I'm thinking of a station...

[MidnightFlyer]

Poulton-le-Fylde

 

[WestCoast]

Poulton-le-Fylde

Remember what I said about two branchlines (one open, one long gone) and you've got it.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I don't follow...

 

[WestCoast]

You are very close indeed to the right station.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Kirkham & Wesham?

 

[WestCoast]

Kirkham & Wesham?

Yes, absolutely correct.

It was a tricky one, Kirkham North Junction is where the suburban branch line to Blackpool South follows the Fylde coast through Lytham, Ansdell and Fairhaven and St Annes on Sea. This is now the Blackpool South branch line.

However between 1903 and 1965 there was a third line, the “Marton Line”, which went straight to Blackpool South and beyond to Blackpool Central. Its track bed is now a road called Yeadon Way and the M55 motorway. This junction involved a flyover to allow Preston bound trains to access the Up Fast line from the Marton line, the disused flyover bridge was not removed until the 1980s.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Floor open.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I will return to set one, since I had to give the answer to the last one I set (ALTNABREAC)

This station in in Wales
Built to serve railway workers
Quite a lonely place

 

[WestCoast]

Llandeilo Junction?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Alas, no

 

[WestCoast]

Sugar Loaf?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct. Well done.

 

[WestCoast]

Open Floor.

 

[robschopper]

I have just two platforms, but three trains can leave simultaneously in three different directions. I serve no city, town or village. I used to have several terminating trains each day, but now have none.

 

[OxtedL]

I want it to be Georgemas Jn, but it doesn't sit quite right...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Is it OXENHOLME?

 

[robschopper]

Not Georgemas. Oxenholme serves Oxenholme, so no.

 

[OxtedL]

Hmmm... for a second there I almost posted Rugeley Trent Valley

This is going to be a tricky one...

 

[gnolife]

Smallbrook Junction?

 

[robschopper]

Not too familiar with IOW but i would imagine the Steam line trains still terminate.
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Rugeley TV has three platforms.

 

[OxtedL]

Clarbeston Road?

 

[robschopper]

Not Clarbeston Road.

Clue: Two trains, travelling in opposite directions on the same route, can pass each other using the same platform, at the same time.
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Back in the morning.

 

[Class172]

Carstairs? Open floor in the unlikely event it's right

 

[robschopper]

Not Carstairs.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Penryn?

 

[robschopper]

Not Penryn.

Clue: The nearest signal is over 60 miles away.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Well that implies ERMTS, so Mminfford?

 

[OxtedL]

Dovey Junction doesn't fit. Nor any of the RETB locations. I'm stumped.

 

[robschopper]

Not Minfford - Oxted ... you sure?

 

[OxtedL]

Dovey Junction really doesn't work in my head. Two trains in different directions from one platform? Machynlleth also doesn't work. And none of the remaining RETB have three directions to choose from, I think.