Railway Stations & Public Houses
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Railway Stations, Junctions, and other
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Isolated public houses and inns were a special feature of the days
when long distance travel required frequent stops for rest and
refreshment, perhaps for change of horses, and the like. These often
developed into centres for traffic interchange with nearby small
communities and outlying farms and were therefore highly appropriate
places for a station to be built when the railways arrived.
In other instances, a small station or junction might be built
at a particular location mainly to suit the operational requirements
of the railway, and a pub might be the most prominent local landmark
after which to name it.
In at least one instance (see Berney Arms) a
railway station was built to serve a public house that was otherwise
almost inaccessible.
- Angel
- Underground station (TQ314832). Opened 1901, City & South
London Railway. Now on the City branch of the Northern Line. Near
the Angel Inn, a former coaching inn recently rebuilt at the time
when the railway opened. The building still stands, now a branch
of the Cooperative Bank (1 Islington High Street, London N1 9TR).
The Inn has also given its name to the immediately surrounding area.
The present day pub, The Angel, 3-5 Islington High Street, London
N1 9TQ, is located in a modern block of shops and offices nearby.
- Atlantic
- Pair of lines (TQ287772 to TQ339762). Opened jointly by the
London, Chatham & Dover and London, Brighton & South Coast
Railways between 1865 and 1867, linking York Road (now Battersea
Park) and Peckham Rye Junction. These lines for most of their length
form the southernmost pair of the four track route known as the
South London Line and were intended to relieve congestion on the
earlier pair. The name was given because they pass close by
the Atlantic pub in Brixton: the pub is now The Dogstar,
389 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8LQ
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- Bat & Ball
- Station (SD492530). Sevenoaks station opened 1862, as the terminus
of the Sevenoaks Railway. Shortly afterwards, railway changed its name
to Sevenoaks, Maidstone & Tunbridge Railway. Line extended 1869
to join the London, Chatham & Dover Railway at their Sevenoaks
Tubs Hill station; original station renamed Sevenoaks Bat & Ball.
Sevenoaks Bat & Ball renamed Bat & Ball, 1950. At the same
time, Sevenoaks Tubs Hill was renamed Sevenoaks. The Bat & Ball
Inn no longer exists, but Bat & Ball Road, Sevenoaks TN14 5LJ
remains, and the neighbouring community has taken its name from the
pub and station.
- Bay Horse
- Station (SD492530). Opened 1840, Lancaster & Preston
Junction Railway. Station closed 1960, signal box retained as block
post. Signal box closed circa 1972, emergency crossovers retained.
Line remains open. Built to serve a collection
of small communities, the station was named after an inn on the Preston
to Lancaster coach road, the New Bay Horse, opened in 1825 replacing an
earlier inn. Demand for coaching facilities declined with the arrival
of the railway and the New Bay Horse closed as an inn in 1892. The
business was transferred back to its former premises (then known as the
Old Bay Horse), where it remains to this day:
The Bay Horse
Inn, Bay Horse, Lancaster, LA2 0HR.
- Berney Arms
- Station (SD492530). Opened 1844, Norwich & Yarmouth
Railway. Now served by just a few trains a day, which stop on request.
It is almost unique in having no road access whatsoever. A track leads
to the Berney Arms Inn, Berney Arms, Great Yarmouth,
NR30 1SB. The pub relies for its supplies and most of its custom on the
adjacent River Yare. Declining commercial traffic on the river has been
more than compensated for by a huge increase in pleasure traffic during
the latter half of the 20th century. Although traffic at the station is
minimal, it has survived closure owing to pressing social needs. The
station is mainly used by the few local residents and by pub workers,
with occasional pub visitors and ramblers (not to mention railway
enthusiasts!) However, it also handles the all-important Royal Mail
postal service, provided by a travelling postman; and in bad weather
during the winter may be the only practical means of access to the pub,
mill and neighbouring farms in an emergency.
- Bird in Hand
- Junction (approx ST177953). Line from Crumlin to Nelson &
Llancaiach opened 1857 / 1858 Newport, Abergavenny & Hereford
Railway. Line from Nine Mile Point to Sirhowy opened 1863 Sirhowy
Railway. Junction between the two lines near the Bird in Hand pub
created 1893. Line towards Nelson closed 1964. Line towards Sirhowy
closed 1969. Remaining lines closed 1970. Pub no longer exists
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- Black Boy
- Level crossing (SU832051). Line from Chichester to Portsmouth
opened 1847, London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, with Black
Boy level crossing. Remains open. On Black Boy Lane, leading to
The Black Boy Inn, Main Road, Fishbourne, Chichester PO18 8AN.
- Black Bull
- Tram stop (approx SJ366972). Opened, dated uncertain ☻.
Closed 1951. Near The Black Bull, 2 Warbreck Moor, Liverpool L9 0ER.
- Black Dog
- Bridge and Halt (ST982708). Line from Chippenham to Calne opened
1863, Calne Railway, with bridge and halt. The halt was initially
classed as a private halt and, although the public were permitted to
use it, it did not appear in public timetables until 1952. Line and
halt closed 1965. The line was subsequently opened as a footpath and
cycle route and a new bridge (known as the Millennium Bridge) has
been constructed. The location takes its name from Black Dog Hill,
the Iinn of that name having closed some time around 1850. However,
the inn building still stands, now a private house, part way up the
hill on the south side.
- Black Lion
- Level crossing and halt (SN999021). The Vale of Neath Railway
opened its line from Dare Junction to Cwmaman Colliery in 1856. The
line crossed the Aberdare to Maerdy road at Black Lion Crossing, at
the point where present day Monk Street becomes Graig Place. Black
Lion Crossing Halt, adjacent to the crossing, opened for passenger
traffic in 1906, but closed in 1924. The entire line closed in 1986.
The Black Lion Hotel, 104 Wind St, Aberdare CF44 7LL (now a night club
called The Black) is about ¼ mile away, nearer to the town
centre.
- Blue Anchor (London)
- Viaduct and signal box (approx TQ345790). In what was already a
heavily built up area at the time, the first few miles of the London
& Greenwich Railway (opened in 1836) was constructed on viaduct
to avoid numerous road level crossings. Various stretches of viaduct
were given distinctive names; Blue Anchor Viaduct is close to the
Blue Anchor, 251 Southwark Park Road, London SE16 3TS (on the corner
of Blue Anchor Lane). When the London & Croydon Railway opened
in 1839, Blue Anchor became the junction between the two lines. In
subsequent years, traffic was such that the viaducts needed to be
widened and each route had its own tracks towards London; the physical
connection between the two lines was moved further west, but Blue
Anchor remained as a signal box until its functions were taken over
by a new signalling control centre at London Bridge in the 1970s.
- Blue Anchor (Minehead)
- Station (ST022434). Opened 1874, Minehead Railway. Closed 1971.
