Railway General Knowledge.

[Darren R]

That is ONE long seat

Yes - but have you seen the size of the seats it has to accommodate?!

(I'm logging off now for my own safety!)

 

[Welshman]

That is ONE long seat

I remember sitting on it as a child with my parents, returning from holiday.
Those were the days when they allowed weary travellers on to the platform to sit down rather than keeping them standing on the concourse waiting for the platform number to be announced.


Continuing my "re-naming of stations" theme - which City's station was originally named "Store St" when first opened?

 

[Marton]

Dublin Connolly st?


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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester Piccadilly railway station has been known as:-

Store Street from 1842-1847
Manchester London Road from 1847 to 1960
Manchester Piccadilly 1960 to the present time

 

[Welshman]

Manchester Piccadilly railway station has been known as:-

Store Street from 1842-1847
Manchester London Road from 1847 to 1960
Manchester Piccadilly 1960 to the present time

Correct.
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Dublin Connolly st?

Sorry, I checked your answer just in case there had been another "Store St" station of which I'd been unaware, but according to Wiki, Dublin Connolly was originally known as "Amiens St"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Why was every passenger train obliged to stop at Swindon on the GWR routes to Bristol and to South Wales until 1895 ?

 

[Buttsy]

Brunel had a concession on the coffee rooms there?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brunel had a concession on the coffee rooms there?

On the right track, but a little more exact information, please.

 

[Marton]

Double reason?

There were no refreshment facilities on the train. The refreshment room was open for passengers and as the main GWR works loco and crew changes were needed


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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Double reason?

There were no refreshment facilities on the train. The refreshment room was open for passengers and as the main GWR works loco and crew changes were needed


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That is the answer that I needed.....It was a compulsory refreshment stop.

Please set the next one.

 

[Marton]

Name the two mainline Flat Crossings on the ECML and, if appropriate, the year of closure.


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[Welshman]

Retford ' s closed in 1965 with the completion of the underpass for East - West trains.
Newark 's is still open.
(I think there was also one just north of Darlington, where the original Stockton & Darlington line crossed the York & Newcastle line, but that was many years ago, and I''m not sure about that.)

 

[Marton]

Retford Newark and 1965 are what I have.

Yours....


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[Welshman]

Which station, having neither a subway nor a barrow-crossing, had instead a removable piece of platform in the form of a wheeled trolley, running on rails set at right angles to the running line? [The trolley being wheeled back under the platform when a train was signalled, and its movement interlocked with the signals].

And, for a bonus point, which company devised this novel method?

 

[steamybrian]

At the now closed Wood Lane station on the Central London Railway

 

[Welshman]

That was not the one I had in mind, but your certainty in your answer caused me to do a little research!

From what I can gather, a longer, fixed platform at Wood Green, necessary for the length of trains the company wished to run, was not possible due to the line at the rear of the platform into the depot. So the moveable part allowed longer trains but could then be swung back so as not to foul access to the depot.

But, from what I glean from my rushed and limited research, it did not actually move across the running line at right-angles to allow access to another platform.

However, I could be wrong, and you sound so certain, so please come back to me if this is the case.

[And, incidentally, the station I have in mind is still operational]

 

[steamybrian]

My second guess was going to be Halesworth on the East Suffolk Line.
The moveable section was fixed years ago.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Isn't the one at Brockenhurst still operational - just?

 

[Welshman]

My second guess was going to be Halesworth on the East Suffolk Line.
The moveable section was fixed years ago.

Sorry, but I think that at Halesworth the platform used to swing across the road at the level crossing, and not a running line.

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Isn't the one at Brockenhurst still operational - just?

Yes, although not the one in had in mind, I'll accept Brockenhurst, as that has[or had] a transverser bridge to allow an easier disabled access.

Your turn.

[The one I had in mind was at Malton - devised originally by the N.E.R., but now no longer necessary as the remodelled station only has one platform anyway!]

 

[Peter Mugridge]

OK, here is another easy one:

What is this sequence and what are the five numbers, each of four digits themselves, that continue it?

1938
1956
1959
1960
1962
1972
1973
....
....
....
....
....



Do you need a further clue? I can't believe nobody has got this yet; I thought it would only last an hour or so at the most...

 

[Manchester77]

Is it tube stock?
1983
1986
1992
1995
1996
2009

 

[Peter Mugridge]

You got it - though I didn't need the 1986PTS to be included as that wasn't a production batch and was only ever intended to run for a year or so.

Your turn.

 

[Manchester77]

Good job I included the 2009 stock then!


Open floor...

 

[Welshman]

OK - I'll try another:-

Which British Narrow-Gauge Steam Railway uses stock manufactured in Hungary & Austria?

 

[steamybrian]

OK - I'll try another:-

Which British Narrow-Gauge Steam Railway uses stock manufactured in Hungary & Austria?

Welshpool & Llanfair Railway

 

[Welshman]

Welshpool & Llanfair Railway

Correct.

Your turn.

 

[steamybrian]

What UK heritage railway operates to a gauge of 838mm....?

(You may know it a bit better if I quoted the imperial measurements so I thought I would make it harder if I quoted metric measurement.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I am unsure if this qualifies but the Seaton Tramway that was built on the line of the final part of the original Seaton branch line is laid to a gauge of 838mm (2 foot 9 inches)

Volk's Electric Railway is a few mm less than the 838mm shown in your conundrum.

 

[steamybrian]

I am unsure if this qualifies but the Seaton Tramway that was built on the line of the final part of the original Seaton branch line is laid to a gauge of 838mm (2 foot 9 inches)

Volk's Electric Railway is a few mm less than the 838mm shown in your conundrum.

Seaton Tramway was the answer I was looking for...

I agree that the gauge of the Volks Electric Railway is only a few mm less.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What claim to transport matters fame was held by the the now-closed Joyce Green Hospital ?