Circle Lines
This section looks at routes where a particular train follows a circular route, starting its journey at a station, and then returning to that station on the same journey. Trains usually go in both a clockwise and an anti-clockwise direction on these routes.
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cathcart Circle train at Glasgow Central railway station - October 2011 |
Cathcart Circle
Name of Line: The Cathcart Circle Line
Length of Line: miles
Train Operating Company: ScotRail
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Fife Circle
Name of Line:
The Fife Circle
Length of Line: miles
Train Operating Company: ScotRail
Stations: Inverkeithing, Rosyth, Dunfermline Town, Dunfermline Queen Margaret, Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Cardenden, Glenthroes with Thornton, Kirkcaldy, Kinghorn, Burntisland, Aberdour, Dalgety Bay, Inverkeithing
Frequency of Trains: hourly
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Motherwell Railway station |
Hamilton Circle
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Length of Line: miles
Train Operating Company: ScotRail
Stations: Newton, Blantyre, Hamilton West, Hamilton Central, Airbles, Motherwell, Uddingston, Newton
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Entrance to Liverpool Central railway station |
Mersey Circle
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Length of Line: miles
Train Operating Company: Merseyrail
Stations: Birkenhead Hamilton Square, James Street, Moorfields, Liverpool Lime Street, Liverpool Central, James Street, Birkenhead Hamilton Square
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Sutton railway station |
Sutton Circle
Name of Line: The Sutton Loop
Length of Line: miles
Train Operating Company: Thameslink
Stations: Streatham, Tooting, Haydons Road, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Chase, South Merton, Morden South, St Helier, Sutton Common, West Sutton, Sutton, Carshalton, Hackbridge, Mitcham Junction, Mitcham Eastfields, Streatham
Frequency of Trains: Every half hour
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Trivia: The line passes the famous "Wall of Death", a vertical one sided brick cutting, in between West Sutton and Sutton stations
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