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Cryptic clues = station name
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Hint: A destination well worth reaching.
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Fishguard Harbour
An intriguing suggestion, if biologically unexpected; but, I'm afraid not.
DaleCooper
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Oxenholme Lake District?
Right track verbally and overall, geographically; not this station, however.
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Oxted
Guessing it is ox
Guessing it is ox
DaleCooper
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Oxenhope (Keighley and Worth Valley Railway)?
You've got the correct "ox". (harbour expectations = hope.) Pray yoke up your team and fetch out the next clue...
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DaleCooper
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Next clue:
Anyone may use this station, except Jenny that is.
Anyone may use this station, except Jenny that is.
DaleCooper
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I see the connection but that's not the answer.
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Hint:
This station is in Scotland.
This station is in Scotland.
DaleCooper
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Hint:
Anyone may use this station, - this is just decoration and conveys no information
except Jenny that is. - this is the whole thing
Anyone may use this station, - this is just decoration and conveys no information
except Jenny that is. - this is the whole thing
Barassie? Bar=except; female donkey=jenny; i.e. = that is. Open floor if correct -- effectively, you've ended up having to give it away !
DaleCooper
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Correct, open floor.
Karl
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A quickie, to get things moving 
Is Abertawe the centre of purgatory?
Is Abertawe the centre of purgatory?
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Swansea?
Karl
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Heswall?
Karl
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Nice one Dale! Correct.
SWA in HELL
Your floor
SWA in HELL
Your floor
Nice one Dale! Correct.
SWA in HELL
Your floor
To be annoyingly nitpicking -- Purgatory and Hell are generally reckoned to be decidedly different things; but this isn't TheologyUKForums
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DaleCooper
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To be annoyingly nitpicking -- Purgatory and Hell are generally reckoned to be decidedly different things; but this isn't TheologyUKForums
In catholic doctrine that is true (which is partly why I took so long solving this one) however as metaphors purgatory and hell can be considered synonymous in the sense of something extremely unpleasant.
DaleCooper
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Next clue:
The Hostelry, a good inn for refreshment.
The Hostelry, a good inn for refreshment.
Seacook
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I started off by thinking that the centre of purgatory was A or GAT.
Seacook
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Leytonstone High Road: an anagram of the first five words. Open floor after it has been confirmed.
DaleCooper
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Correct, open floor...
Hint (narrowing things down some): the station is in Scotland -- which country I believe doesn't "do" curates, or only in minority churches; but this is CrypticWorld...