List of fictional railway stations explained

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

Branch line

See also: Branch line.

England

Borsetshire

• Downham – The Archers
• Upper Croft – The Archers

Buckinghamshire

• Hambleden – Candleshoe

Cheshire

• Hanbury Halt – Cranford

Cornwall

• Fal Vale Junction – The Ghost Train

Devon

• Grimpen – The Hound of the Baskervilles

Dorset

• Chufnell Regis – Jeeves and Wooster
• Pepperinge Eye – Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Hampshire

• Hamingwell Halt – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

Lake District

• Rio – Swallows and Amazons
• Strickland Junction – Swallows and Amazons

Lancashire

• Ormston – Born and Bred

Midsomer

• Holm Lane Junction — Midsomer Murders episode "Death in a Chocolate Box"

Norfolk

• Arcady – Love on a Branch Line
• Arcady Halt – Love on a Branch Line
• Flaxfield – Love on a Branch Line

Somerset

• Combe Florey Halt – The Flockton Flyer
• Flockton – The Flockton Flyer
• Lane End – The Flockton Flyer
• Marlbury – To the Manor Born
• Nettlecombe – The Flockton Flyer
• Titfield – The Titfield Thunderbolt

Sussex

• Beershorn – Cold Comfort Farm
• Beershorn Halt – Cold Comfort Farm (film)
• Godmere – Cold Comfort Farm

Yorkshire

• Aidensfield – Heartbeat
• Ailsenby – The Royal
• Elsinby – The Royal
• Ledby – Heartbeat
• Mortonhurst – The Railway Children (2000)
• Skellerton – Sam
• Stacklepoole Junction – The Railway Children
• Workdale – What a Carve Up!

Worcestershire

• Austen-in-the-Wold – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Bigglesby – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Buston – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Cogglethorpe – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Coldhorton – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Hatley – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Little Weirwold – Goodnight Mister Tom
• Loxley – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Nether Padley – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Nossington Bassett – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Swinthorpe – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Wenstead – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• Wetherton – Oh, Doctor Beeching!

Unknown

• Bufflers Halt – The Secret Service

Scotland

• Auchenshoogle – Oor Wullie
• Clachan of Inverstarve – The Glenmutchkin Railway
• Glenbogle – Monarch of the Glen
• Glenmutchkin – The Glenmutchkin Railway

Wales

• Grumbly – Ivor the Engine
• Llangubbin – Ivor the Engine
• Llaniog – Ivor the Engine
• Llanmad – Ivor the Engine
• Llantisilly – Ivor the Engine
• Tan-y-Gwlch – Ivor the Engine

Northern Ireland

• Buggleskelly – Oh, Mr. Porter!

Poland

• Bölkau – How I Unleashed World War II
• Baumburg – How I Unleashed World War II
• Brzozkowo – How I Unleashed World War II
• Chandra Unyńska – Piotr Płaksin and Darmozjad polski
• Kamieniec – Wkrótce nadejdą bracia
• Maritimska – O psie, który jeździł koleją
• Ustjanowa – Droga

United States

• Fish's Switch – Speak Easily
• Hooterville – Petticoat Junction
• Pixley – Petticoat Junction

Main line

See also: Main line (railway).

England

Holby

• Holby Central – Casualty
• Holby West – Casualty
• Farmead Market – Casualty
• Stokeville – Casualty

Barsetshire

• Barchester – The Black Sheep of Whitehall

Borsetshire

• Felpersham – The Archers
• Hollerton Junction – The Archers

Greater London

• Buckingham Palace –
• King's Cross railway station Platform 9 3/4 — Harry Potter films
• Walford East – EastEnders
• Charnham – Family Affairs

Hampshire

• Fordbridge – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
• Hamingwell – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
• Nutcombe – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
• Pudham – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

Kent

• Eastgate – Dad's Army
• Snettlefold – Dad's Army
• Walmington-on-Sea – Dad's Army

Lincolnshire

• Cablethorpe – Hi-de-Hi!
• Crimpton-on-Sea – Hi-de-Hi!
• Moulton Junction – Hi-de-Hi!

