List of fictional railway stations

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Goathland station has been used as the location for several fictional stations including Aidensfield (Heartbeat), Hogsmeade (Harry Potter) and Mannerton (All Creatures Great and Small). Goathland station.jpg
Goathland station has been used as the location for several fictional stations including Aidensfield (Heartbeat), Hogsmeade (Harry Potter) and Mannerton (All Creatures Great and Small).

This is a list of fictional railway stations (as opposed to genuine railway stations portrayed in fictional works or context).

Contents

Branch line

England

Berkshire

• Cemetery Junction - Cemetery Junction

Borsetshire

Buckinghamshire

Cheshire

Cornwall

Devon

Dorset

Hampshire

Lake District

Lancashire

Norfolk

  • Arcady Love on a Branch Line
  • Arcady HaltLove on a Branch Line
  • FlaxfieldLove on a Branch Line

Somerset

Sussex

Yorkshire

Worcestershire

  • Austen-in-the-Wold Oh, Doctor Beeching!
  • BigglesbyOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • BustonOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • CogglethorpeOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • ColdhortonOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • HatleyOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • Little Weirwold Goodnight Mister Tom
  • LoxleyOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • Nether PadleyOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • Nossington BassettOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • SwinthorpeOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • WensteadOh, Doctor Beeching!
  • WethertonOh, Doctor Beeching!

Unknown

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Poland

United States

Main line

England

Holby

  • Holby Central Casualty
  • Holby WestCasualty
  • Farmead MarketCasualty
  • StokevilleCasualty

Barsetshire

Borsetshire

  • Felpersham The Archers
  • Hollerton JunctionThe Archers

Greater London

Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross railway station (Harry Potter) KingsCrossStationTrolley.JPG
Platform 9 3⁄4 at King's Cross railway station (Harry Potter)

Hampshire

  • Fordbridge The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
  • HamingwellThe Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
  • NutcombeThe Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
  • PudhamThe Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

Kent

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

  • EastbeachThe Iron Way by C.M. Hincks (London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1920)
  • EastwichThe Iron Way
  • Marford JunctionThe Iron Way
  • SouthmouthThe Iron Way
  • Tranbridge JunctionThe Iron Way

Somerset

Trumptonshire

Tyne and Wear

Yorkshire

Worcestershire

Unknown

Scotland

Wales

United States

Kansas

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

New York

New Mexico

Texas

Stations in unidentified states

Austria

Other

Monorail stations

Europe

United States

Rapid transport stations

Stations on atmospheric railways

Island of Sodor

TR lines

Japan

See also

Sources

  1. "On the right track", The Guardian, 17 November 2007

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