Editing Rail transport in Great Britain (section)

====Built-up areas====
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! Town !! Population (2019 estimate)<ref>{{cite web |title=United Kingdom: Urban Areas in England |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/cities/englandua/ |website=www.citypopulation.de |accessdate=19 June 2021 |archive-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141615/https://www.citypopulation.de/UK-EnglandUA.html?cityid=10795 |url-status=live }}</ref> !! Railway station closed !! Notes
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| [[Rushden]] || 41,387 || 1969<ref>{{cite web |title=Disused Stations: Rushden Station |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/rushden/index.shtml |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |accessdate=10 April 2020 |archive-date=5 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105181936/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/rushden/index.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> || Proposals have been put forward for [[Rushden Parkway railway station]] on the [[Midland Main Line]], to the west of the town.
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| [[Coalville]] || 41,223 || 1964<ref>{{cite web |last1=Quick |first1=Michael |title=Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales; a Chronology |url=https://rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Railway-Passenger-Stations-v5.01-2.pdf |website=rchs.org.uk |accessdate=10 April 2020 |page=123 |date=2019 |archive-date=15 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115225509/https://rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Railway-Passenger-Stations-v5.01-2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> || Proposed for reopening on the [[Leicester–Burton upon Trent line]].<ref name="RM">{{cite magazine |last1=Pickering |first1=Graeme |title=Rail Reopening Schemes |magazine=The Railway Magazine |date=April 2020 |volume=166 |issue=1,429 |page=39 |publisher=Mortons Media |location=Horncastle |issn=0033-8923}}</ref>
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| [[Abingdon-on-Thames]] || 40,074 || 1963<ref>{{cite web |title=Disused Stations: Abingdon Station |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/abingdon/index.shtml |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |accessdate=10 April 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224090551/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/abingdon/index.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[Radley railway station]] lies less than a mile outside the town's boundaries.
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| [[Canvey Island|Canvey]] || 38,849 || N/A || [[Benfleet railway station|Benfleet]] is sited nearby on the mainland.
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| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]] || 39,535 || 1964<ref>{{cite web |title=Disused Stations:Blyth Station (2nd) |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/blyth_second/index.shtml |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |accessdate=10 April 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230050153/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/blyth_second/index.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> || The [[Blyth and Tyne Railway#2019-present: Revised plans and the Northumberland Line project|Northumberland Line project]] is reopening a railway passenger service to Newsham (on the edge of Blyth) by 2024.
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| [[Wisbech]] || 35,681 || 1968<ref name="QUICK">{{cite web |last1=Quick |first1=Michael |title=Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales; a Chronology |url=https://rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Railway-Passenger-Stations-v5.01-2.pdf |website=rchs.org.uk |accessdate=10 April 2020 |page=433 |date=2019 |archive-date=15 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115225509/https://rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Railway-Passenger-Stations-v5.01-2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> || A 2009 report stated that it was feasible to reopen the [[Bramley Line]] to {{rws|March}} railway station for £12&nbsp;million, as the line was extant but unused. Since then, little had been done and the cost had risen to an estimated £70&nbsp;million by 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Johnston|first=Howard |title=Regional News (Anglia) |magazine=Rail Magazine |date=28 August 2019 |issue=886 |page=11 |publisher=Bauer Media |location=Peterborough |issn=0953-4563}}</ref>
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| [[Bideford]] || 30,783 || 1965  ||
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| [[Witney]] || 30,518 || 1962<ref name="QUICK"/> ||
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| [[Norton Radstock]] || 30,319 || 1966  ||
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| [[Consett]] || 30,023 || 1967<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/consett/index.shtml|title=Disused Stations: Consett Station|access-date=5 March 2023|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129234116/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/consett/index.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>||
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| [[Clay Cross]]/[[North Wingfield]] || 29,975 || 1967 ||
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| [[Burntwood]] || 29,525 || 1965 || The town is served by the [[Chasewater Railway]] which is a [[heritage railway]].
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| [[Haverhill, Suffolk|Haverhill]] || 27,481 || 1967<ref>{{cite web |title=Disused Stations: Haverhill Station |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/haverhill/index.shtml |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |accessdate=10 April 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219131916/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/haverhill/index.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> ||
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| [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]] || 26,535 || 1964 || {{As of|2020|}}, there are plans afoot to reopen [[Portishead railway station|Portishead station]].
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|{{anchor|Daventry}}[[Daventry]] || 25,781 || 1958 || The nearest station at present is [[Long Buckby railway station|Long Buckby]] on the [[Northampton Loop]]. Proposals have been made to reopen [[Weedon railway station]] as a new Daventry Parkway station.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://daventryparkway.co.uk/|access-date=2021-11-01|website=Daventry Parkway Project|language=en-GB|archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130212416/https://www.daventryparkway.co.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-09-11|title=Daventry boy, 15, leads campaign for £20m new railway station|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-58432976|access-date=2021-11-01|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217110958/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-58432976|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Daventry Parkway: the right station at the right time?|url=https://www.modernrailways.com/article/daventry-parkway-right-station-right-time|access-date=2021-11-01|website=www.modernrailways.com|date=25 August 2021|language=en|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217111007/https://www.modernrailways.com/article/daventry-parkway-right-station-right-time|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Harry Burr and Daventry Parkway on BBC Look East in the evening| date=20 September 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jrQIBAA_Yg|language=en|access-date=2021-11-01|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217212006/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jrQIBAA_Yg&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> Both stations are about the same distance (about {{convert|4.5|mi|abbr=on}}) from central Daventry.
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| [[Stubbington]] || 25,239 || N/A || Lies within the [[Borough of Fareham]] and is 2{{nbsp}}miles from [[Fareham railway station]].
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| [[Stanley, County Durham]] || 22,553 || 1955 || The previous station was [[West Stanley railway station]].
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| [[Maldon, Essex|Maldon]] || 22,032 || 1964<ref>{{cite web|title=The Old Railway Lines to Maldon|url=https://www.itsaboutmaldon.co.uk/railway/|website=itsaboutmaldon.co.uk|access-date=25 January 2021|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131110053/https://www.itsaboutmaldon.co.uk/railway/|url-status=live}}</ref> ||
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| [[Clevedon]] || 21,138 || 1966 ||
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| [[Bordon]] || 20,789 || 1957 ||
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| [[Dereham]] || 21,362 ||1969 || The town is served by a station on the [[Mid-Norfolk Railway]], which is a heritage railway.
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| [[Stourport-on-Severn]] || 21,096 || 1970<ref>{{cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=The Severn Valley Railway|year=1989|publisher=David St John Thomas|location=Newton Abbot|page=164 |isbn=0-946537-45-3|authorlink=John Marshall (railway historian)}}</ref> ||
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| [[Dinnington, South Yorkshire|Dinnington]] || 20,443 || 1929 || Previous station was [[Dinnington and Laughton railway station]] which is on a line still used for freight.
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| [[Hythe, Hampshire|Hythe]] || 20,402 || 1966 || The [[Hythe railway station (Hampshire)|previous station]] was on a line in use until 2016.
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