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Banbury | (map) Banbury is a few miles north of Oxford. |
Barnetby | Barnetby is a very busy freight junction with a less busy passenger station in the middle of it well suited to watching the freight between Doncaster and Grimsby in north-east England. |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | (map) Berwick-upon-Tweed is the first city south of the Scotland/England border on the east coast line. |
Birmingham | (map) Birmingham is the site of a large Freightliner intermodal facility south of Derby in central England. |
Bishops Lydeard | Bishops Lydeard is the southern base of the West Somerset Railway, which is a major tourist railway operation. |
Bolton | Bolton is a junction northwest of Manchester. |
Bristol | Bristol is a major west coast city near the border with Wales. |
Cambridge | Cambridge is an academic and high tech city about 45 minutes on the express train north of London. |
Coventry | (map) Coventry is just outside Birmingham to the south-east. |
Crowcombe | Crowcombe is a community along the West Somerset Railway between Bishops Lydeard and the coast. |
Derby | (map) Derby is between Sheffield and Birmingham. |
Didcot | (map) Didcot is the site of an EWS freight yard, large railway junction, and a historical museum that is accessible directly from the passenger station. |
Doncaster | Doncaster is a popular trainspotting location between Manchester and Grimsby. |
Dunster | Dunster is along the West Somerset Railway near the northern terminus of Minehead. |
Durham | (map) Durham is between Newcastle and York. |
Gatwick | Gatwick is just to the south of London and is best known for London-Gatwick airport. |
Goderich | (map) Goderich is the site of the shops for the GEXR and hosts a port and salt mine. |
Goring | (map) Goring is half way between Didcot and Reading. |
High Wycombe | High Wycombe is between Banbury and London Marylebone. |
Leamington Spa | (map) Leamington Spa is a small city south of Coventry. |
Leeds | (map) Leeds is between York and Sheffield. |
London | (map) The English capital is a highly busy railway-using city with an extensive passenger network. |
Maidenhead | (map) Maidenhead is the junction of a main line and the Marlow branch. |
Marlow | (map) Marlow is a town near High Wycombe on a single track bolted rail branchline serviced roughly hourly. |
Minehead | Minehead is the northern terminus of the West Somerset Railway. |
Newcastle | (map) Newcastle is a relatively large city along the river Tyne in the north-east of England. |
Oxford | Oxford is a historic university town between Banbury and Reading. |
Preston | Preston is north-west of Manchester. |
Reading | (map) Reading is a major railway junction between Oxford and London. |
Sheffield | (map) Sheffield is between Leeds and Derby. |
Stogumber | Stogumber is along the West Somerset Railway. |
Swindon | Swindon is famous among locals for its fanciful roundabouts -- look at a map of the city to understand quite why -- and is also along the line between Reading and Bristol. |
Taunton | Taunton is near Bishops Lydeard and the West Somerset Railway. |
Tiverton Parkway | Tiverton Parkway is a rail station southwest of Taunton. |
Williton | Williton is on the West Somerset Railway. |
York | (map) York is a major urban centre in northern England. |