Anagrams

[Ivo]

Simple, really; provide an anagram of a station, and see if anyone gets it! (And hope it's unique.)

You could also do one of these for LU (I notice one already has!), but that's kinda pointless given the Anagram Map...

Right, anyway, here are a few to get things started (note that spaces are part of the anagram but not intentionally placed and that some are harder than others):

STUBNOIR
MELSIT NOTNOW
ORHAGSORCUB
STONEJOE CANGIGRUM
CRIBLAYLIE

 

[Broken Viking]

Here's a painfully easy one...

Shred a lot

 

[jayjay]

STUBNOIR
MELSIT NOTNOW
ORHAGSORCUB
STONEJOE CANGIGRUM
CRIBLAYLIE

Tough game this.

I've got Surbiton and Scarborough from that lot so far.

 

[Ivo]

(1) and (3) are indeed Surbiton and Scarborough, respectively. No-one said they were easy, mind; indeed, if anyone gets (4) I will be hugely impressed. As for Death's... I may be good at setting anagrams, but am essentially hopeless at solving them. Not sure why... It would take me ages to solve that, even if I was going through a station list!
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...Oh hold on, I've got it.

The place in which my father - yes, him again - was born. Which he calls "Aldersh*t".

(Probably the closest to swearing I've ever been in my whole life...!)

 

[will1337]

Weston Milton
Georgemas Junction
Billericay

I'm usually terrible at solving anagrams

 

[Ivo]

Bah.

And would you care to explain how you got (4)?

...Or set your own. I really don't mind which.

 

[will1337]

4 had a J in and was two words, the letter J isn't massively common in town names so it occurred to me that one of the words may be Junction which it turned out to be and it then became rather easy.

 

[jayjay]

I got bored, so here's 3 more. (number of spaces has no relation to the number of spaces in the name)

CRESTA CLAY
COAST RUNNER
NO TUTU THAT BRANDY

 

[Daniel]

I got bored, so here's 3 more. (number of spaces has no relation to the number of spaces in the name)

CRESTA CLAY

Castle Cary

 

[jayjay]

Castle Cary

Correct.

 

[Broken Viking]

...Oh hold on, I've got it.
The place in which my father - yes, him again - was born. Which he calls "Aldersh*t".

(Probably the closest to swearing I've ever been in my whole life...!)

Aye, it was Aldersh?t that I was thinking of with that one...And if ye want a coincidence, guess where I'm posting this from! hock:

 

[Ivo]

The last one is Tutbury and Hatton. Did that take ages to work out...!

As for the second one... Hmm.
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Here's me thinking that it isn't even an NR station... Best switch to LUL mode ...Nope. Nothing.

 

[jayjay]

Tutbury and Hatton is correct.

As for the other, think northern.

 

[Ivo]

Northern, you say?

...Nope.

I will admit to having gone through the entire station list as published in the patronage statistics every year. So unless the station is brand new (or newly-named), something isn't quite right here... Or am I being an idiot?

 

[Broken Viking]

I fancy trying out a painfully obvious (And slightly nonsensical) one here, if I may... 8)

aaabccdefggggggghhiiiiLLlllllllllnnnnooooooprrrrrstwwwwyyyyy
Capitalisation verbatim, but ignore all spaces inserted by the board.​

Now I'll be most surprised if the first to see this can't figure it out...But just to make it half challenging, I'm only able to accept the correct spelling of the station!

 

[bluebottle]

Ok, I'll bite

Deep breath

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychrwndropwythllantisiliogogogoch

 

[Ivo]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!!!!! [Not sure if that's exactly right; it does differ from the previous attempt.] Must go there one day...

And I've got that chronic space as well. Bah.

 

[bluebottle]

I think you've got it closer than me. Wikipedia has it as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. I got lost in the middle and got my English and Welsh phonetics mixed up!

 

[Ivo]

Er... I'll be honest - I copied it from Wiki. Sorry.
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Um, whatever happened to the COAST RUNNER anyway?

 

[jayjay]

Northern, you say?

...Nope.

I will admit to having gone through the entire station list as published in the patronage statistics every year. So unless the station is brand new (or newly-named), something isn't quite right here... Or am I being an idiot?

Oops, sorry I meant to say northern as in north england (northern do call there, but it's ATW).

If you want the answer now, highlight the text below.
runcorn east

 

[Ivo]

Damn, I'm an idiot. I was going to have once last check, and then highlight it if I failed. But... I can read it anyway :roll:

Sorry, and also nicely done. You had me stumped, end-of.

I'll be back soon with some more for everyone to crack.

...So hopeless at this...
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Spaces are not a part of the station name; stations may however have spaces in their names

O KING STABS E
IT TOWN JAR MALL
YER come one... my two-year-old niece could get this one, if she could read!
PINT O NAG
DANE BEER

 

[will1337]

Basingstoke
Llanwit Major
Rye
Paignton
Aberdeen

A Hello Port
Sitar Arcs
Dr Hurte
Faked Grail Week Kit

Number of words no relation

 

[Tugzrule]

1 = Hartlepool
2= Carstairs

 

[will1337]

Yep!

 

[Ivo]

I thought I'd throw in Rye for the hell of it

I think that Hartlepool was too easy (excuse the hypocrisy above!) so I overlooked it. Otherwise, I'd have done it myself.

Anyway, the last two:

REDRUTH
...I'll come back.
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WAKEFIELD KIRKGATE.

Even with three Ks I found it hard. I am utterly useless at anagrams etc. And it was my idea in the first place... Aw, well. Trait of AS, isn't it? Everything has to be perfect in formation. Which anagrams never are. Almost.

(Anyone care to try my new game? )

 

[robert2000]

1. thonking
2. dorf heer
3. yututh bat randont
4. chirn howt


no1 will get these

 

[Ivo]

Well, somehow, I think that the last is NORTHWICH. As for the other three... Like I've said, I'm pretty poor at anagrams.

EDIT: (2) is HEREFORD.
EDIT: (3) looks like TUTBURY AND HATTON, but [a] you've inserted an extra 'T' and it's been already!!!!!
EDIT: (1) is KNIGHTON.

 

[robert2000]

yes you got them all right!

ok, heres some more, ill try not to do repeated ones. but the clue is, they are all in north or mid Wales!

1. chemat lynch
2. donor gab
3. lornlan tharws
4. pogod marth
5. wo los help

 

[will1337]

2. Bodorgan
4. Porthmadog

 

[Tugzrule]

1. Machynlleth
3. North Llanrwst
5. welshpool