List of fictional railway stations

Goathland station has been used as the location for several fictional stations including 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)

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England

Borsetshire

• Downham – The Archers
• Upper Croft – The Archers

Buckinghamshire

• Hambleden – Candleshoe

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

Lake District

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

Lancashire

• Ormston – Born and Bred

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

• Aspington – Oh, Doctor Beeching!
• 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!
• 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
• Little Weirwold – Goodnight Mister Tom

Scotland

• Auchenshoogle – Oor Wullie
• Glenbogle – Monarch of the Glen

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!

United States

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

Main line

England

Barsetshire

• Barchester – The Black Sheep of Whitehall

Borsetshire

• Felpersham – The Archers
• Hollerton Junction – The Archers

Essex

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

Greater London

• Buckingham Palace – Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Kent

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

Norfolk

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

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

• Barton Moss – The Lost Special
• Chadwick – The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive
• Collins Green – The Lost Special
• Earlstown – The Lost Special
• Fordbridge – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
• Frothington – Churchill: The Hollywood Years
• Girton – The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive
• Hamingwell Halt – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
• Kendon-on-Lea – The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive
• Kenyon Junction – The Lost Special
• Miggleswick – Oh, Mr. Porter!
• Milford – Brief Encounter
• Much Snogging On the Green – Carry On Loving
• Mugby Junction – Mugby Junction
• Newton – The Lost Special
• Nutcombe – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
• Pudham – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
• St Helens – The Lost Special
• Stillwell Street – The Warriors
• 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

• 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 Mexico

• Hadleyville – High Noon

Texas

• Desert Junction – Supertrain

Stations in unidentified states

• Buffalo Valley – The Munsters
• Indian Flats – The Munsters
• Melton – Petticoat Junction
• 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
• Strelsau – The Prisoner of Zenda
• Transylvania – Young Frankenstein

Monorail stations

Europe

• Anderbad – Thunderbirds
• Monte Carlo – Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

United States

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

Tube stations

Main article: List of London Underground-related fiction

Stations on atmospheric railways

• Van Horne – Ghostbusters II

Island of Sodor

See:

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

See also

• List of fictional rapid transit stations (includes fictional London Underground stations)

Further reading

• Huntley, John Railways in the Cinema. London: Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-0115-4