The "Name the Station" game

[Lampshade]

Blundellsands and Crosby?

 

[Frothy]

Marton

 

[Robinson]

Clue 2: This station is served by 1 TOC, and in the absence of diversions one would not expect to see any other TOC's trains passing through either.

 

[Eagle]

Castleford.

 

[Robinson]

Clue 3: However, the TOC which serves this station also runs, during the normal Monday-Friday off peak, 1tph in each direction which passes through without stopping.

 

[Eagle]

Overton.

 

[Lampshade]

Teesside Airport?

 

[Buttsy]

Crowle?

 

[Trainfan344]

Brundall Gardens?

 

[Robinson]

Clue 4: This station is within one change of 4 international airports. In the case of one of those airports, the connecting service is not a train service.

 

[SprinterMan]

Liverpool South Parkway (Luton, Liverpool, Manchester, Blackpool)

 

[Robinson]

Liverpool South Parkway

You might want to re-check clue 2
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Liverpool South Parkway (Luton, Liverpool, Manchester, Blackpool)

How does Liverpool work? That has a direct bus link, so no changes...

 

[Trainfan344]

Stansted Airport?

 

[Robinson]

Stansted Airport?

That's in NSE-land

 

[Trainfan344]

That's in NSE-land

Indeed, i appear to have overlooked that clue, but it's not that important, i think it was mentioned earlier about not reading clues...

 

[Robinson]

Indeed, i appear to have overlooked that clue, but it's not that important, i think it was mentioned earlier about not reading clues...

Unfortunately, important or otherwise you lose a point for an impossible response.

 

[Buttsy]

Heworth?

 

[Robinson]

Clue 5: This station is not currently electrified, but electrification is expected to reach it within the next decade.

 

[Lampshade]

Poulton le Fylde?

 

[Robinson]

Poulton le Fylde?

Served by TPE and NT

 

[Trainfan344]

Kirkham and Wesham?

 

[Buttsy]

Runcorn East

 

[Eagle]

Runcorn East

Served by ATW and Northern (the latter only twice a day in each direction between Warrington Bank Quay and Ellesmere Port).

 

[Buttsy]

Served by ATW and Northern (the latter only twice a day in each direction between Warrington Bank Quay and Ellesmere Port).

Dammit -forgot about the parly!

 

[martinsh]

Served by TPE and NT

And not expected to be electrified soon either ?

 

[gnolife]

Huyton

 

[Eagle]

And not expected to be electrified soon either ?

It is, the Blackpool North line should be wired in 2016.

 

[Robinson]

Huyton

Is the correct answer.

 

[gnolife]

I'm sure I used a similar set of clues for Wavertree not all that long ago

1) This station is not in the NSE area.

 

[Robinson]

Aye, and that was the one when I guessed Huyton, completely overlooked one of the clues and lost a point for it
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Long Buckby.