Stations of the Month

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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 five stations across the Netherlands 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 dedicated thread in the #challenges-on-our-lines 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.

Ready to go? Here's your stations selection for November 2024!

Category Station System Entries
Great Britain
East Midlands Grantham National Rail None
East of England Dovercourt National Rail None
London Seven Kings National Rail None
Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire Liverpool Central National Rail None
Northern England Seaham National Rail None
Scotland Lochwinnoch National Rail None
South Central England Wargrave National Rail None
South East England Bearsted National Rail None
South West England St Columb Road National Rail None
Wales Llandybie National Rail None
West Midlands Olton National Rail None
Yorkshire and the Humber Todmorden National Rail None
London Underground and DLR Beckton Park Docklands Light Railway None
Trams and Light Rail Meadows Embankment Nottingham Express Transit None
Heritage Coltishall Bure Valley Railway None
Hills, Cliffs and Mountains No selection this month.
Bonus Rowlands Castle National Rail None
Netherlands
Northern Netherlands Borne Nederlandse Spoorwegen None
Central Netherlands Zetten-Andelst Nederlandse Spoorwegen None
Western Netherlands Obdam Nederlandse Spoorwegen None
Southern Netherlands Klimmen-Ransdaal Nederlandse Spoorwegen None
Netherlands Metro Schenkel Rotterdam Metro None
Bonus Netherlands Boskoop Nederlandse Spoorwegen None
Belgium
Eastern Flanders Harelbeke NMBS/SNCB None
Western Flanders Bornem NMBS/SNCB None
Central Belgium Schaarbeek/Schaerbeek NMBS/SNCB None
Eastern Wallonia Nimy NMBS/SNCB None
Western Wallonia Ougrée NMBS/SNCB None
Belgium Metro Hôtel des Monnaies / Munthof Brussels Metro None
Bonus Belgium Diegem NMBS/SNCB None
Luxembourg
Luxembourg Wasserbillig CFL None
Luxembourg Trams Place de Metz Luxtram None
Bonus Luxembourg Hamilius Luxtram 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:

  1. 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)
  2. 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
    2. Bonus (one station that received no entries when it was a Station of the Month in one of the categories above)
  3. 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
    2. Bonus (one station that received no entries when it was a Station of the Month in one of the categories above)
  4. 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 2024 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
@callmeflick 8 8
@dat_ellie 33 3 36
@lcawte 29 29
@thryduulf 46 17 63
@bestpon3 3 3
@dlpb 53 10 63
@tubetrainboy 22 2 24
@jarley 55 10 65
@kristinamoment 1 1
@madmetroguy 13 13
@benjwri 34 1 35
@zootfish 25 9 34
@finneyonatrain 12 2 14
@chunkyboyjames 28 2 30
@c_s_o 4 4
@em_val 2 2
@alsb8926 6 1 7
@lobsterman7474 2 2
Miles 4 4
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@abbyriverside 1 1
@mathstrains19 2 2
@.ajomega 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.

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