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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ely was a famous trading place in the Middle Ages, as was Kings Lynn.

Surely no one will find fault with a three-letter word....or do I speak too soon!

 

[Welshman]

Ash

another three-letter station

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oakham contains the name of a tree, as does Ash.

 

[Welshman]

Ivybridge

Oh the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree,
They flourish at home in my own country.

 

[Zoe]

Ivybridge

Digby & Sowton, another reopened station in Devon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sandplace is on a single track branch line , as is Digby & Sowton

 

[Zoe]

Sandplace is on a single track coastal branch line in Devon, as is Digby & Sowton

Void. Sandplace is in Cornwall and the line is not coastal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Void. Sandplace is in Cornwall and the line is not coastal.

Whatever was I thinking of...

I have now amended it to read CORRECTLY!!!!! ( I deserve that for the FAUX PAS on the Wimbledon thread).

Over to the next person......with Sandplace still the word to follow.

 

[Oswyntail]

Cleethorpes - a place with much to much sand blowing about.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Skegness is a North Sea holiday resort, as is Cleethorpes.


( I hope that Zoe does not come on again and tell me it is in Cornwall)

 

[Anon Mouse]

Oostende, another seaside resort

 

[Welshman]

Ramsgate

The other end of the Ostend Ferry

 

[Anon Mouse]

Dover Priory, another place where one can alight to connect onto a cross channel ferry!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Holyhead is another port where you can cross to another EU country, as is Dover Priory

 

[Anon Mouse]

Smallbrook Junction, another station on an Island

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ravenglass had both heavy rail and preserved railway connections, as does Smallbrook Junction

 

[Anon Mouse]

Aberystwyth, another station where you can change onto a Narrow Guage train

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lancaster has a university, as does Aberystwyth

 

[Eagle]

Lancaster is on the river Lune. Mickleton (Tees Valley branch, closed 1964) was on another river Lune.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Are closed stations allowed?.....see Mickelton on previous answer.

Need clarification before I (or anyone else) can continue.

 

[Eagle]

I think they are, being as my first post on this thread was Spencer Road Halt near Croydon, which closed about a century ago...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I think they are, being as my first post on this thread was Spencer Road Halt near Croydon, which closed about a century ago...

I have sent a PM to Mojo to ask him to give a decision and to post a message on here, as it was he who first set up this particular quiz thread.

Most people have a good chance with all the existing OPEN stations, but some stations that closed a very long time ago (as that in your item above) would leave a lot of people to wonder exactly what this station did when it was open, in order to provide a comparison.

I have been "pulled up" a few times on this thread and I don't want this to happen to anyone else through no fault of their own.

 

[Buttsy]

Micklefield - to get us back on open stations (also has a link to Lancaster as it has a castle hill nearby and is very near a north-south motorway)

 

[Anon Mouse]

East Garforth, also in WYPTE Metrocard area

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Styal is a small station managed by Northern Rail, as is East Garforth.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Yalding - also destaffed in 1989...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Strood is a station on the Medway Valley line, as is Yalding

 

[LE Greys]

Stroud is often confused with Strood

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dewsbury has a woollen industry history, as does Stroud ( Gloucestershire once had a large woollen base).

 

[Anon Mouse]

Huddersfield, normally used by Youths at Leeds with the word Innit added whilst enquiring about which train to catch