List of fictional railway stations
This is a list of fictional railway stations (as opposed to genuine railway stations portrayed in fictional works or context).
Branch line
England
Berkshire
• Cemetery Junction - Cemetery Junction
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
- 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
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 – Churchill: The Hollywood Years
- 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
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
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 – Churchill: The Hollywood Years
- 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[1]
- 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
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
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
Stations on atmospheric railways
- Van Horne – Ghostbusters II
- Scratch Row – The Springheel Saga
Island of Sodor
- North Western Railway
- Skarloey Railway
- Culdee Fell Railway
- Arlesdale Railway
- Sodor & Mainland Railway
TR lines
Japan
- Beika (米花駅) – Case Closed
See also
Sources
- ^ "On the right track", The Guardian, 17 November 2007
Further reading
- Huntley, John Railways in the Cinema. London: Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-0115-4