Closed Stations Journey quiz

[Calthrop]

Toller

 

[DerekC]

Powerstock

Still the home of the gentleman who bought the station in about 1973. I met him on the public footpath just outside his garden a few years ago. Wish I had lived there for the last 50 years! It even beats Barras, I think.

PS - Grimstone and Frampton was a step too far towards Dorchester! We reversed at Maiden Newton to join the Bridport Railway.

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

Bridport

 

[Calthrop]

East Street

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

West Bay the end.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grimstone and Frampton

I cannot trace that station on the Bridport Railway, the line that we have just joined.

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

I cannot trace that station on the Bridport Railway, the line that we have just joined.

It's the turnback point so that we can reverse onto the Bridport Branch.

 

[DerekC]

It's the turnback point so that we can reverse to the Bridport Branch.

The layout at Maiden Newton, where the Bridport branch joins the WS&WR, enabled us to reverse there. Unfortunately I have lent out my book on the Bridport Railway otherwise I could have posted the track plan, I think. It's one of my all-time favourite branch lines - and the countryside round it is still beautiful. Pity you beat me to West Bay - but you can buy us a pint in the Bridport Arms by the harbour.

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

The layout at Maiden Newton, where the Bridport Branch joins the WS&WR, enabled us to reverse there.

But as Maiden Newton is currently open, we cannot reverse there.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next move to England for the next journey......

This is number 1941 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Forge Valley
It follows the line of the NER Forge Valley Line
It then follows the line of the Y&NMR Pickering Branch Line...via Kirby
It then follows the line of the Y&NMR Scarborough to York Line...via Rillington
It then follows the line of the Great Northern Railway Main Line...via Naburn
It then follows the line of the GN&GEJR Doncaster to Lincoln Line...via Bessacarr Halt
It then follows the line of the GNR Lincolnshire Loop Line...via Washingborough
It then follows the line of the Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway...via Coningsby
It then follows the line of the East Lincolnshire Railway...via Firsby...via the Mablethorpe Loop Line
It then follows the line of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway...link line only, no closed stations
It then follows the line of the GCR Brigg Branch Line...via Brocklesby
It then follows the line of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway...via Sturton
The journey ends at the closed station of Waleswood

The first closed station on this journey is Forge Valley

 

[Calthrop]

Wykeham

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

(Rule 2).... Reversals en route are allowed. Such reversals can be made at any station, open or closed, with the proviso that no mention is made in posting submissions of any OPEN station.. There are instances where direct train services from one station to another require an operational reversal in order to facilitate this. It will be useful to note that there can be legs of a journey that pass through only OPEN stations, which are mentioned in the preamble to each new journey, but in cases such as this, the preamble will carry the rider..."Link line only, no closed stations"

In reply to the query raised concerning reversals at OPEN stations, I show the Rule 2 of the Rules Section on the very first posting of this quiz.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wykeham

Sawdon

 

[Calthrop]

Snainton

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

Ebberston

 

[Calthrop]

Thornton Dale

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

Sinnington

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sinnington

That is a station on the NER Pickering to Gilling Line, which we do not visit on this journey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thornton Dale

Kirby

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

Kirby

Oops, sorry

Marishes Road

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rillington

 

[Calthrop]

Huttons Ambo

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

Castle Howard

 

[Calthrop]

Kirkham Abbey

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

Howsham

 

[Calthrop]

Barton Hill

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

Flaxton

 

[Calthrop]

Strensall

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

Strensall Halt

 

[Calthrop]

Haxby