Reopened 1976 as a tourist line, the West Somerset Railway.
The station was built partly to serve the nearby village of
Carhampton, but also the Blue Anchor Hotel, Blue Anchor, Minehead,
TA24 6JP, located about ¾ mile to the east along the seafront.
A small community has grown up around the station and takes its name
from it.
- Blue Pigeons
- Level crossing (TR347568). Opened 1847, South Eastern Railway.
Remains open. Near the Old Blue Pigeons, now a farm. The present
day Blue Pigeons Inn, The Street, Worth, Deal CT14 0DE is about
½ mile away.
- Boars Head
- Station and junction (SD577088). Line from Wigan to Preston
opened 1838, North Union Railway. Boars Head station was opened 1869,
as junction with Lancashire Union Railway branch to Adlington Junction
on the Bolton & Preston Railway. Station closed in 1949. Branch
closed and junction abolished 1971. Emergency crossovers retained.
Main line remains open. Near to The Boars Head, Wigan Road, Standish,
Wigan WN6 0AD.
- Boot Inn
- Tram stop (approx SK298184). Opened 1906, Burton & Ashby Light
Railway. Closed 1927. Near the former Boot Inn, now a Care Home:
Gresley House, Market Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote DE11 9PN.
- Bo Peep
- Junction (TQ791090) and tunnel (TQ791090 to TQ803094). Line from
first Hastings & St Leonards station (later St Leonards West Marina)
to Ashford opened 1851, South Eastern Railway, with the 1318 yard
(1205 m) Bo Peep Tunnel. Bo Peep Junction created 1852, with opening
of line to Robertsbridge. Both lines, junction and tunnel remain open.
Junction and western end of tunnel near The Bo Peep, 25 Grosvenor
Crescent, St Leonards-on-Sea TN38 0AA.
- Bricklayers Arms
- Station (TQ335787) and junctions. Station opened 1844, jointly
by the South Eastern and London & Croydon Railways, with line from
Bricklayers Arms Junction on the London & Croydon Railway
north of New Cross. New line opened 1849, South Eastern Railway,
from Surrey Canal Junction to 2nd Bricklayers Arms Junction on
the original line. Station closed to passengers 1852, but remained
active for freight. Original line between the two Bricklayer's Arms
Junctions closed 1981. Station finally closed, together with the
line from Surrey Canal Junction, 1983. The extensive site of
Bricklayers Arms station is now occupied by an industrial estate.
Mandela Way (SE1 5SR / SS) runs through its centre. Part of the
line from Surrey Docks Junction can still be traced on the ground.
Part of the route of the line from the former London & Croydon
Railway is now used by the so-called Spur Lines connecting with
the South London Lines. The divergence of the Spur Lines from the
Brighton main line (TQ356781) retains the name of Bricklayers
Arms Junction. Bricklayers Arms station undoubtedly took its name
from a nearby pub, but its exact location is unclear
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- Bridge Tavern
- Tram stop (approx SK541611). Opened 1905, Mansfield & District
Light Railway Company. Closed 1932. Near the Bridge Tavern, Bridge
Street, Mansfield NG18 1AL.
- Bronwydd Arms
- Station (TQ335787). Line from Carmarthen to Conwil opened 1860,
Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway, a broad gauge line. Station
opened 1861. Line converted to mixed gauge 1866, standard gauge 1872.
Station closed 1965. Line closed 1973. Part reopened as tourist line
(with Bronwydd Arms station) 1978, Gwili Railway.
Although the station and neighbouring village probably take their name
from a former Inn, no premises of that name exist today ☻.
- Brown Cow
- Tram stop (approx SK543610). Opened 1905, Mansfield & District
Light Railway Company. Closed 1932. Near the Brown Cow, Ratcliffe Gate,
Mansfield NG18 2JA.
- Brunswick
- Viaduct (TQ333798). Another section of the long elevated route
opened in 1836 to carry the London & Greenwich Railway over the
streets of South East London (see Blue Anchor).
Brunswick Viaduct spanned Brunswick Court, London SE1 3LX, itself
named after a tavern which stood at its junction with Tanner Street
but which disappeared many years ago.
- Bull & Bush
- Proposed underground station (approx TQ260870). Line from
Euston to Golders Green opened 1907, Charing Cross, Euston &
Hampstead Railway. Station proposed at North End, construction
started but never completed. Line remains open as the Edgware
branch of the Northern line. The incomplete station was officially
named North End, but over the years has come to be known as Bull
& Bush. Near the Bull & Bush, North End Way, London
NW3 7HE, famous as the inspiration of the music hall song
Down at the Old Bull & Bush.
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- Camels Head
- Halt (SX456572). Line from Devonport to Beer (later Bere) Alston
opened 1890, Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway.
Camels Head Halt opened 1906, closed 1942. Line from Devonport to
Saint Budeaux closed 1964. Halt near to The Camels Head pub, which
stood at what was then the junction between Wolseley Road and Ferndale
Road. Pub renamed The Submarine, 1978. Demolished 1988 to make way
for road widening.
- Cavendish
- Tram terminus (SK348341). Opened 1904, Derby Corporation Tramways.
Closed 1934. Next to the Cavendish Hotel, Walbrook Road, Derby DE23 8SB.
- Chocolate Poodle
- Bridge (ST995549). Line from Patney & Westbury Junction to
Westbury opened 1900, Great Western Railway, with Lavington station,
signal box and adjacent bridge. Station closed 1966. Signal box
replaced by ground frame (released from Reading) 1977. Line, ground
frame and bridge remain open. Bridge unofficially renamed Chocolate
Poodle bridge circa 1970. Next to The Chocolate Poodle, High Street,
Littleton Pannell, Devizes SN10 4EL. The pub is now closed. According
to some reports it was a guest house rather than a pub, but it is
included here for completeness.
- Clock House
- Station (TQ363695). Line from New Beckenham to Croydon (Addiscombe
Road) opened 1864, Mid-Kent Railway. Clock House station opened 1890,
South Eastern Railway. Remains open. The nearby Clock House, 205
Beckenham Road, Beckenham BR3 4PT was a modern replacement for the
original pub, but it was closed and demolished circa 2006 to make
way for flats.
- Coronation
- See Waterloo Arches
- Craven Arms
- Station (SO432831) and signal box (SO432828). Line from
Shrewsbury to Ludlow opened 1852, with level crossing at Long Lane.
Craven Arms station opened 1853, to serve the coaching inn, the
Craven Arms Hotel, Shrewsbury Road, Craven Arms SY7 9QJ, which was
a traffic generator for several small communities in the area. A
substantial village has grown up around the station and inn, taking
its name from them. Station renamed Craven Arms & Stokesay, 1879.
