Railway General Knowledge.

[Spamcan81]

LSWR main line. Brooklands museum.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Your go...

 

[Spamcan81]

What makes Montreux railway station unique in Switzerland?

 

[TheEdge]

Its not in Switzerland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Its not in Switzerland.

Montreux railway station is in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. I have come up with two unusual facts about this railway station:-
1).....It is served by lines of three different gauges. 1435mm/1000mm/800mm
2).....Because of the prevailing land slope, access to the platforms is gained from the second floor, not the ground floor, of the station building.

 

[Spamcan81]

Montreux railway station is in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. I have come up with two unusual facts about this railway station:-
1).....It is served by lines of three different gauges. 1435mm/1000mm/800mm
2).....Because of the prevailing land slope, access to the platforms is gained from the second floor, not the ground floor, of the station building.

It was the three gauges I was after so over to you.
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Its not in Switzerland.

The one I'm on about is.
https://en.rail.cc/montreux-railway-station/montreux/station/12329/2841

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

On the Liverpool and Bury Railway, there was a short-lived railway station that opened on November 1848 but closed in August 1852. Can you name this station?

 

[DasLunatic]

It wouldn't be Chew Moor, would it?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It wouldn't be Chew Moor, would it?

Well done, that indeed was the station.

Over now to you.

 

[DasLunatic]

What was the most used railway station according to the ORR's 1997/8 statistics?

 

[tramdan]

What was the most used railway station according to the ORR's 1997/8 statistics?

Based on total entries and exits, would that be London Bridge at 76,207,271?

 

[DasLunatic]

Yes. Your floor.

 

[tramdan]

Thank you.

For how many years was the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, without a rail service before the opening of the Robin Hood line in the 90's?

 

[DasLunatic]

It was railwayless from 1964 to 1995, making it 31 years without a rail connection.

 

[tramdan]

Spot on! Over to you.

 

[DasLunatic]

Multiply the number of stations on the DLR by the number on the Croydon Tramlink, then divide by the number served by the Underground.

Give your answer exactly.

 

[D6975]

It's either 6.78 recurring or 6.64 recurring, depending on whether you count Stratford High and Low level stations as separate or not.

 

[DasLunatic]

Not quite. Remember LU services call at 10 stations they don't own.

 

[Springs Branch]

6½ precisely ?

 

[DasLunatic]

It is 6.5. Your floor.

 

[Springs Branch]

Open Floor

 

[backontrack]

Which mammal will not be found on the tube at Pimlico?

 

[krus_aragon]

Which mammal will not be found on the tube at Pimlico?

Well, as I recall, you can't take a muskrat through the frontier without declaring it...

 

[backontrack]

Not quite what I meant...

 

[DaleCooper]

Which mammal will not be found on the tube at Pimlico?

Blue Whale?

 

[backontrack]

Not so, I'm afraid.

 

[D6975]

Blue Whale?

I didn't see one when I was last there.

 

[DaleCooper]

I didn't see one when I was last there.

You must walk around with your eyes closed.

 

[Spamcan81]

Dolphin?

 

[DaleCooper]

A lot of marine mammals go to check their body mass index at a whaleweigh station.