page_title: Central station
section_title: United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Central station / Examples of central stations / Europe / United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: Departing train The train for Bidston departs Wrexham Central. The bridge behind shows that once this location would have been full of tracks and sidings. Now rebuilt there is not much of a railway at all and like many places shops and supermarkets replace rails along with car parks.
context_page_description: Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the city centres themselves. As a result, "Central Station" is often, but not always, part of the proper name for a railway station that is the central or primary railway hub for a city.
context_section_description: Many railway stations in Britain that use 'Central' are not principal stations, and are called Central to distinguish them from other stations with different names, or for prestige. In some cases, a station originally owned by the Great Central Railway in locations served by more than one station was called Central. Town also appears: for example Edenbridge Town distinguishes it from Edenbridge station.
  One of the few principal stations in Britain that is called 'Central' and truly is in the centre of the city it serves is Glasgow Central. Though Glasgow was once served by four principal terminus stations, all within the city centre, only one was called 'Central'. With a few exceptions such as the Argyle line, Central serves all stations south of the city while Glasgow Queen Street serves as the principal station for all services North of the city. Likewise, Cardiff Central is located in the city centre and is the mainline hub of the South Wales' rail network, which includes 19 other stations in Cardiff itself, one of which is another principal city centre station, Cardiff Queen Street.
  Acton Central railway station
  Belfast Central railway station
  Birkenhead Central railway station
  Brackley Central railway station
  Burnley Central railway station
  Cardiff Central railway station
  Central railway station (London)
  Central Croydon railway station
  Chesterfield Central railway station
  Coatbridge Central railway station
  Dumbarton Central railway station
  Exeter Central railway station
  Finchley Central tube station
  Folkestone Central railway station
  Gainsborough Central railway station
  Glasgow Central railway station
  Greenock Central railway station
  Hackney Central railway station
  Hamilton Central railway station
  Helensburgh Central railway station
  Hendon Central tube station
  Hounslow Central tube station
  Hyde Central railway station
  Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central railway station
  Leicester Central railway station
  Lincoln Central railway station
  Liverpool Central railway station
  Loughborough Central railway station
  Manchester Central railway station
  Mansfield Central railway station
  Milton Keynes Central railway station
  New Mills Central railway station
  Newcastle Central railway station and associated Central Station Metro station
  Redcar Central railway station
  Rotherham Central railway station
  Rugby Central railway station
  St Helens Central railway station
  St Helens Central (GCR) railway station
  Salford Central railway station
  Scarborough Central railway station
  Southend Central railway station
  Southampton Central railway station
  Staveley Central railway station
  Sutton-in-Ashfield Central railway station
  Telford Central railway station
  Tuxford Central railway station
  Walthamstow Central station
  Warrington Central railway station
  Wembley Central station
  Windsor & Eton Central railway station
  Wrexham Central railway station
caption: Wrexham Central station
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