Railway General Knowledge.

[Peterthegreat]

Wore the XP64 livery in the 1960s?

Yes it is.
Your go.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Is it the 47 that carried XP64 livery?

Yes it is but you were a few seconds too late.

 

[Whistler40145]

When was the Great Eastern mainline converted from DC to AC?

 

[A S Leib]

1961?

 

[Whistler40145]

Nearly there

 

[xotGD]

1962

 

[RDP]

1959?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Let's go the other way - 1960

 

[Whistler40145]

Let's go the other way - 1960

Correct

 

[Peterthegreat]

Apologies for the delay.

A number of stations often had suffixes to their main name.

Please provide the main name for the following : -

For Shevington
For Newburgh
For Conisboro and Mexboro
For Gedling and Colwick

 

[D1537]

Newburgh one is Parbold

 

[Peterthegreat]

Newburgh one is Parbold

That is correct. I've also slightly edited the 3rd station.

 

[SuspectUsual]

3 is Denaby I think

 

[Peterthegreat]

3 is Denaby I think

That is also correct.

 

[D6130]

Gathurst for Shevington?

Carlton for Gelding and Colwick?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Gathurst for Shevington?

Carlton for Gelding and Colwick?

First one right. Second one half right. Would you care to elaborate?

 

[martinsh]

Carlton & Netherfield for Gedling and Colwick

(My friend always used to add the suffix Parkway as well !)

 

[Peterthegreat]

Carlton & Netherfield for Gedling and Colwick

(My friend always used to add the suffix Parkway as well !)

That's correct.
The station went from Carlton and Netherfield for Gedling and Colwick to Carlton and Netherfield to Carlton so there never was a Carlton for Netherfield.

 

[Peterthegreat]

So @D1537 and @SuspectUsual got one point, and I'll judge @D6130 to have 1 1/2 points and @martinsh to have 1/2 point so to @D6130 to name the next question please.

 

[D6130]

So @D1537 and @SuspectUsual got one point, and I'll judge @D6130 to have 1 1/2 points and @martinsh to have 1/2 point so to @D6130 to name the next question please.

Thanks. Next up an easy question about a station which I passed through yesterday afternoon:

Which major station in Belgium was designed by the late Catalan architect Salvador Calatrava?

 

[Whistler40145]

Gare de Mons?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Liège Guilemans.

 

[Gloster]

Liege?

 

[xotGD]

Brugge

 

[D6130]

Liège Guilemans.

Correct....although it's actually spelled 'Guillemins', I believe. Your turn to get the bières in!

 

[D6130]

Liege?

Too late by at least a millisecond, I'm afraid!

Brugge

Sorry, not there!

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
In terms of passenger numbers which is the busiest national rail station which doesn't have a daily train service to or from London?
For the sake of clarity this does not include stations within London.

 

[A S Leib]

Liverpool Central?

 

[Whistler40145]

Manchester Victoria?

 

[D1511]

Glasgow QS U&L?