The Journey Game

[DanTrain]

1) The origin is a London Terminus
2) The destination is not in Kent or Essex
3) The traction is electric
4) This service has fewer than 5 stops en route
5) The destination also serves at least one other form of transport (tube, port, air, tram etc.)

 

[A Challenge]

London Kings Cross to Newcastle (91)?

 

[DanTrain]

1) The origin is a London Terminus
2) The destination is not in Kent or Essex
3) The traction is electric
4) This service has fewer than 5 stops en route
5) The destination also serves at least one other form of transport (tube, port, air, tram etc.)
6) The service is not operated by LNER

 

[A Challenge]

London Kings Cross to Sunderland (180)?

 

[DanTrain]

1) The origin is a London Terminus
2) The destination is not in Kent or Essex
3) The traction is electric
4) This service has fewer than 5 stops en route
5) The destination also serves at least one other form of transport (tube, port, air, tram etc.)
6) The service is not operated by LNER
7) The TOC for this journey is not owned by Arriva, Stagecoach, First or Govia

 

[A Challenge]

390 Euston to Birmingham New Street?

 

[DanTrain]

1) The origin is a London Terminus
2) The destination is not in Kent or Essex
3) The traction is electric
4) This service has fewer than 5 stops en route
5) The destination also serves at least one other form of transport (tube, port, air, tram etc.)
6) The service is not operated by LNER
7) The TOC for this journey is not owned by Arriva, Stagecoach, First or Govia
8) The traction is due to be replaced in the next 3 years

 

[A Challenge]

London Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5 (332, HX)

 

[DanTrain]

London Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5 (332, HX)

That's the one, your floor .

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey also serves an Airport
2. This journey runs through a major city
3. This journey is either other fully electrified route or completely non-electrified route
4. This journey ends at a two platform station

 

[DanTrain]

Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness on a 357?

 

[A Challenge]

What's the airport?

 

[DanTrain]

What's the airport?

Southend isn’t it?

 

[DanTrain]

Wait, never mind, wrong line! Maybe Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria on a 321?

 

[Springs Branch]

16:32 Bedford to East Grinstead (via Luton Airport Parkway & London) on a class 700 ?
Two different electrification systems, but electrified throughout nonetheless.

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey also serves an Airport
2. This journey runs through a major city
3. This journey is either other fully electrified route or completely non-electrified route
4. This journey ends at a two platform station
5. This journey is wholly in one country, that is not Scotland

 

[Esker-pades]

Bedford to East Grinstead (700)?

 

[DanTrain]

Brigend to Aberdare on a 150?

 

[A Challenge]

Well done @DanTrain

 

[Springs Branch]

4. This journey ends at a two platform station

But Aberdare is a 1-platform station.

 

[A Challenge]

Whoops - sorry about that, but somehow @DanTrain guessed the correct journey anyway!

 

[DanTrain]

Whoops - sorry about that, but somehow @DanTrain guessed the correct journey anyway!

A bit of luck, I didn't bother checking to be honest!

1) This journey starts within 500m of the coast
2) The journey starts at, calls at or ends at a parkway station
3) The service involves a reversal en-route
4) The service calls at a station which serves a UNESCO world heritage site

 

[A Challenge]

Portsmouth Harbour to Great Malvern via Salisbury for Stonehenge and Bristol Parkway, reversing at Bristol Temple Meads

 

[DanTrain]

5) This service does not call at Gloucester, Taunton or Warwick

 

[Esker-pades]

Pwllheli to Birmingham International (158)?

 

[DanTrain]

1) This journey starts within 500m of the coast
2) The journey starts at, calls at or ends at a parkway station
3) The service involves a reversal en-route
4) The service calls at a station which serves a UNESCO world heritage site
5) This service does not call at Gloucester, Taunton or Warwick
6) The origin and destination have direct services to different London termini

 

[Esker-pades]

Southampton Central to Brighton (377)?
Specifically, the one that runs via Southampton Airport Parkway, reversing at Eastleigh.

 

[DanTrain]

1) This journey starts within 500m of the coast
2) The journey starts at, calls at or ends at a parkway station
3) The service involves a reversal en-route
4) The service calls at a station which serves a UNESCO world heritage site
5) This service does not call at Gloucester, Taunton or Warwick
6) The origin and destination have direct services to different London termini
7) This service runs fewer than 4 times per day

 

[Esker-pades]

Portsmouth Harbour to Westbury (158)?
Again, the one that reverses at Eastleigh.

 

[DanTrain]

8) This service ends at a station with a direct service to Swansea