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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Yep you have it Dale!
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Wow, I never thought that would be the correct answer! OK as I'm going away an easy one: SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TOO HEAVY TO CROSS THE MERSEY?
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    OK I'll try BOSTON. My other half is the boss and a ton is somewhat heavy.
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    Split to Vienna question

    I too wouldn't attempt this- too many tight connections which might leave you stranded somewhere with even a little bit of late running. And whilst I love Hungary and its trains, being an oldie and able to travel there for free, I certainly wouldn't rely on them for any journey where time is of...
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    Bus services you think are useless.

    I don't think I can think of a service in the places I've lived that I would describe as useless. You could possibly point at the old winter evening service on Leeds 22 to Temple Newsam, which basically served a stately home (it's been canned completely although it used to be busy on sunny...
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    What is the closest you've come to meeting your maker?

    Was driving from Manchester to Aldershot for a wedding early one April Sunday, and we'd had snow. However the M56 and M6 were OK, I just drove slightly slower than normal although the roads were clear. That is, until we hit the boundary of the West Midlands where the lying snow on the motorway...
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    Latest Hungary visit

    Just come back from a 2 week trip to Budapest, staying in Budapest, Tokaj, Eger (the main part of our stay) and Vecses. It was superb, especially as my wife has just turned 65 so now we are both eligible for free travel on all public transport! However, on IC (intercity) trains a seat...
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    Where are one and two coach loco hauled trains still running?

    Back to Hungary, and if anything large locos hauling small trains, sometimes of only two coaches, seems to be becoming more common. It was noticeable this year that the small class 117 railcars were much less common in service than previously, quite a few being dumped in depots, and electric...
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    "Doh" railway moments

    I lived in Leeds and recall going for a job interview in Southampton around 1979/80, and on returning to Leeds from Kings Cross I decided to catch a Deltic-hauled train bound for Hull or York or Cleethorpes which ran ten minutes before the last Leeds train - I figured this would be my last...
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    There's a song "Wherever you lay your hat, that's your home". Obviously not though.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Homerton?
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Indeed, D6130, I'm told it's pronounced "Rooze" to rhyme with "booze" locally. Your turn.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    OK, think of a familiar term for certain marsupials?
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    You might be mistaken for thinking that West Wallaby Street was in this suburb
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Might it be Lowestoft?

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