Railway General Knowledge.

[D6130]

Windsor & Eton Central?

 

[Gloster]

Windsor & Eton Central?

No. Eton College was one of the main opponent’s of the GWR’s act as it wished to protect the morals and discipline of its pupils…as if attending Eton College wasn’t already likely to debauch them enough.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Wallingford?

 

[xotGD]

Henley

 

[Purple Train]

High Wycombe?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Bourne End?

 

[Gloster]

Wallingford?

Henley

High Wycombe?

Bourne End?

No. None of these are anywhere near.

 

[D6130]

Brentford?

 

[Gloster]

Brentford?

No. See my previous answer.

 

[D6130]

Faringdon?

 

[Purple Train]

Avonmouth?

 

[martinsh]

Oxford ?

 

[Whistler40145]

Maidenhead Bridge?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Malmesbury?

 

[Gloster]

Faringdon

Avonmouth?

Oxford ?

Maidenhead Bridge?

Malmesbury?

No, but starting to get closer. Remember, that as there was only the one main line, any line off it was a branch.

 

[Kentish RYS]

Somewhere big like Bath then?

 

[Whistler40145]

Taplow

 

[Gloster]

Somewhere big like Bath then?

Taplow

No. Both of these are on the main line itself.

 

[Whistler40145]

Bristol Temple Meads

 

[A S Leib]

Remember, that as there was only the one main line, any line off it was a branch.

A depot rather than to a passenger station?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Kemble

 

[Gloster]

Bristol Temple Meads

No.

Kemble

This is very close to the answer.

 

[Whistler40145]

Wootton Bassett Road

 

[A S Leib]

Cirencester

 

[Gloster]

Wootton Bassett Road

Is wrong, because…

Cirencester

…is correct. Swindon-Cirencester opened on May 31 1841, one month before Chippenham-Bath, the last section of the main line.

To you to open a new question.

 

[A S Leib]

Open floor.

 

[Purple Train]

What do the following railway stations, among others, have in common?

Locheilside, Lochluichart, Barnes, Bushey, Bromley South, Mortimer, Bromborough Rake, Llanishen, Bodorgan?

Hint: Barnes and Llanishen count twice...

 

[A S Leib]

Stations which have been renamed?

 

[Purple Train]

Stations which have been renamed?

No, but it is to do with station names.

 

[Peterthegreat]

The spelling has changed?