What station is the notional half-way point on the West Coast Main Line in the nation where the Burscough Junction Station Crash occurred in January 1880?
Burscough Junction Station Crash The Burscough Junction Station Crash occurred on 15 January 1880 at the Burscough Junction railway station on the Liverpool to Preston railway line in England. The line was operated by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway company at the time. There were nine people killed in the accident and more than fifty people were injured.
Southampton Terminus railway station Southampton Terminus railway station served the docks and city centre of Southampton, England from 1839 until 1966. The station was authorised on 25 July 1834 and began as the terminus of the London and South Western Railway (which was the London and Southampton Railway until the line opened). The station opened on 10 June 1839 as "Southampton", although it was not officially operational until 11 May 1840, due to the track not being fully linked between Winchester and Basingstoke.