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Xenophon PCDGS

Xenophon PCDGS

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DerekC said:
Oswestry (Cambrian)
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I think that the Cambrian Railways station in Oswestry became the main station there, replacing the GWR station that served the GWR Gobowen to Oswestry line on 7th July 1924 as the Cambrian Railways station was situated very near to the east of the GWR station and running line were introduced between the two station site to allow through running.However, we have always tended to regard Oswestry as a "heritage" station on this quiz.

Have a look at Rule 3, where Oswestry is shown amongst the examples.
 
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Xenophon PCDGS said:
I think that the Cambrian Railways station in Oswestry became the main station there, replacing the GWR station that served the GWR Gobowen to Oswestry line. However, we have always tended to regard Oswestry as a "heritage" station on this quiz.

Have a look at Rule 3, where Oswestry is shown amongst the examples.
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We had to go through the CR station to access the next line as the GWR station was a terminus. As to Oswestry's status as a heritage station - I should have thought the test for reopening should be whether trains are operated from it.

However . .. Pant (Salop)
 
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DerekC said:


Newly updated rules effective from March 2019


(3)....Stations that were closed....but then re-opened as a heritage railway facility are NOT allowed to be used on this quiz IF THEY WERE SITUATED OR CONSTRUCTED ON THE SAME SITE..... OSWESTRY, RAWTENSTALL, RAMSBOTTOM, HEYWOOD, FINMERE, QUAINTON ROAD, SHILLINGSTONE, MIDSOMER NORTON, DIXTER HALT, INSTOW, BIDEFORD, KEITH TOWN, DRUMMUIR, DUFFTOWN and KIRKBY STEPHEN EAST are just some examples to have been deemed to be reopened heritage stations for the purposes of this quiz and as such, cannot be used in posting submissions and any subsequent station closure will make no difference to this ruling. In addition to that that definition of "heritage stations NOT allowed", we also include closed stations such as FENCOTE and ROWDEN MILL where private individuals have purchased a closed station on at their own expense and have subsequently "upgraded" the station area and provided items of rolling stock, tea rooms, etc, on the former running line. Any station that was opened then closed by a heritage railway is NOT allowed on this quiz (This is also stated in Rule 8). NOTE...Any very small reopened narrow-gauge heritage railway operation such as the Rudyard Lake Railway with stations are to be ignored and the original standard gauge station(s) are deemed to be allowable on this quiz, but this is not the case where such reopened narrow-gauge railways on former standard gauge lines are of a good mileage, such as those of both the Festiniog and Blaenau Railway and of the Bala Lake Railway, where the original stations are not allowed to be named on this quiz.
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We have had discussions in the past regarding "heritage" stations with the result that Rule 3 has been expanded on more than one occasion to cover the definition of how the word "heritage" is viewed on this quiz, with the two stations of Fencote and of Rowden Mill covering one of these understandings of "heritage".
 
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