Question: 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?

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Willesden railway station: Willesden railway station was a station about 50 yd north of Acton Lane level crossing in Harlesden, north-west London, opened in 1841 by the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) on what became the West Coast Main Line (WCML).  It had wooden platforms about 50 yd (5 coach lengths) long beside each of the two tracks, a small wooden ticket office with an awning and a coal siding.  It was five or six furlongs south of the original village of Willesden, in what is now the London Borough of Brent.  It closed later the same year, reopened in 1844 and closed finally when the L&BR's successor, the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), opened Willesden Junction station about 0.5 mi to the south east on 1 September 1866.  On 15 June 1912 the LNWR opened a new station, "Harlesden".  near the site.

Roade railway station: Roade was a railway station serving the Northamptonshire village of the same name on the West Coast Main Line.  Roade Station opened in 1838 as the principal station for Northampton (which the main line had bypassed), but its importance diminished upon the opening of the Northampton and Peterborough Railway in 1845.  The construction of the Northampton Loop Line in 1875 made Roade a junction station, and it survived until 1964.

Washizu Station: Washizu Station (鷲津駅 , Washizu-eki ) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.  The station is 276.6 rail kilometers from Tokyo and is approximately at the half-way point on the Tōkaidō Main Line between Tokyo Station and Nagoya Station.

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.

Carstairs railway station: Carstairs railway station in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, is a major junction station on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), situated close to the point at which the lines from London Euston to Glasgow Central and Edinburgh diverge.  Constructed originally by the Caledonian Railway, the station is operated today by Abellio ScotRail and is also served by one TransPennine Express trains service per day between Preston and Glasgow Central.  All other services by TransPennine Express and services operated by CrossCountry, Virgin Trains East Coast and Virgin Trains West Coast pass the station, but do not stop.

Preston railway station: Preston railway station serves the city of Preston in Lancashire, England, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, and is the notional half-way point on the WCML between London Euston and Glasgow Central 194 miles from Glasgow Central and 206 from London Euston although the actual half-way point is at Leyland, approximately 6 miles south.  It is served by Northern, Virgin Trains, and TransPennine Express services, plus Caledonian Sleeper overnight services between London and Scotland.

Burscough Junction railway station: Burscough Junction pronounced (Burs/co Junction) is one of two railway stations serving the small West Lancashire town of Burscough in the north-west of England.  It is sited on the Ormskirk Branch Line, 2+1/2 mi north of and is served by Northern.  The station was the scene of the Burscough Junction Station Crash in 1880.

Hemel Hempstead railway station: Hemel Hempstead railway station is on the West Coast Main Line, on the western edge of the town of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.  The station is 24+1/2 mi north-west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line.  Hemel Hempstead is managed by London Midland and all train services are operated by London Midland and Southern.

Willesden Brent Sidings: Willesden Brent sidings is a marshalling yard and stabling point located in Willesden, London Borough of Brent, England.  The sidings are situated on the eastern side West Coast Main Line and to the west of Willesden Junction station, between the station and Wembley Yard.  The area is also situated between Stonebridge Park and Harlesden stations on the Watford DC line and the Bakerloo line.

Ancona Station (Illinois): Ancona Station (also known as Ancona Junction) was an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in the unincorporated community of Ancona, Illinois.  It a major junction station on the railway since it was point was where the Pekin Branch (also known as the Pekin District) split from the main line.  Ancona was the eastern point where the Santa Fe decided to build track west to existing track in Kansas City in 1889.  (It used former Chicago and St. Louis Railway trackage to reach Chicago) Freight trains still pass on the double-tracked main line and the location provides a good location for railfans.  The branch line to Pekin was abandoned in 1982 although the former right-of-way can still easily be seen.

Supporting paragraphs: Burscough Junction Station Crash Preston railway station
Answer: Preston railway station