Renamed back to Craven Arms, 1974. Central Wales Junction created 1860
with opening of Knighton Railway. Long Lane Crossing renamed Craven
Arms Crossing, unknown date. Control of Central Wales Junction
transferred to Craven Arms Crossing Signal Box, unknown date.
Level crossing abolished (replaced by underbridge), signal box
retained to control junction, unknown date. Both lines, station
and signal box remain open.
- Cricket Inn
- Tunnel (SK363876), see Nunnery
Tunnel. Runs under Cricket Inn Road. The Cricket Inn from which
the road takes its name was considerably further from the city centre,
apparently in an area now occupied by retail and industrial units near
the A57 Sheffield Parkway ☻.
- Cross Hands (Newport)
- Tram stop (ST334881). Opened 1895, Newport Tramways Company, as
terminus of horse tram oute from Town Centre. Line electrified and
extended to Borough Boundary 1930, Newport Corporation Tramways.
Line closed 1930. Near the Cross Hands Hotel, 446 Chepstow Rd,
Newport NP19 8JF.
- Cross Hands (Pilning)
- Halt (ST558851). Line from Bristol to New Passage Pier opened
1863, Bristol & South Wales Union Railway, section beyond Pilning
Junction closed 1886 with the opening of the Severn Tunnel. Section
of closed lined reopened 1900 by Great Western Railway as part of its
route to Avonmouth via Severn Beach. Halt opened 1928, closed 1964.
Line closed 1968. Near the Cross Hands Inn, Cross Hands Road,
Pilning, Bristol BS35 4JB.
- Cross Inn (Ammanford)
- Station (SN631120). Line from Pontardulais to Garnant opened
1840, Llanelly Railway & Dock Company. Station opened 1850.
Renamed Ammanford 1883 (Ammanford itself having been created as
a community in 1880). Closed 1958. Not to be confused with
present Ammanford station, which was Tirydail until 1960. Line
remains officially open for freight, but has not carried traffic
for some years. Near the Cross Inn which stood at the junction of
the Llandeilo Road (now College Street) and High Street. The Inn
was demolished in the 1890s.
- Cross Inn (Llanfihangel-ar-Arth)
- Station (SN453392). Line from Pencader Junction to Strata
Florida opened 1866, Manchester & Milford Railway. Station
opened 1871, renamed New Quay Road 1874, renamed Bryn Teify 1916,
closed 1965. Line closed 1973. Next to the Cross Inn Hotel,
Llanfihangel-Ar-Arth, Pencader SA39 9HX.
- Cross Inn (Pontyclun)
- Station (ST055830). Line from Llantrisant station (now
Pontyclun) to Tonteg Junction opened 1863, Llantrisant & Taff
Vale Junction Railway. Station opened 1871, closed 1952. Line
remains open for freight as far as Cwm Llantwit. Station near
the Cross Inn Hotel, Main Road, Cross Inn, Pontyclun CF72 8AZ.
A small community has grown up around the pub and takes its
name from it.
- Cross Keys (Glanamman)
- Station (SN675137). Line from Pontardulais to Garnant opened
1840, Llanelly Railway & Dock Company. Station opened 1851.
Renamed Glanamman 1884. Closed 1958. Line remains officially open
for freight, but has not carried traffic for some years.
Near the Cross Keys, 78 Cwmamman Road, Glanamman, Ammanford
SA18 1DZ.
- Cross Keys (Hednesford)
- Junction (about SK001112). Opened 1881, London & North
Western Railway, for freight only. Point of connection with the
private rail network of Hednesford Colliery. Line closed 1964
when colliery traffic ceased. Near The Cross Keys, 42 Hill
Street, Hednesford, Cannock WS12 2DN.
- Cross Keys (Newport)
- Station (ST220920). Opened 1855, Monmouthshire Railway &
Canal Company. Closed 1962. Line remained open for freight.
Line and station reopened for passenger traffic 2007.
Near the Cross Keys Hotel, High Street, Cross Keys, Newport,
NP11 7BY. A sizeable community has grown up around the
station and pub, and takes its name from them.
- Crymmych Arms
- Station (SN184340). Opened 1875, Whitland & Taf Vale
Railway. Closed 1962. Line closed 1963. Near the Crymych Arms,
Crymych, SA41 3RJ. Note the slightly changed modern spelling.
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- Dartmouth Arms
- Station (TQ354729). Opened 1839, London & Croydon
Railway. Renamed Forest Hill 1845. Near The
Dartmouth Arms, 7 Dartmouth Road, London SE23 3HN.
- Dolphin
- Junction (approx SU987800). Line from London to Maidenhead
opened 1838, Great Western Railway, a broad gauge line. Converted
to mixed gauge 1861, standard gauge 1892. Dolphin Junction opened,
date unknown, as crossovers between Main and Relief lines. Remains
open. Near the Dolphin Tavern, now the Premier Travel Inn, 76 Uxbridge Road, Slough
SL1 1SU.
- Durham Ox
- Junction and level crossing (SK978708). Junction created
1848 / 1849 at the intersection of the Manchester, Sheffield
& Lincolnshire and Great Northern Railways east of Lincoln.
Name later changed (date uncertain) to Pelham Street Junction
/ Crossing. Line from Lincoln Saint Marks closed 1985, other
lines remain open. Next to the Durham Ox Inn, which no longer
exists. The area has been completely altered by the construction
of a new main road which passes above the junction.
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- Eclipse Inn
- Tram stop (approx SK423477).
Opened 1913, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Tramways Company.
Closed 1932. Near the Eclipse Inn, High Street, Loscoe, Heanor
DE75 7LE. Pub remains open.
- Elephant & Castle
- Station (TQ311790) and underground station. Opened 1861, London,
Chatham & Dover Railway, to the north of the New Kent Road;
relocated to its present site 1863. Opened 1900, City & South
London Railway (now the City branch of the Northern Line).
Opened 1906, Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (now the
Bakerloo Line). Named after a famous nearby pub first recorded
in the 18th century. The pub has now disappeared and its precise
location is difficult to track down ☻. The Elephant &
Castle, Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN is a modern pub located
nearby.
- Elm Tree
- Tram stop (TQ311790). Opened 1994, South Yorkshire Supertram,
as Manor Top / Elm Tree. Near the Elm Tree, 980 City Road,
Sheffield S12 2AB.
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- Falcon
- Junction (TQ272753) of the West London Extension Railway (opened
in 1863) with the existing lines of the London, Brighton & South
Coast Railway, just south of Clapham Junction station. Falcon Junction
(also known as Clapham Junction South) is near The Falcon, 2 St John's
Hill, London SW11 1RU.
- Fighting Cocks
- Station (NZ342142). The Stockton & Darlington Railway opened
in 1825. Middleton & Dinsdale station opened 1838. Renamed
Fighting Cocks 1866. Closed 1887. Line closed 1964. Near the Fighting
Cocks Hotel, Darlington Road, Middleton Saint George, Darlington
DL2 1JT.