Norfolk

• Eastbeach – The Iron Way by C.M. Hincks (London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1920)
• Eastwich – The Iron Way
• Marford Junction – The Iron Way
• Southmouth – The Iron Way
• Tranbridge Junction – The Iron Way

Somerset

• Mallingford – The Titfield Thunderbolt

Trumptonshire

• Trumpton – Trumpton
• Wintlebury – Chigley

Tyne and Wear

• Gallowshield – When the Boat Comes In

Yorkshire

• Bramall – The New Statesman
• Downton – Downton Abbey
• Kingsport – South Riding
• Kiplington – South Riding
• Skerrow – South Riding

Worcestershire

• Clumberfield – Oh, Doctor Beeching!

Unknown

• Barwell Heath – 4.50 from Paddington
• Brackhampton – 4.50 from Paddington
• Carvil Junction – 4.50 from Paddington
• Chadmouth – 4.50 from Paddington
• Chadwick – The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive
• Frothington –
• Girton – The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive
• Haling Broadway – 4.50 from Paddington
• Kendon-on-Lea – The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive
• Miggleswick – Oh, Mr. Porter!
• Milchester – 4.50 from Paddington
• Milford – Brief Encounter
• Much Snogging On the Green – Carry On Loving
• Mugby Junction – Mugby Junction
• Roxeter – 4.50 from Paddington
• Stillwell Street – The Warriors
• Waverton – 4.50 from Paddington
• Westcombe-on-Sea – Jeeves and Wooster
• Whimperley – Dead Man's Mirror by Agatha Christie

Scotland

• Hogsmeade – Harry Potter series

Wales

• Merioneth Central – Ivor the Engine
• Tewyn – Ivor the Engine

United States

Kansas

• Fort Leavenworth – Santa Fe Trail
• Four Feather Falls – Four Feather Falls

Minnesota

• Frostbite Falls – The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

Mississippi

• River Landing – Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Missouri

• Midvale – Casey Jones

New York

• Shining Time Station – Shining Time Station
• Farhampton Station – How I Met Your Mother

New Mexico

• Hadleyville – High Noon

Texas

• Desert Junction – Supertrain

Stations in unidentified states

• Buffalo Valley – The Munsters
• Indian Flats – The Munsters
• Melton – Petticoat Junction
• Metropolis Union – Superman
• Rancho Relaxo – The Simpsons
• Shelbyville – The Simpsons
• Skidmore – Petticoat Junction
• Springfield – The Simpsons

Austria

• Gottlespiel Halt – Danger Mouse

Other

• Edelweiss – Graustark novels by George Barr McCutcheon
• Evergreen Station – The Raccoons
• Frankenstein – Son of Frankenstein
• Goldstadt – Bride of Frankenstein
• New Ankh – Raising Steam
• Strelsau – The Prisoner of Zenda
• Transylvania – Young Frankenstein
• Zootopia Central – Zootopia

Monorail stations

See also: Monorail.

Europe

• Anderbad – Thunderbirds
• Monte Carlo – Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
• Perdido Street Station – Bas Lag

United States

• Brockway – The Simpsons
• North Haverbrook – The Simpsons
• Ogdenville – The Simpsons
• Springfield – The Simpsons

Rapid transport stations

See main article: List of fictional rapid transit stations.

Stations on atmospheric railways

• Van Horne – Ghostbusters II
• Scratch Row – The Springheel Saga

Island of Sodor

See main article: Sodor (fictional island).

• North Western Railway
• Skarloey Railway
• Culdee Fell Railway
• Arlesdale Railway
• Sodor & Mainland Railway

TR lines

Japan

• Beika (米花駅) – Case Closed

See also

• List of fictional rapid transit stations

Further reading

• Huntley, John Railways in the Cinema. London: Ian Allan