The "Name the Station" game

[clagmonster]

Portsmouth Harbour?

 

[martinsh]

Craven Arms?

Craven Arms is not in Wales
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Church Fenton

 

[gnolife]

Not Portsmouth or Church Stretton

This station is served by London Midland

 

[clagmonster]

Watford Junction?

 

[martinsh]

Not Portsmouth or Church Stretton

I said Church Fenton - not Church Stretton (which only has two platforms) !

Stafford

 

[gnolife]

Doesn't really make a lot of difference now though - it cant be either!

Not Stafford or Watford.

It is served by 2 DB Arriva franchises (4)

 

[martinsh]

Smethwick Galton Bridge

(apologies if already given by someone else - this connection VERY slow at the moment)

 

[gnolife]

Not Smethwick

This station is served by CrossCountry

 

[Ivo]

Birmingham International

 

[clagmonster]

Wolverhampton High Level?

 

[andrew bell]

Coventry

 

[gnolife]

The correct answer is Leamington Spa.

 

[martinsh]

The correct answer is Leamington Spa.

Oh, b**** - forgot XC was owned by DB / Arriva these days.

{thank you Mr Branson ]

PS howe often does LM serve Leamington ?

 

[Ivo]

The correct answer is Leamington Spa.

Drat. I couldn't decide between LMS and BHI and ultimately chose the wrong one :cry:

 

[martinsh]

Hang on - clues 4 and 5 were essentially saying the same thing !

 

[clagmonster]

No, they were a little generic, but they were subtly different and 5 did limit the options.

 

[Ivo]

Hang on - clues 4 and 5 were essentially saying the same thing !

Clue 5 was like a finer Clue 4. We'll have to let things like this go for now, but I may have to publish some guidelines as to how "vague" or "similar" clues are allowed to be. Relating to the game before LMS, I'm not sure leaving most of the Valley Lines available after Clue 5 is all that fair...

 

[gnolife]

Oh, b**** - forgot XC was owned by DB / Arriva these days.

{thank you Mr Branson ]

PS howe often does LM serve Leamington ?

M-F
06:24 off Stourbridge
16:53 off Kidderminster
17:25 off Stourbridge
18:00 off Kidderminster
21:52 off Worcester Shrub Hill

05:47 to Snow Hill
06:29 to Worcester Foregate St
07:08 to Kidderminster
07:46 to Snow Hill
08:00 to Stourbridge
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Clue 5 was like a finer Clue 4. We'll have to let things like this go for now, but I may have to publish some guidelines as to how "vague" or "similar" clues are allowed to be. Relating to the game before LMS, I'm not sure leaving most of the Valley Lines available after Clue 5 is all that fair...

There is only one that fit clue 4 - Maesteg to Cheltenham, as the 1 change for Edinburgh would have to be made there (No trains from the Valleys to Bristol or anywhere else with a direct train to Edinburgh), and there is no direct Edinburgh train from Cardiff Ctl

 

[Ivo]

There is only one that fit clue 4 - Maesteg to Cheltenham, as the 1 change for Edinburgh would have to be made there (No trains from the Valleys to Bristol or anywhere else with a direct train to Edinburgh), and there is no direct Edinburgh train from Cardiff Ctl

OK, my mistake. Play on when you're ready!

 

[gnolife]

This station is in Mainland England (1)

 

[Ivo]

An utterly wild guess:

Saltburn

 

[clagmonster]

London Paddington?

 

[gnolife]

Not either of them

It has 2 platforms

 

[clagmonster]

Burnage?

 

[andrew bell]

Scunthorpe

 

[Ivo]

Hale?

 

[gnolife]

None of those.

It is served by East Midlands Trains. (3)

 

[clagmonster]

Warrington Central?

 

[gnolife]

It is served much more regularly by Northern

 

[clagmonster]

Widnes?