- Fleece Inn
- Steam Tramway Halt (approx TF500791). Opened 1884, Alford &
Sutton Tramway. Closed 1889. Next to the Fleece Inn at Hannah. Pub
no longer exists. See also Jolly Bacchus.
- Fleur de Lis
- Platform (approx ST156965). The line from Bassaleg, near Newport,
to Pengam was opened in 1865 by the Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil
Junction Railway. Fleur de Lis Platform opened 1926, closed 1962.
This section of the line closed 1967. It is recorded that Fleur de
Lis village, created in 1896, was named after a pub on the River
Rhymney, but nothing seems to be known regarding the fate of that
establishment ☻.
- Four Ashes
- Station (SJ917084). Opened 1837, Grand Junction Railway. Station
closed 1959, signal box retained as block post. Signal box closed circa
1965, up goods loop retained, operated from Wolverhampton PSB. Line
remains open. About ¼ mile from the Four Ashes Inn, Station Drive,
Four Ashes, Wolverhampton WV10 7BU.
- Four Crosses
- Station (SJ271184). Opened 1860, Oswestry & Newtown Railway.
Line and station closed 1965. Near the Four Crosses Inn, Four Crosses,
Llanymynech SY22 6RE. A community has grown up around the inn and
station and takes its name from them.
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- Gate Inn
- Tram stop (approx SK419502). Opened 1913, Nottinghamshire &
Derbyshire Tramways Company. Closed 1932. Near the Gate Inn, 137
Codnor Gate, Codnor, Ripley DE5 9QW. Pub remains open.
- Glass House Inn
- Tram stop (approx SK419499). Opened 1913, Nottinghamshire &
Derbyshire Tramways Company. Closed 1932. Near the Glass House Inn.
Pub was demolished in the 1960s, site now occupied by Ce Bella Bar
& Restaurant, 38 Glass House Hill, Codnor, Ripley DE5 9QT.
- Great Northern Hotel
- Halt (approx J182178, Irish grid). Opened 1877, Warrenpoint
& Rostrevor Tramway, a 34 inch (864 mm) gauge tramway. Line
closed 1915. Halt next to the Mourne Hotel, later renamed the
Great Northern Hotel, Rostrevor. Hotel destroyed by fire in the
1970s.
- Grey Horse
- Halt (approx NZ228357). Line from Phoenix Pit to Stockton
opened 1825, Stockton & Darlington Railway, initially as
a freight only line with no passenger service. Grey Horse opened
as a boarding point for passengers circa 1831 by Daniel Adamson,
a private contractor to the Railway Company who commenced regular
operation of the horse drawn passenger carriage Perseverance
over the Company's line from Shildon to Darlington. In 1833,
the Company commenced its own passenger operation, utilizing the
premises of another nearby pub, the Masons Arms, which thus
effectively became the first Shildon railway station. The original
carriage depot opened by Adamson opposite the Grey Horse pub
became a goods station. A new Shildon station was opened on its
present day site in 1842, and the original station closed. The line
between the new Shildon station and Phoenix Pit, which passed by
the Grey Horse and the Masons Arms, was closed in 1858. The pub
remains open. Grey Horse, 2 Byerley Road, Shildon DL4 1JQ.
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- Harrington Arms (Alvaston)
- Tram terminus (approx SK385335). Opened 1904, Derby Corporation
Tramways. Closed 1932. Near the Harrington Arms. The site of the
original pub is now occupied by a row of shops located immediately to
the east of the present day pub: the Harrington Arms, 1240 London Road,
Alvaston, Derby DE24 8QP.
- Holland Arms
- Station (SH471726). Opened 1865, Anglesey Central Railway. Closed
1952. Line closed 1993, though there are proposals to reopen it as
a tourist and local service line. Near the Holland Arms Hotel,
Pentre Berw, Gaerwen LL60 6HY.
- Hollybush
- Station (SO166034). Line from Nine Mile Point, near Newport,
to Sirhowy opened 1863, Sirhowy Railway. Station opened 1891.
Closed 1960. Line closed 1969. Near the Hollybush Inn,
Railway Terrace, Hollybush, Blackwood NP12 0SJ. A community
has grown up around the inn and station and takes its name from
them.
- Hope & Anchor
- Tram stop (approx SK295205). Opened 1906, Burton & Ashby Light
Railway. Closed 1927. Near the Hope & Anchor, now The Anchor,
211 High Street, Newhall, Swadlincote DE11 0EA.
- Horse & Jockey (Arnold)
- Tram stop (approx SK587457). Opened 1915, Nottingham Corporation
Tramways. Closed 1936. Near the Horse & Jockey, 91 Front Street,
Arnold, Nottingham NG5 7EB
- Horse & Jockey (Thurles)
- Station (S150515, Irish grid). Opened 1880, Southern Railway (of
Ireland). Closed to passengers 1963 and to freight 1967. Near the
Horse & Jockey Inn, Thurles, Co Tipperary. The station served
the pub and local traffic, including bringing supplies to the pub.
Although Thurles is the postal address, the Inn is actually located
about 5 miles south east of the town. A small community has sprung up
around the Inn, and from it takes the English name of Horse &
Jockey (in Gaelic An Marcach, The Jockey).
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- Jolly Bacchus
- Steam Tramway Terminus (TF520819). Opened 1884 by the Alford
& Sutton Tramway, a 30 inch (762 mm) gauge line connecting
Sutton on Sea with the East Lincolnshire Railway at Alford. The
standard gauge Sutton & Willoughby Railway reached Sutton in
1886, and the tramway survived only a further few years, closing
completly in 1889. The Sutton terminus was next to the Jolly Bacchus
Inn, now the Bacchus Hotel, 17 High Street, Sutton on Sea,
Mablethorpe LN12 2EY.
- Jolly Sailor
- Station (TQ341684). Opened 1839, London & Croydon Railway.
Renamed Norwood, 1846. Closed 1859, when a new station (Norwood
Junction) was opened a little further south. Near the Jolly Sailor,
64 High Street, London SE25 6EB.
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- King William
- Goods station (approx SD730146). Line from Bolton to Darwen
opened 1848, Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe & West Yorkshire
Railway. Station probably opened same date. Known active 1913.
Closed, unknown date. Line remains open. Near The King William
Hotel, 245 Chapeltown Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton BL7 9AN.
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- Lamb, The
- Tram stop (approx O018193, Irish Grid). Opened 1888, Dublin
& Blessington Steam Tramway. Line and stop closed 1933.
Near The Lamb, an old coaching inn. The inn closed during the
life of the tramway; the date of closure is unclear, but it is
reported to have been demolished some time before 1920. The
location of the old tram stop on the present day Dublin Bus service
65 is still known as The Lamb.
