The "Name the Station" game

[4SRKT]

[Hawes Junction and] Garsdale.

 

[Welshman]

Clue 4

The line I am on was originally double-tracked, but is now mainly single-track with passing loops.

 

[4SRKT]

Denby Dale [and Cumberworth]

 

[Welshman]

Correct.

 

[4SRKT]

Clue 1: This station has an island platform.

 

[Welshman]

Normanton?

 

[4SRKT]

Clue two. The name of this station begins and ends with a vowel.

 

[Robinson]

Airdrie? (You didn't specify that it couldn't have other platforms besides the island...)

 

[4SRKT]

Sorry, it has only an island platform.

Clue 3: This station is a regular crew change location.

 

[gnolife]

Crewe
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Oh. AAAAAAAAARGH!

 

[Robinson]

Not sure if it matches the crew-change clue, but let's try Eaglescliffe?

 

[clagmonster]

I'm going to have a punt that West Highland crews swap trains in the loop at Ardlui.

 

[4SRKT]

The next clue was going to be 'this station has a daily service to London', and the one after that 'the London service calls on request only', but there's no need for them as Ardlui is correct.

 

[clagmonster]

Black & Amber Army!

Clue 1:
This station is south of Georgemas Junction.

 

[gnolife]

Manchester Airport

 

[4SRKT]

Is there really ever any point in yr first clue CM.......

 

[Robinson]

Bitterne.

 

[clagmonster]

Is there really ever any point in yr first clue CM.......

You'd think not, but somebody did once manage to get lucky and score 15 points. In this case, I have been very generous because I have eliminated 2 stations.

 

[gnolife]

It could be worse, it could be 'this station doesn't start wit X or Z'

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 2:
Other than the BMU, no electric trains (excluding diesel-electrics and EDs) are physically capable of serving this station.

 

[gnolife]

What's the BMU?

Langwith Whaley Thorns?

 

[Robinson]

Ham Street.

 

[clagmonster]

What's the BMU?

Battery Multiple Unit. Formerly based at the East Lancs, I believe it has now gone 'home' to Ballater.
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Clue 3:
Many freight trains passing through this station have a loco change within the confines of the town this station is in the suburbs of.

 

[4SRKT]

You'd think not, but somebody did once manage to get lucky and score 15 points. In this case, I have been very generous because I have eliminated 2 stations.

Three shurely......

Whatever the BMU is, CM probably thinks it scores 9 at Scrabble.......

 

[clagmonster]

No it actually scores 23 at Scrabble.

I believe Wick is actually south of Georgemas, I don't think the tilt of the country is severe enough for it to be north. I am willing to be proved wrong though.

 

[4SRKT]

Bloxwich

Wick is south of Georgemas, UR correct.

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 4:
If proper nouns were allowed, the combined words of this station's name would score 16points in the standard English of Scrabble, assuming no blank tiles were used and that no tiles were placed on bonus scoring squares. And yes, I've checked carefully.

 

[4SRKT]

<groan>
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Whittlesea

 

[clagmonster]

I wouldn't really call that a suburb of Peterborough or March, more a village in the middle of nowhere.

Clue 5:
This station is in the validity area of at least one rover/ranger (it comes in both forms) which is railcard discountable but not by a Network railcard in addition to the ALR.

 

[Ivo]

You'd think not, but somebody did once manage to get lucky and score 15 points. In this case, I have been very generous because I have eliminated 2 stations.

Actually it's happened three times - with you have been on the receiving end of the embarrassment twice. Not helped by one of the two being Derby Road.

It could be worse, it could be 'this station doesn't start wit X or Z'

That clue would be ruled out. Any clue has to reduce the number of stations somehow or another.
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Actually, speaking of Derby Road, Derby Road? This is of course assuming that freight changes happen at Ipswich.