Cryptic clues = station name

[DaleCooper]

Carshalton

Good thinking, sadly incorrect and completely the wrong form of transport.

 

[DaleCooper]

Hint:

This station is within a national park.

 

[A Challenge]

Ashurst New Forest

 

[DaleCooper]

Ashurst New Forest

No, not that.

 

[Calthrop]

Dent?? (Arthur, of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

 

[DaleCooper]

Dent?? (Arthur, of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

Correct, he always introduced himself as "Dent, Arthur Dent".

Slartibartfast: Come. Come now or you will be late.
Arthur: Late? What for?
Slartibartfast: What is your name, human?
Arthur: Dent. Arthur Dent.
Slartibartfast: Late as in the late Dentarthurdent. It's a sort of threat, you see.

Source: IMDb

Your turn...

 

[Calthrop]

As often with me, a blind shot in the dark (not a zealous "Hitchhiker's" buff).

Ah, well: the following is IMO a fairly silly and not-hard one.

My German friend might a bit confusedly, call this station "Swan Dorf" -- after all, it's close by a biggish river with plenty of such birds...

 

[duncanp]

Wansford on the Nene Valley railway.

 

[Calthrop]

Right -- your floor.

 

[duncanp]

How about

Iain Duncan Smith is watching for drop in his share of the vote in his constituency at the General Election

Probably not going to last very long.

 

[Calthrop]

Hah ! I suggest, Chingford?

 

[duncanp]

Yes, I told you it wasn't going to last very long, but it was all I could think of on the spur of the moment.

Your turn.

 

[Calthrop]

Yes, I told you it wasn't going to last very long, but it was all I could think of on the spur of the moment.

Your turn.

Thanks. Once again, probably not the most difficult offering since commencement of this game in Feb. 2011; but...

Direct the Spanish short-distance craft

 

[Seacook]

Thanks. Once again, probably not the most difficult offering since commencement of this game in Feb. 2011; but...

Direct the Spanish short-distance craft

Connel Ferry?

 

[Calthrop]

Spot-on; your floor.

 

[Seacook]

Open floor

 

[DaleCooper]

Another one from me as it's open floor:

Discover a PowerPoint file embedded in a foreign character's link.

 

[duncanp]

Poppleton?

A powerpoint file has the extension ppt, and that is embedded within Pole which accounts for the foreign character.

 

[DaleCooper]

Poppleton?

A powerpoint file has the extension ppt, and that is embedded within Pole which accounts for the foreign character.

You're thinking along the right lines but aren't quite there yet.

 

[duncanp]

The only other one I can think of like Poppleton is Shepperton but I can't see how that fits the clue.

 

[DaleCooper]

The only other one I can think of like Poppleton is Shepperton but I can't see how that fits the clue.

I said your thinking was along the right lines, I didn't say Poppleton was anything like correct.

 

[DaleCooper]

Hint:

Light rail again.

 

[DaleCooper]

A bit more help needed?

Poppleton?

A powerpoint file has the extension ppt, and that is embedded within Pole which accounts for the foreign character.

duncanp had the right idea but erred in three ways:

Wrong extension
The foreign character isn't a Pole
Didn't decrypt "link"

 

[DaleCooper]

Another hint:

It's a Tramlink stop.

 

[duncanp]

Phipps Bridge

Some Powerpoint files have the extension PPS, but I can't see how it fits in with the rest of the clue.

 

[DaleCooper]

Phipps Bridge

Some Powerpoint files have the extension PPS, but I can't see how it fits in with the rest of the clue.

Phipps Bridge is the answer.

foreign character = Phi (Greek letter)
Powerpoint file = pps
link = bridge

Your turn...

 

[duncanp]

When you get married here, enter the nagger.

 

[A Challenge]

Gretna Green?

Not sure about the second half

 

[duncanp]

Yes it is Gretna Green, being an anagram of enter and nagger


Your turn.

 

[A Challenge]

I'm useless at anagrams, at least spotting them here sometimes, but got it from the first part

OPEN FLOOR