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Closed Stations Journey quiz
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Congratulations to all three of us !!...that last journey is now at an end.
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The next journey is a "request" which has been included as part of this journey.....
The journey starts at the open station of Ely
It then follows the line of the Ely and St Ives Railway
It then follows the line of the Cambridge and St Ives branch line
It then follows the line of "The Varsity Line"....this was the "request"
It then follows the line of the Cherwell Valley line
It then follows the line of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
The journey ends at the open station of Eastleigh
The first closed station on this journey is Stretham
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The next journey is a "request" which has been included as part of this journey.....
The journey starts at the open station of Ely
It then follows the line of the Ely and St Ives Railway
It then follows the line of the Cambridge and St Ives branch line
It then follows the line of "The Varsity Line"....this was the "request"
It then follows the line of the Cherwell Valley line
It then follows the line of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
The journey ends at the open station of Eastleigh
The first closed station on this journey is Stretham
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Haddenham
Xenophon PCDGS
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I had made an amendment to the preamble and had accidentally deleted the final line before I said that the final closed station was Eastleigh
I am so pleased that you had noticed this before the quiz commenced and if you look at the preamble again, you will see that the missing line has now been reinstated and says....
It then follows the line of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
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Earith Bridge
Xenophon PCDGS
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St Ives as a guided busway stop does not count as it is NOT a reopened RAILWAY station
We are now ready to start on the Cambridge and St Ives branch line
We are now ready to start on the Cambridge and St Ives branch line
Xenophon PCDGS
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Long Stanton
Xenophon PCDGS
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Histon
Now we start on the "requested Varsity" line from Cambridge to Oxford
Now we start on the "requested Varsity" line from Cambridge to Oxford
Xenophon PCDGS
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I knew that as this line was the "requested line" part of the quiz, I really had to research matters in depth.
The first station outwards from Cambridge is.....
Lord's Bridge
Xenophon PCDGS
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As a matter of general interest, Barnwell Junction was the first station outwards ( 1 mile 56 chains ) on the Cambridge to Mildenhall railway which had eleven railway stations.
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Gamlingay
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Xenophon PCDGS
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We cannot have SANDY as there is an open station there, so....
Girtford Halt
Girtford Halt
Xenophon PCDGS
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Willington
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Kempston and Elstow Halt....(Opened 1905, closed during both World Wars, but not officially closed until 1949)
Xenophon PCDGS
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Wootton Broadmead Halt.......that is me off now for a while
Xenophon PCDGS
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I have consulted with a railway historian who is very familiar with the area of the quiz in question and have stressed the above are parts of the rules of this quiz (I feel that I must highlight these two sections of the rules, especially with this particular section of the journey in mind).
His ruling is that Stewartby, Millbrook, Lidlington, Ridgemont, Aspley Guise, Woburn Sands, Bow Brickhill, Fenny Stratford and Bletchley are all OPEN stations at this point of time and cannot be allowed to be posted.
I will post.....
Husborne Crawley