Cryptic clues = station name

[DaleCooper]

Next clue:

This station is better than it was and continues to improve.

 

[Calthrop]

Very much "taking a flyer" -- Grosmont?? (the place continues to grow better, and its merits mount up...)

 

[DaleCooper]

Very much "taking a flyer" -- Grosmont?? (the place continues to grow better, and its merits mount up...)

Not so much a flyer more a nosedive I'm afraid.

Here's a hint:

The station's name is also a verb.

 

[DaleCooper]

Another hint:

It's in the east of England.

 

[DaleCooper]

Yet another hint:

This is an edited extract from the station's Wikipedia page.

*** railway station serves the village of *** in *** *** ***shire, England. It was opened on 1 April 1881 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.

 

[Calthrop]

Gainsborough Central?? ("Gains" being a verb, present tense.) This one is feeling, for me, somewhat beating-head-against-brick-wall-like.

 

[DaleCooper]

Gainsborough Central?? ("Gains" being a verb, present tense.) This one is feeling, for me, somewhat beating-head-against-brick-wall-like.

I wouldn't call Gainsborough a village. If you insist on beating your head against a brick wall think what will happen to the cuts and bruises after a few days.

 

[Karl]

If you insist on beating your head against a brick wall think what will happen to the cuts and bruises after a few days.

... and there'd need to be a few days of recovery for the cuts to do a bit of....?

 

[Springs Branch]

This station is better than it was and continues to improve.

Healing ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Healing ?

It's Healing very nicely, your turn...

 

[Calthrop]

When revealed -- things are so blindingly obvious !

 

[Springs Branch]

Here's an easy one....

This station has raging men confused.

 

[duncanp]

Angmering?

 

[Springs Branch]

Angmering?

That's the answer. Your Floor.

 

[duncanp]

Next clue:

A good station for spotting a "trainspotter"

 

[DaleCooper]

Renton?

 

[duncanp]

Yes it is Renton.

Your go.

 

[Karl]

I'm lost with this one. Can I embarrassingly ask for an explanation?

 

[duncanp]

Renton is a station in Dunbartonshire in Scotland, and is also one of the characters in the film "Trainspotting".

 

[DaleCooper]

I'm lost with this one. Can I embarrassingly ask for an explanation?

Ewan McGregor's character in the film Trainspotting.

 

[DaleCooper]

Next clue:

Blaze destroyed Ely NE, roasted March.

 

[me123]

Manea?

 

[cadoxton]

Burnley Manchester Road

 

[Karl]

Aha! Brilliant. Thanks for the help chaps

 

[DaleCooper]

Manea?

Not Manea.

Burnley Manchester Road

That's an impressive bit of synonym finding and anagram solving for a Sunday afternoon, well done.

Your turn...

 

[cadoxton]

That's an impressive bit of synonym finding and anagram solving for a Sunday afternoon, well done.

Your turn...

Cheers DC

Continued, we hear, put downs

 

[Karl]

Preston? (Pressed on?)

 

[cadoxton]

Preston? (Pressed on?)

Its about 3 to 3.5 hrs north of Preston by train
(by this afternoons times, anyway)

 

[Karl]

Its about 3 to 3.5 hrs north of Preston by train
(by this afternoons times, anyway)

Aha!!! How about Prestonpans?

 

[cadoxton]

Aha!!! How about Prestonpans?

Indeed. Your floor...