Cryptic clues = station name

[johnnychips]

It isn't Sellafield, I suppose? (A big favourite in this game.)

You are really close. It would have to be ‘Soldafield’ to fit the clue.

 

[TheSel]

Hadfield ?

 

[johnnychips]

Hadfield ?

Spot on - your turn.

 

[TheSel]

Prevent the use of the fourth vowel.

 

[Calthrop]

Oban?

 

[TheSel]

Well, that didn't last long!

Congratulations. Over to you.

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks.

Antipodean ecclesiastical dignitary loses his way, and ends up near the Geordies

 

[TheSel]

Bishop Auckland?

 

[Calthrop]

@TheSel -- that's it ! Reciprocal speedy-solution congratulations -- your floor.

 

[TheSel]

@TheSel -- that's it ! Reciprocal speedy-solution congratulations -- your floor.

No one leaves until the holes in every sock are mended.

 

[RobertsN]

No one leaves until the holes in every sock are mended.

Darnall?

 

[TheSel]

Darnall?

Spot on. Your turn.

 

[RobertsN]

Spot on. Your turn.

Now what's that place with all the green roofs?
Hint:There's literature involved.

 

[Calthrop]

Annan ?? -- ref. the 1908 children's classic Anne of Green Gables -- multiple such An[ne]'s?

 

[RobertsN]

Annan ?? -- ref. the 1908 children's classic Anne of Green Gables -- multiple such An[ne]'s?

Close, though not quite there.

 

[Calthrop]

Still in Scotland -- Anniesland , then?

 

[RobertsN]

Still in Scotland -- Anniesland , then?

That one didn't take long

Over to you.

 

[Calthrop]

My thanks...

Imagining scenario of independent railway with robust approach to security (staff carrying automatic rifles); and, thereon, rivalry / muddle -- AK'd Armsman Fred, ousted

 

[Calthrop]

Hint: the "independent railway" part, is significant.

 

[RobertsN]

The only thing I can come up with which doesn't really make too much sense appears to be: Gerrards Cross.
Connections: GER (Great Eastern Railway), and Cross because Fred got ousted. Can't really fit in the rest of the clue though.

Originally named Jarett's Cross due to a famous Highwayman (armed staff?). Also "The Professional" (guns again) TV series was filmed (at least partly there).

ARDS (for the Ardrossan Railway)? (nowhere near though).

 

[Calthrop]

The only thing I can come up with which doesn't really make too much sense appears to be: Gerrards Cross.
Connections: GER (Great Eastern Railway), and Cross because Fred got ousted. Can't really fit in the rest of the clue though.

Originally named Jarett's Cross due to a famous Highwayman (armed staff?). Also "The Professional" (guns again) TV series was filmed (at least partly there).

ARDS (for the Ardrossan Railway)? (nowhere near though).

Or how about the Ards Peninsula in Northern Ireland -- traversed by one-time, and also still-in-traffic, lines of the former Belfast & County Down Railway ? I jest -- your answer is wonderfully ingenious; but, alas, far wide of the mark.

As in my hint -- the "independent" bit is relevant: our station is on a line which is not part of the everyday commercial National Rail network. And, muddle is involved...

 

[Calthrop]

Feel that I'm running a bit short of possible hints -- the station is on a "heritage" line; hence, again, the "independent" stuff.

 

[Calthrop]

It looks as though this one won't be getting any further. The station is Medstead and Four Marks, on the Mid-Hants Railway: anagram of "AK'd Armsman Fred, ousted".

Open Floor.

 

[johnnychips]

Dad’s on the road at this station , we hear.

 

[ls2270]

Parson Street?

 

[johnnychips]

Is absolutely correct. All yours!

 

[ls2270]

Enjoy oneself by the sea at the English version of the Irish Republic’s capital.

 

[Calthrop]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Blackpool tram system stop)? "Dublin" is a slightly-corrupted form of one of the Irish-language names of the place, meaning "black pool or lake"; he said, showing off.

 

[ls2270]

That’s it well done!

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks. My floor, I take it --

Long ago, monarch vetoed potential original of this one, in one country of the kingdom; but the thus-named station exists and flourishes in another country of same.