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- Malt Shovel
- Tram stop (SK341182). Opened 1906, Burton & Ashby Light Railway.
Closed 1927. Near the Malt Shovel, now the Annwell Inn, 5 Annwell Lane,
Smisby, Ashby-de-la-Zouch LE65 2TA.
- Manor House
- Underground station (TQ321875). Opened 1932, London Electric
Railway. Now part of the Piccadilly Line. Near the Manor House pub,
now the Manor Club, 277 Seven Sisters Road, London N4 2DE.
- Marine Hotel
- Tram stop (approx O260392, Irish grid). Opened 1901, Hill of
Howth Tramway, an Irish standard gauge electric tramway wholly
owned by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland. Line closed 1959.
Stop was next to the Strand Hotel, later renamed the Marine Hotel,
Sutton Cross, Dublin 13.
- Marquis (or Marquess) of Granby
- See Waterloo Arches
- Marquis of Wellington
- Viaduct (approx TQ337795). Another section of the long elevated
route opened in 1836 to carry the London & Greenwich Railway
over the streets of South East London (see Blue
Anchor). This section is named after the adjacent Marquis of
Wellington, 21 Druid Street, London SE1 2HH.
- Mitre
- Tram terminus (SK348341). Opened 1923, Derby Corporation Tramways.
Closed 1932. Next to the Mitre Hotel, Osmaston Road, Derby DE24 8NG.
- Moorcock
- Tunnel (SD793930) and viaduct (SD793922). Opened 1875, Midland
Railway. Remain open. The viaduct is more usually known as Dandry
Mire, or Garsdale, viaduct. A short distance from the Moorcock Inn,
Garsdale, Sedbergh LA10 5PU
- Mourne Hotel
- See Great Northern Hotel
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- New Inn (Glyn Ceiriog)
- Station (SJ202377). Opened 1874, Glyn Valley Tramway, a 28¼
inch (718 mm) gauge line. Closed 1886 when the route of the line was
altered slightly in order to extend to Hendre Quarry. A new station
(Glynceiriog) opened nearby 1891, closed 1933. Entire line closed
1935. Near the New Inn, now the Glyn Valley Hotel, Glyn Ceiriog, Llangollen
LL20 7EU.
- New Cross
- Two stations: TQ362770, station opened 1839, London & Croydon
Railway. East London Railway connection opened 1869, with its own
station named New Cross Gate. East London line station closed 1911,
services transferred to main line station. Main line station renamed
New Cross Gate, 1923. TQ367771, station opened 1850, South Eastern
Railway. East London Railway connection opened 1876. Both stations
remain open. The East London line is now part of London Underground,
although there are proposals to reintegrate it with the Overground
Network. Both stations near the New Cross Inn, now Bar Alchemy,
323 New Cross Road, London SE14 6AS.
- New Inn (Rosebush)
- Halt (SN061299). Line from Rosebush to Letterston opened
1895, North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard Railway. New Inn Bridge
Halt opened 1929, closed 1937. Line closed 1949. Near the New Inn,
now Yr Hen Dafarn Newydd, Rosebush, Clynderwen SA66 7RA.
- Newlands Inn
- Station (SK422513). Opened circa 1991, Golden Valley Light
Railway, a 2 foot (610 mm) gauge tourist line. Remains open.
Near the Newlands Inn, Golden Valley, Riddings, Alfreton DE55 4ES.
- Normanton Hotel
- Tram stop (SK351347). Opened 1881, Derby Corporation Tramways,
as the terminus of a horse drawn tram route from the town centre.
Line converted to electric traction and extended to Cavendish 1904.
Line and stop closed 1934. The Normanton Hotel still stands at the
junction of Pear Tree Road and Lower Dale Road, but has been closed
and empty for a number of years.
- North Pole
- Junction (TQ229819) and Eurostar servicing depot. The junction
was created in 1863, when the Great Western Railway opened a chord
connecting its 1838 Main Line at Old Oak East Junction with the
1844 West London Railway at North Pole Juction. A third line,
from the London & North Western Railway at Mitre Bridge
Junction, reached North Pole in 1860. The original connection
from the Great Western Main Line at Ladbroke Grove Junction.
closed in 1869, and the connection to Old Oak East Junction in
1990. Junction reinstated 1994 providing connection to Eurostar
servicing depot, located alongside the former Great Western Main Line.
Depot and junction closed 2007. Named after a nearby pub. The
North Pole, 13-15 North Pole Road, London W10 6QH is sometimes
referred to as the New North Pole so may not be the same premises
☻.
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- Oak Tree
- Junction (NZ354137). The Stockton & Darlington Railway
opened in 1825. Oak Tree Junction created 1887 with the opening
of a more southerly route to the East Coast Main Line via Dinsdale.
Ceased to be a junction in 1964 with the closure of the northerly
route via Fighting Cocks. About ¾ mile from the Oak Tree Inn,
Yarm Road, Middleton Saint George, Darlington DL2 1HN.
- Old Colonial
- Tram stop (SJ322893). Opened circa 1995, Wirral Transport Museum. The line is also used
by the Merseyside
Tramway Preservation Society. Tram stop is near the Taylor Street
Museum and the Old Colonial, 167 Bridge Street, Birkenhead CH41 1AY.
- Old Roan
- Station (SJ370993). Line from Liverpool to Lostock Hall
opened 1849, East Lancashire Railway. Old Road station opened
1907, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, closed 1909.
Reopened 1935, London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Remains
open. Near the Old Roan Hotel, Copy Lane, Bootle L30 8RD.
- Old Swan
- Station (SJ404913) and tram stop (approx SJ394911). Old Swan
& Knotty Ash station opened 1879, Cheshire Lines Committee.
Renamed Knotty Ash & Stanley, 1888. Closed 1960. Line closed 1975.
Tram stop opened, dated uncertain ☻. Closed circa 1955.
Tram stop near The Old Swan, 1-5 Saint Oswalds Street, Liverpool
L13 5SA; station about ½ mile distant. The surrounding area has
taken its name from the pub.
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- Pilot
- Station (TR090186). Opened 1928, Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway, a 15 inch (381 mm) gauge miniature line.
Station closed 1984. Line remains open. Next to the Pilot
Inn, Battery Road, Lydd on Sea, Romney Marsh TN29 9NJ.
- Portland Arms
- Tram stop (approx SK539609). Opened 1905, Mansfield & District
Light Railway Company. Closed 1932. Near the Portland Arms, Albert
Street, Mansfield NG18 1EA.
- Portsmouth Arms
- Station (SS631193). Opened 1854, North Devon Railway &
Dock Company, a broad gauge line. Converted to mixed gauge 1863,
standard gauge 1877. Remains open. Near the Portsmouth Arms Hotel,
Burrington, Umberleigh EX37 9ND.
