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    Stockport renamed "Scottport" for a day

    Station names should exist just as station names, not as advertisements. Brought to you by Carl's Jr.
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    Trivia -Station names that form the answer to a question

    Q : Where was Gene Pitney only 24 hours from? A : Tulse Hill !
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    Trivia: Single lines that were doubled (NOT “redoubled”) since 1960

    Possibly stretching the concept of a line in this context, IIRC the Tanners Hill flydown (Lewisham, SE London) was built as a single track in the 1970s, but later doubled in the 2010s (edited to clarify location)
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    TRIVIA: Train length equal to platform number

    And for the Binary aficianados, Newcastle Platform 10 has previously/may still see 2-car units
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    Trivia: Stations which have been renamed?

    Sevenoaks Bat & Ball (became simply Bat & Ball) And Sevenoaks Tubs Hill (became simply Sevenoaks)
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    Chiltern Mainline Electrification: How will it happen?

    Crayons out for a moment...even if the sums added up I doubt it would happen soon. It's widely known that 3rd rail + OHLE are very difficult on the same track, but what about 4th rail and OHLE together? In an earlier idea for Crossrail, the line to Aylesbury was mooted as a branch (and then...
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    Famous people on trains

    I once stood behind Mick McCarthy on the escalator at Charing Cross Sat next to James Mates waiting for a connect train at Heathrow T1/2/3 Sat opposite Rhodes Boyson on a train between Sevenoaks and Orpington (he was fast asleep) One summer evening rush hour, making my then usual dash...

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