Closed Stations Journey quiz

[Whistler40145]

Maud's Bridge

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thorne (Old)

Note that mention was made of this station in the journey preamble as it allows some really long-closed stations to feature on this journey.

 

[Whistler40145]

Stainforth (1st Station)?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bramwith

 

[DerekC]

Barnby Dun (1st station)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barnby Dun (2nd station)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

As we appear to have met an impasse, I will name the next closed station.....

Kirk Sandall (1st station)

Past the open station of Doncaster, we will next access the line of the West Riding and Grimsby Railway.

 

[Whistler40145]

Hampole

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hemsworth

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OBSERVATION OF AN EARLIER STATION ON THIS LINE....When the original station at Adwick was opened, one of the names carried by it was Carrcroft & Adwick-le-Street but that station eventually closed. When the currently open station replaced it, it was on a different station site.

 

[Whistler40145]

Just my luck

 

[Whistler40145]

Fitzwilliam (1st Station)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nostell

Logging off at 20:49.as a dizzy spell has just occrured.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Hare Park & Crofton

 

[DerekC]

Lofthouse & Outwood

 

[Whistler40145]

Stanley

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stanley

Not so, as that was a station on the Methley Joint Railway. We are currently on the line of the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lofthouse & Outwood

Ardsley

 

[Whistler40145]

Tingley?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tingley?

Not so, as we are heading towards the Holbeck complex and then into Leeds Central, in order to reverse and take the final line on this journey.

The remaining closed station between Ardsley and the Holbeck complex we need to pass through is......

Beeston

 

[Whistler40145]

Holbeck High Level

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leeds Central (to reverse)

 

[Ash Bridge]

Holbeck Low Level

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Armley Canal Road

 

[Ash Bridge]

Kirkstall

Just about to head out to meet with my daughter for lunch, should be back by mid afternoon!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kirkstall Forge (original station)

 

[Ash Bridge]

Newlay

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Calverley and Rodley

 

[Ash Bridge]

Apperley Bridge (1st station)

 

[Whistler40145]

Idle

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next move to Scotland for the next journey.....

This is number 1966 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Woodley
It follows the line of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
It then follows the line of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway...via Coatbridge Central (GGR)
It then follows the line of the City of Glasgow Union Railway...via Garngad
It then follows the line of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway...via Shields Road
It then follows the line of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway...via Elderslie...via the Montgreenan loop line
It then follows the line of the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway...via Gatehead
It then follows the line of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway...via Troon (1st station)
It then follows the line of the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway...via Maybole Junction
It then follows the line of the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway...via Dalrymple
It then follows the line of the Maybole and Girvan Railway...via Crosshill (Ayrshire)
It then follows the line of the Girvan and Porpatrick Junction Railway...via Pinmore
It then follows the line of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway...via Dunragit
It then follows the line of Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway...via Buittle
It then follows the line of the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway...via Locharbriggs
The journey ends at the closed station of Lochmaben

The first closed station on this journey is Woodley