Cryptic clues = station name

[Esker-pades]

Broomhill (Strathspey Railway)?

 

[GusB]

The answer I was actually looking for was High Brooms, but I'm happy to accept Broomhill as it fits the clue (I hadn't considered that one). @FelixtheCat , the floor is yours.

 

[Esker-pades]

Fair enough. Thanks!

Dong! Tim's here.

 

[Karl]

Fair enough. Thanks!

Dong! Tim's here.

Bellingham perhaps?

 

[Esker-pades]

Bellingham perhaps?

Not there.

 

[Calthrop]

In utter desperation -- Teddington??? "Ted" for EDWARD Lear, who created the character "the DONG with the Luminous Nose" -- what Tim has to do with things, I have no idea.

 

[Esker-pades]

In utter desperation -- Teddington??? "Ted" for EDWARD Lear, who created the character "the DONG with the Luminous Nose" -- what Tim has to do with things, I have no idea.

Afraid not.


Surname of a famous (ish) Tim and find another onomatopeic word along the same lines as dong.

 

[Calthrop]

Boyngcratchit -- on the Glasgow & South Western Railway's one-time branch line from Whayslyekuss to Auchtullywhitlin? (I'm being silly now.)

 

[Esker-pades]

Boyngcratchit -- on the Glasgow & South Western Railway's one-time branch line from Whayslyekuss to Auchtullywhitlin? (I'm being silly now.)

Afraid not.

 

[John Griffiths]

Could it be Long Ping station on the MTR in Hong Kong, the famous Tim being Tim Long who has written for The Simpsons and other stuff?

 

[John Griffiths]

Or Dingwall (Tim Wall, famous Aussie cricketer, 18 caps 1929-34, or, if you prefer, Professor of Radio Studies at Birmingham University)

 

[Esker-pades]

Or Dingwall (Tim Wall, famous Aussie cricketer, 18 caps 1929-34, or, if you prefer, Professor of Radio Studies at Birmingham University)

Correct thought process, not the correct station.

 

[John Griffiths]

Chingford? (There must be some Tim Ford's, of varying degrees of fame... )

 

[John Griffiths]

Laurencekirk?

Princess Anne is married to Tim Laurence, and kirks have bells that go ding-dong and, oh death, where is thy sting?

 

[d9009alycidon]

(Timothy) Spall + Ding = Spalding

 

[John Griffiths]

Holds breath...

 

[Esker-pades]

(Timothy) Spall + Ding = Spalding

Bingo!

 

[d9009alycidon]

Where part of the last solution comes up against a barrier?

 

[Strat-tastic]

Aston.

 

[d9009alycidon]

Sorry - not Aston

 

[Calthrop]

Dingwall as mentioned above? -- or am I looking at "screamingly obvious and not the answer"?

 

[d9009alycidon]

Dingwall it is - (hiding things in plain sight often works)

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks.

One envisages American Druid finding spot for his automobile where it won't be in the way; then continuing on foot to pay homage to one of the members of the vegetable kingdom, venerated by his sect.

 

[John Griffiths]

Mistley ?

 

[Calthrop]

I see your train of thought; afraid not, though. Consider another "vegetable kingdom member" which the Druids were keen on.

 

[Calthrop]

Hint: he's American, so he'll spell some words differently from the way Brits do -- including one which is of significance in the "answer station" 's name.

 

[neilmc]

Must be that new Staffordshire station - Leek Parkway?

 

[Calthrop]

Must be that new Staffordshire station - Leek Parkway?

Methinks it pleases you to jest, sir -- I wot of no real-world Leek Parkway... however, you're on some of the right track. And -- "the vegetable kingdom" can refer to anything which is not "animal, mineral, or abstract" -- encompassing among other things, trees. Also, nobody has yet addressed the Yank and his spelling.

 

[John Griffiths]

Oakleigh Park (though I can't fit in the -leigh- bit)?

 

[Calthrop]

Oakleigh Park (though I can't fit in the -leigh- bit)?

You are oh, so very close -- essentially, two elements out of three. The third has no "leigh" connections -- it's a different word. Here's where American spelling peculiarities come in. (The "answer station" is in Greater London.)