Guess the Station...

[Matt Taylor]

Hampton?
No. It has no level crossing.

So are you saying yes to Hampton or not?

 

[Ivo]

Sod it. Yes. At least it's in the right area.

...I'm an idiot :roll:

 

[Matt Taylor]

Perhaps, but at least you a correct idiot.

Next clue would have been that it is in the zones with a racecourse within five miles. I worked in the ticket office at Hampton for a few years and have very fond memories of that station.

 

[Ivo]

It shows that I've never been to Hampton doesn't it? And yet, I have done the Kingston loop. Whoops.

Anyhow, here is my first legitimate one (it's taken long enough). I've left the blind visible because it says "Sorry Not in Service", so I didn't see any point in wiping it. The quality isn't great; it was taken at about 20:00 and without flash.

And sorry it took so long. It's been a while since I used Picture Manager last. I didn't need to for the SVB one.

 

[4SRKT]

Crewkerne?

 

[Ivo]

I had to think where Crewkerne was for a minute

Sorry, but no.

What I will say is this: It gave me a right jump when it blasted its horn as it came into the station (from the other end)!

 

[MCR247]

Well that narrows it down

 

[Matt Taylor]

Single line by the looks of it, I'm guessing Tisbury.

 

[Ivo]

Still incorrect. I'll give y'all until about 10pm, then I'll throw in a clue. Until then, there's pizza to be had
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
All right then, time for a clue.

This station is in the south-western quarter of England, but is *not* currently served by 159s. (So why it was there is beyond me.)

 

[Matt Taylor]

Sherborne?

 

[Ivo]

Nope. Keep trying.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Yetminster?

 

[Ivo]

Still not right. Probably the best guess so far though.

 

[ainsworth74]

Yetminster?

Thought you said Yesminister there for a minute, left me wondering what a TV show had to do with a station guessing game!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

If it's not Yetminster then Thornford?

 

[Track Basher]

Looks very Bedminster ish to me.

 

[Ibex]

Shot in the dark, Torquay?

 

[Ivo]

Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you all. I'm afraid that the correct answer is still out there. I shall reveal another (somewhat useless) clue; the station has only one word in its name.

 

[12CSVT]

Chippenham ?

 

[Ivo]

Still not right, although by distance not too far off. I can't see this one lasting that much longer to be honest.

 

[Track Basher]

Melksham

 

[Ivo]

Keep trying. It has a better service than Melksham (although that saying very much...!).

I'll give another clue. Every train through the station calls here.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Surely not Stroud?!

 

[Track Basher]

I might as well have a go at Kemble

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I was thinking if it wasn't Stroud it would have to be Stonehouse rather than Kemble, but I think it's Stroud.

 

[Ivo]

No. It's south of Gloucestershire.

EDIT: Ooh. I just noticed something. This post took the forum total to 500,000. Not bad

 

[4SRKT]

Frome?

 

[Track Basher]

Worle

 

[4SRKT]

How about if I just type the index from the Baker's Bible in here? Sure, it'll be a very long and quite tedious post, but the answer will be in it somewhere.

 

[Ivo]

No need.

Frome?

I might have known it would be you to spoil the fun

Precisely 24 hours after I won the right to set this challenge, 4SRKT has the correct answer. It is indeed Frome; the whole picture (which kinda gives it away) is attached to this message.

And no, I don't know what a 159 was doing in Frome either. It's not as though SWT go there on diversion.