
*Blandford Forum
*Bodmin (Served by Bodmin Parkway with preserved branch to central station Bodmin General
*Bridport
*Brixham
*Bude
*Calne
*Camelford
*Chard, Somerset
*Cheddar
*Clevedon
*Cinderford
*Cirencester
*Corsham There are intermittent proposals for a station to open
*Devizes
*Ferndown
*Fowey
*Fordingbridge
*Glastonbury
*Great Torrington
*Helston
*Holsworthy, Devon
*Ilfracombe
*Kingsbridge
*Lyme Regis
*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
*Portishead
*Radstock
*Ringwood
*Seaton
*Shaftesbury
*Sidmouth
*Somerton
*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
*Pocklington
*Ripon
*Richmond
*Rothwell
*Stocksbridge
*Tadcaster
*Wath-upon-Dearne
*Wetherby
*Withernsea

cotland

*Auchterarder
*Banff
*Campbeltown
*Clackmannan
*Dalkeith (would be served by Eskbank station on proposed Waverley Railway line [http://www.waverleyrailwayproject.co.uk/route/] )
*East Linton
*Erskine
*Forfar
*Fraserburgh
*Galashiels (on proposed Waverley Railway line [http://www.waverleyrailwayproject.co.uk/route/] )
*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

*Kirkwall
*Lerwick
*Millport
*Portree
*Rothesay
*Stornoway
*Stromness
*Tobermory

Wales

*Abertillery (Aberbeeg railway station serving the town is proposed as part of the Ebbw Valley Line)
*Bala
*Brecon
*Caernarfon
*Corwen
*Denbigh
*Dolgellau
*Hay-on-Wye
*Lampeter
*Llanberis
*Llangollen
*Llanidloes
*Mold
*Monmouth
*Montgomery
*Rhayader
*Rhuddlan
*Ruthin
*St David's
*Usk

ee also

*List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/schemes/possible.htm RAILSCOT "Towns, populations and possible future stations"]
* [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/nonrail/towns.html National Rail Enquiries list of Non rail towns]