Burton-on-Trent railway station serves the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was known simply as Burton until 1903 when it became Burton-on-Trent, by which it has been known for many years, in spite of the town's charter of 1878 which was for "Burton upon Trent".
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