Cryptic clues = station name

[DaleCooper]

...neither is it Apsley.

 

[backontrack]

Jewellery Quarter?

 

[DaleCooper]

Jewellery Quarter?

Imaginative but incorrect.

 

[Springs Branch]

Stonegate ?

 

[Buttsy]

Arrochar & Tarbet?

 

[DaleCooper]

Arrochar & Tarbet?

No but it looks promising for a future clue. Anyone fancy an Arrowroot & Sherbet?

Stonegate ?

No but getting warmer

 

[backontrack]

St Leonards Warrior Square?

 

[DaleCooper]

St Leonards Warrior Square?

Not that, when I said "Stonegate" was getting warmer I didn't mean geographically.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Watton at Stone

 

[DaleCooper]

Watton at Stone

Yes, that's the one.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Escort studies?

 

[Buttsy]

Lapford?

 

[backontrack]

Workington?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Not Lapford or Workington.

 

[DasLunatic]

Ford?

 

[Buttsy]

Seaford?
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Or could it be Watford (LU)?

 

[DaleCooper]

Cardenden?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Cardenden?

Yup.

Escort is a type of car, whilst studies are called dens by Americans or the pretentious. ..

Your go!

 

[DaleCooper]

whilst studies are called dens by Americans or the pretentious. ..

...and crossword compilers.

I think I should let someone else have a go at setting the next one.

 

[DasLunatic]

Isaac and Hermione's baby.

 

[DaleCooper]

Newtongrange?

 

[DasLunatic]

That's the one - knew it'd be easy.

 

[DaleCooper]

Next clue:

An amalgamation of Thameslink, GWR and GEC to bid for this station

 

[backontrack]

Preston Park?

Preston is where GEC Traction's last UK factory is, it's on the Thameslink network...GWR serve the first stop south of Preston Park...

 

[DaleCooper]

Preston Park?

Preston is where GEC Traction's last UK factory is, it's on the Thameslink network...GWR serve the first stop south of Preston Park...

A remarkable deduction worthy of Sherlock Holmes himself, unfortunately completely wrong.

 

[backontrack]

Old Oak Common? Admittedly not open yet...

...what does the 'GEC' stand for? I can't really find anything online.

 

[Buttsy]

Thought it might be an anagram for one of the Welsh stations, but the closest I could get was Gwersyllt (GWR and TL in it) or Caergwrle (GWR and parts of GEC & TL), so not thinking anagram now.

GEC - General Electric Company

 

[DaleCooper]

Old Oak Common? Admittedly not open yet...

No, not Old Oak Common.

...what does the 'GEC' stand for? I can't really find anything online.

You're assuming that "GEC" stands for something which is not necessarily the case in a cryptic clue. <Hint 1>

When I google GEC the first result is "General Electric Company" but that is not relevant. <Hint 2>

An amalgamation of Thameslink, GWR and GEC to bid for this station (9,6,6) <Hint 3>

Thought it might be an anagram for one of the Welsh stations, but the closest I could get was Gwersyllt (GWR and TL in it) or Caergwrle (GWR and parts of GEC & TL), so not thinking anagram now.

Not a Welsh station but otherwise your reasoning was sound. <Hint 4>

 

[Springs Branch]

I'm quite impressed you found an anagram for.... Smethwick Galton Bridge ?

 

[DaleCooper]

I'm quite impressed you found an anagram for.... Smethwick Galton Bridge ?

That's the one.

I'm impressed that you unravelled it. Funnily enough it wasn't a case of finding an anagram for Smethwick Galton Bridge I was actually looking for an anagram where I could use Thameslink.

Just to make it clear:

An amalgamation of Thameslink, GWR and GEC to bid for this station