Stations of the Month


	Stations of the Month

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Stations of the Month is our way of inspiring your adventures. Each month, we'll randomly choose seventeen stations across Great Britain and eighteen stations across the Benelux region from our pre-determined regional categories. All you have to do is visit as many of them as you can and snap a photo or selfie - remembering to make sure that the station is identifiable, of course! - and share it via social media using the hashtag #OOLSotM or on our Discord server in the monthly post in the #activities-on-our-lines forum channel. Plus, as always with On Our Lines, there's some cheeky bonus points available too - read on to find out how you could earn them...

Your photo can be taken with any part of the station - it could be inside, on the platforms or even from a passing train! We just need to be able to identify where you are without too much sleuthing! However, where a station is shared between different 'modes' of transport (for example National Rail and London Underground), be sure to feature the right part if you want those points!

Have you got a bit of a creative flair? Then why not aim for some bonus points? You could take The Rapier to Therapia Lane, eat an Eccles cake in Eccles or join one of our social events - let your imagination run wild! The most creative entry at the end of the month will be judged by our Patreons and staff team, and you'll be awarded a nice bonus on our leaderboard.

At the end of the year we'll tot all the points together and the person with the most points in each category will win an exclusive prize - and maybe there'll be some other treats on offer too! But remember - it's all in good fun and what we really want to see is where your adventures and imaginations take you! If you want to share any stories, tips or memories of your journeys, we would love if you added them to the relevant station's page here on Bradshaw.

All entries to the Challenge are governed by the Challenges Terms.

Ready to go? Here's your stations selection for March 2026!

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Category	Station	System	Entries
Great Britain
East Midlands	Syston	National Rail	None
East of England	Prittlewell	National Rail	None
London	Clapham High Street	National Rail	None
Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire	Adlington (Cheshire)	National Rail	None
Northern England	Wigton	National Rail	None
Scotland	Connel Ferry	National Rail	None
South Central England	Aylesbury	National Rail	None
South East England	Hove	National Rail	None
South West England	Trowbridge	National Rail	None
Wales	Holyhead	National Rail	None
West Midlands	Whitlock's End	National Rail	None
Yorkshire and the Humber	Castleford	National Rail	None
London Underground and DLR	Upminster	London Underground	None
Trams and Light Rail	Lace Market	Nottingham Express Transit	None
Heritage	Eaststoke Corner	Hayling Seaside Railway	None
Hills, Cliffs and Mountains	No selection this month.
Bonus	Hucknall	National Rail	None
Netherlands
Northern Netherlands	Feanwâlden	Nederlandse Spoorwegen	None
Central Netherlands	Apeldoorn	Nederlandse Spoorwegen	None
Western Netherlands	Bussum Zuid	Nederlandse Spoorwegen	None
Southern Netherlands	Etten-Leur	Nederlandse Spoorwegen	None
Netherlands Metro	Amstelveenseweg	Amsterdam Metro	None
Netherlands Trams	Tweede Van der Helststraat	Amsterdam trams	None
Bonus Netherlands	Winschoten	Nederlandse Spoorwegen	None
Belgium
Eastern Flanders	Hoboken-Polder	NMBS/SNCB	None
Western Flanders	Ieper	NMBS/SNCB	None
Central Belgium	Nivelles	NMBS/SNCB	None
Eastern Wallonia	Theux	NMBS/SNCB	None
Western Wallonia	Chapelle-Dieu	NMBS/SNCB	None
Belgium Metro	Simonis / Simonis	Brussels Metro	None
Belgium Trams	Petit Bourgogne	Tramway de Liège	None
Bonus Belgium	Poperinge	NMBS/SNCB	None
Luxembourg
Luxembourg	Cruchten	CFL	None
Luxembourg Trams	Lycée Vauban	Luxtram	None
Bonus Luxembourg	Noertzange	CFL	None

The Categories

We've allocated every station in a different category. The majority of these are by region, but there are also additional categories for other modes of railed transport that are within the scope of the On Our Lines project. They are as follows:

Great Britain
1. National Rail - by region:
  1. East Midlands (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland)
  2. East of England (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk)
  3. London (City of London and Greater London)
  4. Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire
  5. Northern England (Cleveland, County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, Middlesborough, Northumberland, Stockton and Redcar and Tyne and Wear)
  6. Scotland
  7. South Central England (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire)
  8. South East England (East Sussex, Kent, Surrey and West Sussex)
  9. South West England (Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire)
  10. Wales
  11. West Midlands (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire)
  12. Yorkshire and the Humber (East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire)
2. London Underground and DLR
3. Trams and Light Rail (excluding the DLR)
4. Heritage (including heritage tramways)
5. Hills, Cliffs and Mountains
6. Bonus (one station that received no entries when it was a Station of the Month in one of the categories above)
Netherlands
1. Nederlandse Spoorwegen - by region:
  1. Northern Netherlands (Groningen, Fryslân, Drenthe and Overijssel)
  2. Central Netherlands (Gelderland, Flevoland and Utrecht)
  3. Western Netherlands (Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland and Zeeland)
  4. Southern Netherlands (Noord-Brabant and Limburg)
  5. Netherlands Metro
  6. Netherlands Trams
2. Bonus (one station that received no entries when it was a Station of the Month in one of the categories above)
Belgium
1. NMBS/SNCB - by region:
  1. Eastern Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen)
  2. Western Flanders (Antwerpen, Limburg)
  3. Central Belgium (Brussels-Capital, Vlaams-Brabant, Brabant wallon)
  4. Eastern Wallonia (Hainaut, Namur)
  5. Western Wallonia (Liege, Luxembourg)
  6. Belgium Metro
  7. Belgium Trams
2. Bonus (one station that received no entries when it was a Station of the Month in one of the categories above)
Luxembourg
1. Luxembourg
2. Luxembourg Trams
3. Bonus (one station that received no entries when it was a Station of the Month in one of the categories above)

You can view the full list of stations in each category in our Google Sheets document.

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The 2026 Leaderboard

Take a look at the rankings of those who've entered this year's Stations of the Month competition! The more stations you visit, and the more creative you are, earns more points to raise you up to the top of the list. There'll be prizes on offer at the end of the year... good luck!

Participant	Entries	Bonus points	Total
@thryduulf	8		8
@dat_ellie	19	1	20
@tubetrainboy	2		2
@jarley	5		5
@madmetroguy	3		3
@jack_i_e	3		3
@.ajomega	3		3
@a_trainspotter_from_berkshire	7		7
@benjwri	3		3
@mathstrains19	2		2
@hj_mitchell	1		1
@dangeraspect	2		2
@syd.enby	1		1
@mike1901	1		1
@vincenzaprincess	1		1

Want to see where entrants have visited, or what stations you could have won points at? Find the full list here.

London's Transport Race

Our Stations of the Month also feature in London's Transport Race - finding one of the designated stations during the day will earn you extra bonus points! The exact stations selected differ from race to race, but are generally those in the London and London Underground and DLR categories, as well as stations in London in the Trams and Light Rail, Heritage and Bonus categories.