The Journey Game

[A Challenge]

Manchester Airport to Holyhead (67 + MkIII)

 

[DanTrain]

Cleethorpes to Mancehster Airport on a 185?

 

[DanNCL]

Clue 1: This journey does not start in Wales
Clue 2: At least part of this route is electrified
Clue 3: This journey does not start in, end in, or pass through Greater London
Clue 4: The rolling stock can't operate at 125 mph.
Clue 5: This journey does not serve Manchester Airport

 

[A Challenge]

London Waterloo to Weymouth (444)

 

[DanNCL]

London Waterloo to Weymouth (444)

That doesn't meet clue 3:

Clue 3: This journey does not start in, end in, or pass through Greater London

 

[Andy Pacer]

Nuneaton to Coventry on a class 153

 

[DanNCL]

Clue 6: The rolling stock was built before 1995

 

[Andy Pacer]

Preston to Blackpool South class 142

 

[A Challenge]

Class 313 Brighton to Littlehampton

 

[DanNCL]

Clue 7: This journey calls at either Newcastle or York

 

[A Challenge]

185 Scarborough to Liverpool Lime Street

 

[DanNCL]

Clue 8: This journey begins in North Yorkshire, ends outside of Yorkshire

 

[A Challenge]

Whitby to Carlisle (142)?

 

[DanNCL]

Whitby to Carlisle (142)?

It is!

The electrification clue was a bit of a trick as the electrified part of the route is electrified at 1.5kV DC rather than 25kV AC.

 

[A Challenge]

Newcastle Central and Carlisle are 25kV?

1. This journey starts in England
2. This journey has both AC and DC electrification
3. This journey doesn't end in Greater London
4. This journey isn't run by First

 

[DanNCL]

Newcastle Central and Carlisle are 25kV?

Newcastle Central is 25kV, and whilst Carlisle is also 25kV, the Newcastle bay platform isn't electrified, and electrified tracks aren't crossed to reach the bay platform iirc.

1. This journey starts in England
2. This journey has both AC and DC electrification
3. This journey doesn't end in Greater London
4. This journey isn't run by First

London Kings Cross to Sunderland on a 180? (Sunderland station has DC overhead electrification)

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey starts in England
2. This journey has both AC and DC electrification
3. This journey doesn't end in Greater London
4. This journey isn't run by First
5. This journey doesn't start in South East England

 

[DanNCL]

Newcastle to Guildford on a 220?

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey starts in England
2. This journey has both AC and DC electrification
3. This journey doesn't end in Greater London
4. This journey isn't run by First
5. This journey doesn't start in South East England
6. This journey is run using DMUs

 

[DanNCL]

Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway on a 142? (track sharing at Hunts Cross with Merseyrail for the DC electrification)

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey starts in England
2. This journey has both AC and DC electrification
3. This journey doesn't end in Greater London
4. This journey isn't run by First
5. This journey doesn't start in South East England
6. This journey is run using DMUs
7. This journey serves Manchester Piccadilly

 

[DanNCL]

It can't be anything to/from Liverpool Lime Street as that's closed until some point in July, so is it Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth on a 221?

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey starts in England
2. This journey has both AC and DC electrification
3. This journey doesn't end in Greater London
4. This journey isn't run by First
5. This journey doesn't start in South East England
6. This journey is run using DMUs
7. This journey serves Manchester Piccadilly
8. This journey does not reverse in Birmingham New Street

 

[DanNCL]

Carlisle to Nunthorpe on a 156?

 

[A Challenge]

Via Manchester Piccadilly?

 

[DanNCL]

Via Manchester Piccadilly?

The only other journey I can think of that meets this criteria is Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly, though surely Bournemouth counts as South East? (or is it South West?)

 

[A Challenge]

I make it Southern England (Dorset), and that is correct!

 

[DanNCL]

Clue 1: This journey does not begin or end at Bournemouth
Clue 2: This route calls at a station managed by a Stagecoach owned TOC (includes both Virgin tocs)
Clue 3: The terminus is south of Sunderland
Clue 4: The traction is diesel

 

[A Challenge]

Southampton Central to Leeds (221)

 

[DanNCL]

Clue 5: This journey is operated by an Arriva owned TOC