Railway General Knowledge.

[HMS Ark Royal]

Latvia

 

[backontrack]

The Peoples' Democratic Republic of Hull?

 

[Mvann]

Any of these:
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Gabon
Morroco
Hong Kong
Malaysia

If you mean what the country is known as now, then yes.

 

[NoMorePacers]

Which one?

RHODESIA!!!

 

[backontrack]

Morocco?

 

[Mvann]

Which one?

RHODESIA!!!

No. Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Not Morocco either.

 

[NoMorePacers]

Ceylon

 

[Mvann]

Ceylon

Correct. The locos were classed as M1.

 

[DaleCooper]

No. This is not correct.

Newhaven Marine HAS NO SCHEDULED TRAIN SERVICES
Newhaven Marine isn't 'nowhere near London'
It technically isn't on the Southern network

Also what on Earth is meant by greatest? Biggest, oldest, busiest, most awesome, most famous, nicest? HMS Ark Royal please be more careful with the phrasing of your questions.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Correct. The locos were classed as M1.

Bugger - I saw those and discounted them because of the nose

 

[NoMorePacers]

Correct. The locos were classed as M1.

Right, which station has the longest name in the UK? You MUST spell it out in FULL WITHOUT COPY-PASTING it to get the correct answer.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Right, which station has the longest name in the UK? You MUST spell it out in FULL WITHOUT COPY-PASTING it to get the correct answer.

The station you are looking for is either

A) Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station (I think more this one as it is recognised as a station name whereas the other one is not)


B) Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

 

[NoMorePacers]

HMS Ark Royal, B is correct! Your floor.

 

[backontrack]

Are you allowed two answers per post? I think not...

 

[NoMorePacers]

Actually, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-gogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysilio-gogogoch is NOT correct.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

HMS Ark Royal, B is correct! Your floor.

Technically correct on both answers as the well known name is not an official name as known by NRE or Network Rail...

Are you allowed two answers per post? I think not...

I believe it was ruled okay so long as you stated why... You know, you've been really grumpy lately


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Question:- When the underground line into Glasgow was closed, a Foreman/Superviser was tasked to walk the tunnels to check their condition - what was he surprised to find at a point midway down?

 

[NoMorePacers]

There is another place in Wales I was looking for.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

There is another place in Wales I was looking for.

If you were looking for the longest place, I gave the correct answer (A) anyway as understood by NRE and Network Rail

 

[NoMorePacers]

It begins with 'G'

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

It begins with 'G'

I presume you mean the fabricated name of Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion - known officially as Golf Halt

 

[NoMorePacers]

Yes, now please say your question

 

[backontrack]

Rhoose Cardiff International Airport?

Is it NR?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Yes, now please say your question

I wasn't aware you wanted artificial names as opposed to real ones... Need to try harder to catch me out - not just a pretty face

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Question:- When the underground line into Glasgow was closed, a Foreman/Superviser was tasked to walk the tunnels to check their condition - what was he surprised to find at a point midway down?

 

[backontrack]

I presume you mean the fabricated name of Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion - known officially as Golf Halt

How did you possibly spell that out without copying and pasting?

 

[NoMorePacers]

I think I'll embargo this one, just to give other people a chance

 

[backontrack]

I wasn't aware you wanted artificial names as opposed to real ones... Need to try harder to catch me out - not just a pretty face

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Question:- When the underground line into Glasgow was closed, a Foreman/Superviser was tasked to walk the tunnels to check their condition - what was he surprised to find at a point midway down?

A bathtub?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

How did you possibly spell that out without copying and pasting?

Because, backontrack, I know a lot of things and can recall it from memory

A bathtub?

No... More surprising than a bathtub

 

[backontrack]

Then why didn't you bring it up first? Before Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogery-chwryndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Then why didn't you bring it up first?

Because I gave the correct answer according to what was recognised by NRE and Network Rail as valid - not artificially created names

Regardless, my question stands

 

[backontrack]

Because, backontrack, I know a lot of things and can recall it from memory



No... More surprising than a bathtub

A palm tree?