Find my nearest station

Red Squirrel

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Find my nearest station

« on: May 18, 2023, 16:07:30 »

How do members find the nearest station to a given destination? For local journeys I tend to use TravelWest - which is good at giving a range of options. Google Maps is another obvious option.

Are there any other, perhaps better ways of doing this. particularly if you were planning a longer trip?


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JayMac

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Re: Find my nearest station

« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2023, 23:41:32 »

Google Maps is my go to nearly always. Stations, bus stops, pubs, butchers, opticians, chemists, pet shops, and the lesser spotted Tourist information Centres. The latter a dying breed.

Slightly disappointed that Isle of Man bus stops aren't currently mapped by the nearly all seeing eyes of Google.


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Re: Find my nearest station

« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2023, 06:56:32 »

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Slightly disappointed that Isle of Man bus stops aren't currently mapped by the nearly all seeing eyes of Google.

Presumably because they don't contribute to the DfT^» dataset.


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Surrey 455

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Re: Find my nearest station

« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2023, 19:57:24 »

This website will give you train times for your nearest station. I know it isn't quite what you were asking.
I have it saved on the home page of my phone.

https://live-departures.info/rail/departures/nearest/


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