Railway General Knowledge.

[Trainfan344]

Nope, you appear to have sorted smallest to largest not largest to smallest.

 

[Buttsy]

Nope, you appear to have sorted smallest to largest not largest to smallest.

Can you clarify if the one I put first would have been the ones you wanted had I sorted correctly?

 

[Trainfan344]

Yeah, I took the header into account.

 

[Buttsy]

1652 - Dingwall
2189 - Goxhill
916 - Uphall
1197 - Pontyclun
78 -Huddersfield

 

[Trainfan344]

Correct, your turn Buttsy!

 

[Buttsy]

In which county of the UK would you find virtually no stock younger than 50 years old?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Isle of Wight?

 

[steamybrian]

Apart from the Isle of Wight I will also consider the county of
"The Borders"
the only railway being the stock of the Waverley Railway Heritage Association at Whitrope.

 

[Buttsy]

Isle of Wight?

This is the answer I was looking for.

The Borders I believe goes out to the North Sea coast, and, while not having a station at present, does have modern stock running through it...

 

[Peter Mugridge]

How many railway stations are there in Epsom?


( Consider the wording very carefully... )

 

[theageofthetra]

If you mean within the Epsom & Ewell Council area then there are 6. Epsom, Epsom Downs ,Ewell East and West, Tattenham Corner & Stonleigh.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

You are very close, but you have missed something...

 

[theageofthetra]

Do you want me to include the old Epsom Downs station that closed in the 80's?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Not unless it still exists...

And there is your clue...

 

[theageofthetra]

Ah Epsom Town think that building is still there.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Indeed it is, though few realise that.

It can be seen - just - in this Google Streetview image ( rather more can be seen from the train between Epsom and Ewell East, including part of the down platform ):

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=up...=e0NxcHC1mNCPnloXhmE9jw&cbp=12,31.29,,0,-9.04

Anyway, you have answered the question fully on all counts so it is now your turn.

 

[theageofthetra]

Not including LU, DLR, LO or preserved/tourist lines how many terminus railway stations are within London Zones 1-6 & name them. They need to be stations where all trains terminate there e.g not London Bridge.

 

[Buttsy]

Enfield Town, Chingford, Hayes, Bromley North, Caterham, Tadworth Corner, Epsom Downs, Chessington South, Hampton Court, Greenford, Paddington, Marylebone, Euston, Kings Cross, Moorgate, Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Waterloo, Victoria.

21 in total

 

[theageofthetra]

Yes that's what I have. Well done your floor.

 

[Buttsy]

Which are the furthest stations East, West, North and South on the UK mainland?

 

[andythebrave]

Lowestoft, Arisaig, Thurso & Penzance.

 

[Buttsy]

Lowestoft, Arisaig, Thurso & Penzance.

Correct.

 

[andythebrave]

What is the distance, to the nearest mile, between the two consecutive stations that are furthest apart on the same line in mainland Britain and which two stations are they?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I do not know if this will count, but I remember once reading that if you used the Carstairs avoiding line, the distance between Kirknewton and Lockerbie was 65.5 miles.

 

[andythebrave]

Close enough! A tad over 64.5 miles rounded to 65. Over to you.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Where was a prison built on the site of a very old railway marshalling yard ?

 

[Buttsy]

HMP Whitemoor?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct. Over to you.

 

[Welshman]

Shrewsbury Prison [now closed, I think], was adjacent the railway station, and I think there was an earlier prison on what is now the railway station site.

EDIT:-Ah, I now note Buttsy's reply and your affirmation of its correctness, and so withdraw my suggestion above.

 

[Buttsy]

If you were to travel from Fishguard Harbour to Thurso (not via London), thereby travelling through Wales, England and Scotland, what is the fewest changes you could do this in & where would you have to change? Also, what is the the quickest you could do this (to the nearest 30 mins), how many changes would be required and where?