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  1. johnnychips

    Hope Valley temporary "timetable"

    Platform 5 today.
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    Trivia: Settlements without a station where the two nearest stations are on different lines

    Gringley-on-the-Hill. Retford on the ECML and Gainsborough Central on the Brigg Line.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    I might say ‘German Bight’ but that also requires a ‘sounds like’ and it’s a shipping area not a station!
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Swindon? SN postcode.
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    Sheffield to Stalybridge

    I wondered if there would be something like that. Unfortunately, as I’m off work, I haven’t renewed my Travelmaster for next week, which I could have used between Sheffield and Chapeltown. Thanks for the suggestion.
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    Sheffield to Stalybridge

    That was quick, thanks!
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    Sheffield to Stalybridge

    Just a quick one. Would an off peak any permitted day return be valid via Penistone and Huddersfield, rather than just changing at Manchester? Thanks, John
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    EMR Liverpool-East Midlands a portion working

    If you did this, the two trains would have to follow each other out of Sheffield to somewhere just beyond Chesterfield, the ones in the opposite direction likewise. There is no capacity for one to leave northward via Woodhouse, and it’s much slower anyway. As @43096 has almost pointed out, there...
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    Trivia: the most famous viaduct in Britain

    Surprised nobody has mentioned Denby Dale. Though Calstock is my favourite.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Is correct (The Hay) Wain is the most famous Constable painting, and ships make a fleet. Sail away…
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    New covid symptoms

    In that case I definitely had COVID on Sunday. There was me blaming four bottles of Leffe!
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Constable painting ships at this station.
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    Settlement Association

    Doncaster also has a suburb called Intake.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Bridgend?
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Devil’s Bridge?
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    What is the point of having ticket inspectors on buses?

    Agreed. I’ve been living in South Yorkshire for forty years and never seen an inspector on a bus by any operator.
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    Racing Pigeons & Rail

    Show jumping?
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    Trivia: most expensive pint at a station pub

    It was £6.29 for Guinness or Stella at the Mill in Manchester Piccadilly the other Saturday.
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