Closed Stations Journey quiz

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St Mary's Crossing Halt

 

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Chalford

 

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Tetbury Road

 

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Oaksey Halt

 

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Minety and Ashton Keynes

 

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Purton

 

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Stratton

 

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Shrivenham

 

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Shrivenham

We have left the Great Western Railway Main Line and are cuurently on the line of the final line of this journey...the GWR Highworth Branch Line.

Beatitude for the day
"Blessed are those who read the journey preamble, for great knowledge will be given to them"

 

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Stanton

 

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Hannington

 

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Highworth is the final closed station

 

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

This is number 1989 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Bath Green Park
It follows the line of the MR Bath and Mangotsfield Line...beware of heritage stations
It then follows the line of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway...via Mangotsfield (2nd station)
It then follows the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway...via Long Ashton...via Weston Junction...note 1st and 2nd stations
It then follows the line of the Exe Valley Railway...via Brampford Speke
It then follows the line of the Devon and Somerset Railway...via Morebath Junction Halt
It then follows the line of the Bideford Extension Railway...via Fremington
It then follows the line of the Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway...via Watergate Halt
It then follows the line of the North Cornwall Railway...via Ashwater
It then follows the line of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway...via Shooting Range Platform
It then follows the line of the Bodmin and Wonford Railway...via Boscarne Exchange Platform
It then follows the line of the Cornwall Railway...via Respryn
It then follows the line of the West Cornwall Railway...via Chacewater
It then follows the line of the Helston Railway...via Praze
The journey ends at the closed station of Helston

The first closed station on this journey is Bath Green Park

 

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Weston

 

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Kelston

 

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Warmley

 

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Mangotsfield (2nd station)

 

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Staple Hill

 

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Fishponds

 

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Bristol St Philips

 

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Bristol St Philips

That was the terminal station of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway whereas we need a through connection that will take us onwards to the Bristol and Exeter Railway.

HINT : On the through line after Fishponds, the next three stations of Bristol Temple Meads, Bedminster and Parson Street are all currently open railway stations.

 

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GENERAL INFORMATION

About eleven years ago on this quiz, there were what was called PM in which a debate was finally resolved of a station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway which opened in 1871 with the name of Ashton (not to be confused with Long Ashton station) and to allow better track positioning, in 1884 the station was resited a very short distance away to the west. That station was renamed Bedminster which is still a currently open railway station, so a decision was agreed that the resiting was such a short distance, no mention of that station is made on this quiz.

 

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Fishponds

Long Ashton (this is one of those cases where the naming is confusing, because this station was also called Ashton between 1856 and 1926)

 

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Long Ashton

 

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Flax Bourton (1st Station)

 

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Long Ashton (this is one of those cases where the naming is confusing, because this station was also called Ashton between 1856 and 1926)

Flax Bourton (1st station)

 

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Flax Bourton (2nd Station)

 

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Puxton

 

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Weston Junction (1850-1884)

 

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Bleadon and Uphill