Railway General Knowledge.

[Whistler40145]

Glasgow Queen Street to London Kings Cross

 

[Gloster]

St Pancras to Glasgow St Enoch?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Glasgow Queen Street to London Kings Cross

Is the correct answer.
Back to you!

 

[Whistler40145]

What's the longest distance between stations in the UK?

 

[D6130]

Lockerbie-Carstairs....approximately 42 miles.

 

[Tetragon213]

Thurso - Penzance?

 

[D6130]

Thurso - Penzance?

Very good! I'm assuming that the OP meant to write 'consecutive stations'....but then again, I may be wrong!

 

[Whistler40145]

Lockerbie-Carstairs....approximately 42 miles.

Stations correct, the distance is 47 miles and 63 chains

 

[Gloster]

Thurso - Penzance?

But isn’t Wick further than Thurso? (Georgemas-Thurso 6 3/4 miles; Georgemas-Wick 14 1/4.)

 

[Tetragon213]

But isn’t Wick further than Thurso? (Georgemas-Thurso 6 3/4 miles; Georgemas-Wick 14 1/4.)

As the crow flies, Penzance is further from Thurso than Wick. I was surprised, too!

 

[Whistler40145]

I did mean between between two stations

 

[D6130]

Stations correct, the distance is 47 miles and 63 chains

So is it me to set the next question?

 

[Whistler40145]

So is it me to set the next question?

Yes

 

[xotGD]

Can we have a question please, @D6130

 

[D6130]

Can we have a question please, @D6130

Oh, all right then....if I must!

In which year was Summit Tunnel opened....thus completing the original route of the Manchester and Leeds Railway?

 

[Whistler40145]

1841

 

[xotGD]

1842

 

[D6130]

1842

I'm afraid not....

1841

.....because that is correct!

Your turn to drive a tunnel under the Pennines.

 

[Whistler40145]

When was the last train over the Woodhead Route?

 

[martinsh]

1981

 

[Whistler40145]

Sure is

 

[martinsh]

In what way are rail travellers these days frequently reminded of the LNER B1 4-6-0 loco named "Inyala" ?

 

[SuspectUsual]

In what way are rail travellers these days frequently reminded of the LNER B1 4-6-0 loco named "Inyala" ?

Was it numbered 61016 by any chance?

 

[Gloster]

Wild guess: could it share a number with the BTP help line (or whatever it is)? (6XXXX.)

 

[martinsh]

Was it numbered 61016 by any chance?

Yes it was.

Your turn to see it and say it !

 

[SuspectUsual]

By my reckoning there are seven stations whose CRS codes are three consecutive letters. What are they?

 

[A S Leib]

By my reckoning there are seven stations whose CRS codes are three consecutive letters. What are they?

Altnabreac, Fishguard Harbour, Kilmaurs, Sturry, ex-Northumberland, ex- and future railway and present Metro station Northumberland Park (NOP) for five of them?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Altnabreac, Fishguard Harbour, Kilmaurs, Sturry, ex-Northumberland, ex- and future railway and present Metro station Northumberland Park (NOP) for five of them?

They’re right - and obviously getting 5/7 means you’ve won - but there are a couple more

[EDIT]

A clue.....consecutive works in two directions

[ANOTHER EDIT]

This looks to have fizzled out, so let's declare @A S Leib the winner and ask them to set a question

For info, the five they mentioned are all correct, plus PON and HGF

 

[Ashley Hill]

Have you a question?. @A S Leib

 

[A S Leib]

Put the following into order of how many regular passenger trains pass through on a normal weekday.

• Abergavenny – Hereford
• Berwick-upon-Tweed – Reston
• Carlisle – Dumfries
• Carlisle – Lockerbie
• Channel Tunnel
• Chepstow – Lydney
• Chester – Shotton
• Chester – Wrexham General
• Chirk – Gobowen
• Dundalk – Newry
• Knighton – Knucklas
• Hawarden Bridge – Neston
• Severn Tunnel
• Shrewsbury – Welshpool
• Shrewsbury – Wrexham General same as Chirk – Gobowen