- Punch Bowl
- Viaduct (SD646694). Opened 1850, North Western Railway.
Remains open. Near the Punch Bowl Hotel, Lower Bentham,
Lancaster LA2 7DD.
- Puss in Boots
- Station (SK320449). Proposed name changed to Hazelwood prior
to opening in 1867 by the Midland Railway. Station closed and
passenger services ceased on the line 1947. Freight traffic ceased
circa 1990. Line now in the process of being restored as a tourist
operation by the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. Station about
¼ mile from the Puss in Boots, Wirksworth Road, Duffield, Belper
DE56 4AQ.
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- Queens Head (Dolywern)
- Station (SJ221372). Opened 1874, Glyn Valley Tramway, a
28¼ inch (718 mm) gauge line. Closed 1886. In 1888 when
the route of the line was diverted slightly towards the south.
Station on the new route (Dolywern) opened 1891, closed 1933.
Entire line closed 1935. The former Queens Head Inn is now the
Cartref
Dyffryn Ceiriog Cheshire Home, Dolywern, Pontfadog, Llangollen
LL20 7AF.
- Queens Head (Birmingham)
- Sidings and viaduct (SP038892). Line from Birmingham Snow Hill
to Handsworth opened 1854, Great Western Railway. Closed 1972.
Reopened 1994, British Rail. Sidings opened, unknown date, probably
circa 1994. Viaduct opened 1999, Midland Metro. About ½ mile
from the Queens Head, 379 Soho Road, Birmingham B21 9SF.
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- Raven
- Level crossing (SN688132) and junction (SN691132). Line from
Garnant to Gwaun-cae-Gurwen opened 1841, Llanelly Railway &
Dock Company, with Raven level crossing. Raven Junction created
1907 when the Great Western Railway opened a new line bypassing
part of the earlier (but not the level crossing). Part of original
line closed 1907, remaining section closed 1950. Newer line (and
level crossing) remain officially open for freight, but have not
carried traffic for some years. Crossing and junction near the
Raven Inn, 82 Cwmamman Road, Garnant, Ammanford SA18 1ND.
- Red Cow
- (Gaelic: Na Bó Deirge) Tram station and depot
(O085310, Irish grid). Opened 2004, Luas. Near the 17th Century Red Cow Inn,
Naas Road, Dublin 22, once a coaching inn and now part of a bar and
hotel complex.
- Red Lion (Garnant)
- Level crossing and halt (SN696124). Line from Raven Junction
to Gwaun-cae-Gurwen opened 1907, Great Western Railway, bypassing
an earlier line of the Llanelly Railway & Dock Company. Red
Lion Crossing was near the pub of that name. Red Lion Crossing Halt
opened 1908, closed 1926. Line remains officially open for freight,
but has not carried traffic for some years. Pub no longer exists
☻.
- Red Lion (Mansfield)
- Tram stop (approx SK534610). Opened 1905, Mansfield & District
Light Railway Company. Closed 1932. Near the Red Lion, now
The Red,
2 Bancroft Lane, Mansfield NG18 5LQ.
- Rising Sun
- Tram stop (SK294182). Opened 1906, Burton & Ashby Light
Railways. Closed 1927. Next to the Rising Sun, 77 Church Street,
Church Gresley, Swadlincote DE11 9NR.
- Roebuck
- Station (SD513398). Opened 1840, Lancaster & Preston
Junction Railway. Closed 1849. Line remains open. Near the Roebuck
Hotel, Garstang Road, Bilsborrow, Preston PR3 0RE.
- Royal George
- Tunnel (SD983036). Opened 1885, London & North Western
Railway with its line from Stalybridge to Diggle via the East bank
of the River Tame, built to relieve traffic on its earlier line on
the opposite site of the valley. Newer line (and Royal George
Tunnel) closed 1966, original line remains open. Tunnel ran
almost directly below The Royal George Hotel, Manchester Road,
Greenfield, Oldham OL3 7HX.
- Royal Oak (Filey)
- Three junctions (TA106780, TA110780, TA109785). Line from Filey
to Bridlington opened 1847, York & North Midland Railway.
Junctions created 1947, London & North Eastern Railway, with
the opening of the branch to Filey Holiday Camp. Branch closed
and junctions out of use 1977. Main line remains open. The North
Junction was near the Royal Oak Hotel, Royal Oak, Filey YO14 9QE.
- Royal Oak (London)
- Station (TQ259816). Opened 1871, Great Western Railway, to
serve trains on the branch to Hammersmith which it owned jointly
with the Metropolitan Railway. There were no platforms on the main
line. The Hammersmith branch and the Royal Oak platforms are now
part of the Hammersmith & City line of the London Underground.
Near the Royal Oak pub. The pub was renamed in 2007 and is now The Porchester, 88 Bishops Bridge Road,
London W2 5AA.
- Rufford Arms
- Tram stop (approx SK524624). Opened 1905, Mansfield & District
Light Railway Company. Closed 1932. Near the Rufford Arms, 335
Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield NG19 7ES.
- Rutland Hotel
- Tram stop (approx SK464425). Opened 1903, Ilkeston Corporation
Tramways. Closed 1931. Near the Rutland Hotel on Lower Bath Street.
Hotel now demolished, Aldi supermarket is close to the original
location.
- Rye House
- Station (TL385098). Opened 1843, Northern & Eastern Railway.
The line was originally constructed to a gauge of 5ft, but was converted
to standard gauge the following year. Remains open. On the opposite side
of the River Lea from the Rye House, Rye Road, Hoddesdon EN11 0EH.
The pub stands near the site of a 15th century building, of which
only the gatehouse remains.
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- Salutation
- Junction (approx ST312873). Line opened 1852, Monmouthshire
Railway & Canal Company, from the company's original terminus at
Courtybella, running via Cardiff Road and George Street to a new
terminus at Dock Street. Salutation Junction created 1855
(coincidentally just a few yards from where the author of these pages
was born), with freight only line to Llanarth Street Junction running
via Ebenezer Terrace. Passenger services ceased 1880 (diverted to
High Street station). Line to Llanarth Street Junction closed 1907,
Salutation Junction abolished. Remaining line via Cardiff Road and
George Street closed unknown date, probably 1950s. The Salutation
Inn (later the Salutation Hotel) stood at the junction of Cardiff Road
and Commercial Road (approx ST313875). It was demolished in 1963.
- Saracen
- Two separate goods stations:
- First (approx NS586682). Opened 1895, Caledonian Railway,
with line from Possil Junction. Line and station closed 1963.
- Second (approx NS582685). Opened 1904, North British Railway,
with line from Ruchill. Line and station closed 1974.
