List of fictional railway stations

Goathland station has been used as the location for several fictional stations including Aidensfield (Heartbeat), 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)

Branch line

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

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

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!
• 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
• Little Weirwold – Goodnight Mister Tom

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!

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

Platform 9 3⁄4 at King's Cross railway station (Harry Potter)

• 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

• 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 – 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
• 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 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
• Evergreen Station - The Raccoons
• Frankenstein – Son of Frankenstein
• Goldstadt – Bride of Frankenstein
• 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

Rapid transport stations

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:

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

See also

• List of fictional rapid transit stations

Further reading

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