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steamybrian
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Correct- well done
I understand the full name of the station was Halliloo Platform.
It was sited between Whyteleafe South and Caterham.
It served Halliloo Farm but was sometimes used by school outings.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Vertically hand-printed in red on both portions with the word CHILD or the letter C
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steamybrian
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A horizontally printed adult return ticket was cut diagonally bottom left corner to top right hand corner.
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Paul is correct - the word "Child" or a letter "C" was hand-stamped in red on the ticket by the issuing clerk.
Steamybrian is close with the alternative - the adult ticket was cut, but not diagonally from bottom left to top right, but at a more gentle angle from a position just to the left of the centre-line along the bottom to just to the right of the centre-line on the top, thus distinguishing it from the normal vertical cut dividing the ticket into outward an return portions.
As such you then had two tickets bearing the same number, and, as a child I used to spend my hard-earned pocket money on a Saturday trip, only to find on the following Saturday I was sold the other half of the same ticket!
So, over to Paul for the next one.
Steamybrian is close with the alternative - the adult ticket was cut, but not diagonally from bottom left to top right, but at a more gentle angle from a position just to the left of the centre-line along the bottom to just to the right of the centre-line on the top, thus distinguishing it from the normal vertical cut dividing the ticket into outward an return portions.
As such you then had two tickets bearing the same number, and, as a child I used to spend my hard-earned pocket money on a Saturday trip, only to find on the following Saturday I was sold the other half of the same ticket!
So, over to Paul for the next one.
Xenophon PCDGS
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I will offer OPEN FLOOR
steamybrian
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I thought of a third alternative of issuing what was known as a "blank card". A ticket with pre-printed starting station but the destination station was written in a blank space with a security background. As above the word "Child" was also hand-stamped on it.
What town had its first station opened in 1846 and it was subsequently was closed in 1881 when it was resited. The second station then closed in 1986 when the third station was opened on the site of the first station.?
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Was this one of the triumvirate of Godley stations ?
steamybrian
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...is the correct answer I was looking for.
Open floor then
Xenophon PCDGS
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What station was built at the end of a very short branch and opened in 1881 mainly to enable goods trans-shipment with boats on a major canal and had a short lived railmotor service to a larger station on the main local line. It was closed to passengers in 1913, but continued to carry freight until 1930.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Tarleton Halt was the correct answer. The canal was the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Over to you to set a new one to test us all.
Over to you to set a new one to test us all.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Which town had a halt that was opened in 1904 and closed in 1941 to serve the workers in the industry that made the town well-known and what was the name of the halt?
Xenophon PCDGS
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Not that one. The one that I had in mind was many miles away from there.
Xenophon PCDGS
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I'd better make it open floor - I'm not going to think of one tonight
OK - try this:-
In June of 1964 there was an unfortunate accident caused by a train running away into a terminal station, resulting in three fatalities.
What was the station involved, and what were the reasons given at the enquiry for the accident?
In June of 1964 there was an unfortunate accident caused by a train running away into a terminal station, resulting in three fatalities.
What was the station involved, and what were the reasons given at the enquiry for the accident?
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Xenophon PCDGS
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I am thinking of the accident that occurred at Bradford Exchange that had only opened as such in 1962, two years earlier.
The driver suffered a heart attack on the very steep downhill approach to the station and the train collided with a stationery train in the platforms.
The driver suffered a heart attack on the very steep downhill approach to the station and the train collided with a stationery train in the platforms.
You're right - it was at Bradford Exchange [which actually opened in 1850 - perhaps you're confusing it with Bradford Interchange which was designed in 1962 - 
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However, as you say, it was established that the driver of the 1625 dmu from Manchester Victoria to Leeds was taken ill on the downhill stretch from Bowling Junction on June 3rd 1964.
].However, as you say, it was established that the driver of the 1625 dmu from Manchester Victoria to Leeds was taken ill on the downhill stretch from Bowling Junction on June 3rd 1964.
Xenophon PCDGS
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You're right - it was at Bradford Exchange [which actually opened in 1850 - perhaps you're confusing it with Bradford Interchange which was designed in 1962 -
I was indeed confusing the name of the two...
....I of all people should have known better that that, with my interest in all railways on both sides of the Pennines.For my sins, I will declare OPEN FLOOR and retire to a dark corner of the website.
steamybrian
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Following on from my recent question regarding Polegate station having three stations on different sites then brings me on-
There are another two towns in Sussex which its present station is on its third site.
1.Remarkably the station building of the first station (opened in the 19th century) is still standing.
All trace of the second station has disappeared.
All the original buildings of the (present) third station have been replaced by new buildings. Which station?
2.Its first station was built on a sharp curve. Its buildings survived possibly until around the 1960s but today no trace remains.
The second station was also built further along the same curve but the station vanished long ago.
The third station was on a completely different alignment of the tracks. The station survives today with all its original buildings.
Which station?
There are another two towns in Sussex which its present station is on its third site.
1.Remarkably the station building of the first station (opened in the 19th century) is still standing.
All trace of the second station has disappeared.
All the original buildings of the (present) third station have been replaced by new buildings. Which station?
2.Its first station was built on a sharp curve. Its buildings survived possibly until around the 1960s but today no trace remains.
The second station was also built further along the same curve but the station vanished long ago.
The third station was on a completely different alignment of the tracks. The station survives today with all its original buildings.
Which station?
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theageofthetra
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East Grinstead?