The pub name derivation here is rather indirect: the goods stations
are named after the Saracen Foundry of Walter McFarlane &
Company, which they served. The Foundry was given its name because
the McFarlane's original works had been in Saracen Head Road, off
Gallowgate. This road in turn took its name from the neighbouring
coaching inn, famous as the place where Dr Johnson, on his return
from his Highland tour, rejoiced to find himself sitting once more
in front of a coal fire. That building still stands, though no
longer a public house.
- Seven Stars
- Station (approx SJ224076). Opened 1903, Welshpool & Llanfair
Light Railway, a 30 inch (762 mm) gauge line. Closed 1931. Line
closed 1963. Much of the Welshpool & Llanfair route was
subsequently reopened as a tourist operation, but not the section
through Seven Stars station. The Seven Stars pub no longer exists,
but Seven Stars Road, Welshpool SY21 7JE remains.
- Six Bells (Abertillery)
- Halt (SO221031). Line from Aberbeeg to Nantyglo opened 1855,
Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Company. Halt opened 1937, closed
1962. Line closed 1984. Near the Six Bells Hotel, Victoria Road,
Six Bells, Abertillery NP13 2LX. A sizeable community has grown up
around the pub and takes its name from it.
- Six Bells (Garndiffaith)
- Halt (SO267045). Line from Blaenavon to Abersychan opened 1878,
London & North Western Railway. Halt opened 1912. Renamed
Garndiffaith 1922. Closed 1941. Line closed 1980. Pub no longer
exists ☻.
- Spade Oak
- Level crossing (SU884874). Line from Marlow Road (now Bourne End)
to Great Marlow (now Marlow) opened 1873, Great Marlow Railway, with
level crossing. Remains open. Near The Spade Oak Hotel, Coldmoorholme
Lane, Bourne End SL8 5PS.
- Spa Hotel
- Tram stop (approx O019353, Irish Grid). Opened 1890, Lucan, Leixlip
& Cellbridge Steam Tramway, a 3ft (914mm) gauge line. Closed 1897.
Dodsborough Spa Hotel reopened 1991, as the terminus of a new 3ft 6in
(1067mm) gauge line, the Lucan & Leixlip Electric Railway. Closed
1928. Near the Spa Hotel, now the Lucan Spa Hotel.
- Spread Eagle (London)
- See Waterloo Arches
- Spread Eagle (Stafford)
- Station (SJ914105). Opened 1837, Grand Junction Railway. Renamed
Gailey, 1881. Closed 1951. Line remains open as part of the Birmingham
loop of the West Coast Main Line. Near the Spread Eagle Inn, now the
Spread Eagle Milestone Restaurant, Watling Street, Gailey, Stafford
ST19 5PN.
- Stag & Castle Inn
- Station (SK458080). Opened 1832, Leicester & Swannington
Railway. Closed 1841. Line closed 1848, being replaced by a new
alignment opened by the Midland Railway immediately to the west,
avoiding the Bagworth incline on the original route. Station near the
Stag & Castle Inn. The building survives but has not been in
use as a pub for many years.
- Stanhope
- Tram stop (SK284221). Opened 1906, Burton & Ashby Light
Railways. Closed 1927. Next to the Stanhope Arms, 82 Ashby Road East,
Bretby, Burton-on-Trent DE15 0PU.
- Strand Hotel
- See Marine Hotel
- Swan Hotel
- Tram stop (SK258232). Opened 1903, Burton Corporation Tramways.
Closed 1929. From 1906 to 1927, the stop was also served by cars
of the Burton & Ashby Light Railways. Next to the Swan Hotel,
Trent Bridge, Burton-on-Trent DE14 1SU.
- Swiss Cottage
- Underground stations (TQ267843). Original station opened 1868,
Metropolitan Railway, with line from Baker Street. Line extended to
Willesden Green, 1879. Station closed 1940. Line remains open. Second
station opened 1939, London Passenger Transport Board, as part of the
Bakerloo line extension. Now part of the Jubilee Line. Near the
Swiss Tavern, now Ye Olde Swiss Cottage, 98 Finchley Road, London
NW3 5EL. The pub itself is said to take its name from a cottage
which formed part of a farmstead. The cottage, later a restaurant,
was demolished in the 1960s.
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- Three Cocks
- Junction station (SO167372). Opened 1884 at the junction of the
Mid Wales and the Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railways. Station and
both lines closed 1962. About ½ mile from the Three Cocks
Hotel, Three Cocks, Brecon LD3 0SL. A small community has grown
up around the station and pub and takes its name from them.
- Three Horseshoes
- Junction (TL335969). Line from Peterborough to March opened
1846, Eastern Counties Railway. Junction created 1897, Great
Eastern Railway, with opening of freight only branch to Burnt
House, extended to Benwick the following year. Branch closed and
junction out of use 1964, but signal box retained as a block post.
Main line remains open. Near the Three Horseshoes, 344 March Road,
Turves, Whittlesey, Peterborough PE7 2DN.
- Three Tuns
- Steam Tramway Halt (TF469766). Opened 1884, Alford & Sutton
Tramway. Closed 1889. Next to the Three Tuns, Thurlby Road, Bilsby,
Alford LN13 9PU. Pub remains open. See also Jolly
Bacchus.
- Throstle Nest
- Junctions (East Junction SJ817965) and tunnel (from junctions
to SJ815959). Line from Manchester Central to Liverpool Brunswick
opened 1874, Cheshire Lines Committee. Tunnel opened and East
Junction created 1880, with opening of Midland Railway line to
Heaton Norris. West and South Junctions opened 1906, Cheshire Lines
Committee, forming third side of triangle. Connection from East
to South Junctions closed 1969. West Junction and remaining
section of former Midland Railway line closed 1988. Original
Manchester to Liverpool line remains open, now signalled from
Manchester Piccadilly power signal box. Tunnel near the Throstles
Nest, 122 Seymour Grove, Manchester M16 0FF. Note slightly
different spelling of railway features and pub name.
- Tram Inn
- Station and signal box (SO464336). Opened 1853, Newport,
Abergavenny & Hereford Railway. Station closed 1958, signal
box retained as block post and to control level crossing. Next to
The Tram Inn, Tram Inn, Hereford HR2 9AN. The Tram Inn takes its
name from a horse drawn tramway that predated the railway. Thus
we have an example of a pub taking its name from a railway, which
then gave its name back to a railway feature.
- Travellers Rest
- Station (approx ST084946). Line from Stormstown Junction to
Nelson opened 1841, Taff Vale Railway. Station opened 1901, closed
1932. Line closed 1938. Pub no longer exists, surrounding area
extensively altered with construction of new main road (A470)
☻.
- Trouble House
- Station (ST914954). Line from Kemble to Tetbury opened 1889,
Great Western Railway. Station opened 1959, British Railways.
Line closed 1964. Opposite the Trouble House Inn, Tetbury GL8 8SG.
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- Union Flag
- See Waterloo Arches
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- Victory
- Level crossing (ST182250). Line from Taunton to Beam Bridge
opened 1843, Bristol & Exeter Railway, with level crossing
(also known as Allerford Crossing), a broad gauge line. Converted
to mixed gauge 1878, standard gauge 1892. Remains open. Near
The Victory Inn, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton TA4 1AL.
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- Waterloo Arches
- Like the London & Greenwich Railway out of London Bridge
(see Blue Anchor), the London & South Western
Railway line opened out of Waterloo in 1848 was elevated above the
surrounded streets. Also like the London Bridge route, many of
the viaducts which formed this elevated section appear to have
been named after nearby pubs. However, in this case, I have not
been able to locate any of the original premises concerned
☻. Names that may be related to pubs include:
Coronation, Marquess of Granby, Spread Eagle, Union Flag,
White Lion.
- Wellington
- Station, cutting and bank (approx J079212, Irish grid).
Wellington Inn station opened 1850 as a temporary terminus
of the Dublin & Belfast Junction railway, located near the
inn of that name for the convenience of passengers making an
ongoing connection by road coach. Station closed 1852 when
the line was extended (via Wellington Cutting) to Newry Armagh
Road. Line remains open. The inn no longer exists. Wellington
Bank is the name of the long gradient of the railway rising from
Dundalk and passing the site of the inn.
- Welsh Harp
- Viaduct (TQ226875) and station (approx TQ225876). Line from
London St Pancras to Bedford opened 1867, Midland Railway, with
viaduct. Station opened 1870, closed 1903. Line and viaduct
remain open. Near the Welsh Harp Inn, demolished in 1971 for
road widening, site now under West Hendon Broadway flyover.
The old coaching inn may have taken its name from the shape of
a nearby lake, later enlarged to become Brent Reservoir and also
called the Welsh Harp.
- Whistle Inn
- Station (SO229101). Line from Brynmawr to Blaenavon opened
1869, London & North Western Railway. Garn yr Erw station
(SO228102) opened 1913, closed 1941. Line closed 1954. Partly
reopened circa 1983 as a tourist line, Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway, with
Whistle Inn station. Next to the Whistle Inn, Garn yr Erw,
Blaenavon, Pontypool NP4 9SJ.
- White Bear
- Station (SD600130). Opened 1869, Lancashire Union Railway.
Closed 1960. Line closed 1971. Near the White Bear Hotel,
Market Street, Adlington, Chorley PR7 4HE.
- White Hart
- Halt, with separate platforms on 2 lines (ST204891).
Line from Bassaleg to Caerphilly opened 1865, Brecon &
Merthyr Tydfil Junction, as a single line. Line doubled 1891,
with the down line taking a slightly different route between
Machen and Gwaunybara, the original line becoming the up line.
Station (both platforms) opened 1947, closed 1952. Up line
closed 1964, with the down line becoming single line. Line
closed completely 1967. Near the White Hart Inn, White Hart,
Machen, Caerphilly CF83 8QQ.
- White Lion (Ilkeston)
- Tram stop (approx SK466413). Opened 1903, Ilkeston Corporation
Tramways. Closed 1931. Near the White Lion. Pub now demolished,
site occupied by roundabout at the top of Chalons Way.
- White Lion (London)
- See Waterloo Arches
- White Swan
- Coal Depot (approx TG521085). Line from Yarmouth North
Quay Junction to Salisbury Road Junction opened 1882, Yarmouth
Union Railway. Coal depot opened, unknown date. Line from
Salisbury Road Junction closed 1959. Line from North Quay
Junction closed 1970, with last rail access to depot. Near
the White Swan, North Quay, Great Yarmouth NR30 1PU.
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When the railways were built, pubs were often built near stations to
provide rest and refreshment for travellers, and facilities such as
hire of carriages and horses to carry them betwen the railway and their
final destination, which might be some distance away. Often these pubs
were given names connected with the railway. Thus, there are a great
many pubs and hotels in Great Britain and Ireland with names like
The Station or The Railway. Some are named after old
railway companies, such as The Midland or The Great Northern.
Others are named after famous trains, for instance The Mallard or
The Flying Scotsman.
Many of these pubs still stand next to the railway they were built
to serve, but in some instances the station itself has vanished. In
rural areas, traces of the line may remain to explain the pub name,
but there are some puzzles. Here are just a few:
- The Station Hotel, 106 Derby Road, Loughborough
- (LE11 5AG. SK530201) Loughborough has two stations, the station of
the national network, formerly known as Loughborough Midland, now
simply Loughborough; and Loughborough Central on the Great Central
Railway, once a main line railway in its own right but now operating as a
preserved railway for tourists and enthusiasts. The Station pub is
close to neither of these. The explanation? On an adjacent site, now
occupied by industrial units, once stood the Loughborough Derby Road
station of the Charnwood Forest Railway, closed to passengers as long
ago as 1931 and closed completely in 1955. Although a few of the
original buildings remain, they are not readily visible from the main
roads and many people are unaware of the line's existence.
- The Railway Inn, Wilne Road, Sawley, Long Eaton
- (NG10 3AP. SK472317) is a puzzle because is has never been
close to a railway. The nearest line, the Nottingham to Derby line of
the Midland Railway, is over ½ mile away - although there was
a station called Sawley (near the level crossing on Sawley Road,
SK463328) and the present Long Eaton station (SK481322) was originally
known as Sawley Junction.
- The Terminus, 601 Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield
- (S40 3JY. SK356706) again, never near any railway line, but in
this instance next to a former terminus (and turn round point) of
the Chesterfield Corporation tram system. Unfortunately, this pub
at the corner of Chatsworth Road and Storrs Road, once popular with
Real Ale enthusiasts, was closed and demolished (circa 2004) to make
way for housing.
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Some pubs may have no obvious railway connection, yet have
nevertheless played an important part in railway history. For example:
- The Sun Inn, 6 Derby Road, Eastwood, Nottingham
- (NG16 3NT. SK464470) known as the birthplace of the Midland Railway,
because on 4th October, 1832 a group of interested parties including
local mine owners met there, and their deliberations led to the
formation of the Midland Counties Railway. A plaque commemorates the
event. This railway became one of the first components of the railway
company that would eventually link the East and North Midlands with
London, Bristol and even Scotland.
And here is a pub with a railway connection that is far from obvious:
- The Albion, 86 Armley Road, Leeds
- (LS12 2EJ. SE283335) became famous among the railway modelling
fraternity in the 1980s with the publication of a building kit which
immortalized it in card. The pub was an ideal subject for this
treatment, being relatively small, of an age suitable for almost any
townscape from the mid-19th century to the present day, and clearly
visible from the railway. The kit itself was of excellent quality and
unusual in representing an actual, rather than a simplified or
idealized, building. It has appeared on many model railway layouts.
