The Journey Game

[Esker-pades]

17:08 SX Charing Cross to Sidcup (11m 73ch on a 376) ?

Possibly not that exact service, but Charing Cross to Sidcup is correct.

 

[Springs Branch]

1. This journey operates Monday to Friday.
2. The origin station is served by 4 TOCs.
3. The destination is a 2-platform through station.
4. Rolling stock is an EMU built during the British Rail era.

 

[Esker-pades]

Brighton to Newhaven Harbour (313)?

 

[Springs Branch]

1. This journey operates Monday to Friday.
2. The origin station is served by 4 TOCs.
3. The destination is a 2-platform through station.
4. Rolling stock is an EMU built during the British Rail era.
5. This journey involves travel in one PTE area.

 

[Esker-pades]

Chester to Birkenhead Central (507)?

 

[Springs Branch]

Chester to Birkenhead Central (507)?

That's correct!

 

[Esker-pades]

1. The service is operated by an EMU
2. The origin is a dead-end terminus
3. The destination has 2 platforms
4. The service operates entirely within England

 

[Springs Branch]

London Liverpool St to Hertford East on a 317 ?

 

[Esker-pades]

1. The service is operated by an EMU
2. The origin is a dead-end terminus
3. The destination has 2 platforms which are both through
4. The service operates entirely within England
5. The service operates once per day, 5 days per week

 

[A Challenge]

London Waterloo to Alton (450)

 

[Esker-pades]

London Waterloo to Alton (450)

I feel as if I have to give you that. I posted the wrong clue at the time, before realising and editing it to what was above. But, given that you saw the original version and guessed on that, I think I'm obliged to hand the floor to you.

For anyone questioning, the original clue 5 was that interchange was available with a heritage railway.

 

[A Challenge]

As I now feel I have only won that due to a mistake, I shall declare OPEN FLOOR.

 

[Esker-pades]

As I now feel I have only won that due to a mistake, I shall declare OPEN FLOOR.

If I do an easy one to get it moving again, would that work?

 

[A Challenge]

Yes, OK

 

[Esker-pades]

1. The journey takes over 13 hours
2. The journey is not a sleeper
3. The journey starts in Scotland
4. The journey ends in England

 

[A Challenge]

Aberdeen to Penzance (220)?

 

[Esker-pades]

Aberdeen to Penzance (220)?

Yep. UK's longest rail journey. Your floor.

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey starts in a platform that sees less than one train every two hours
2. This journey passes through 1 station only
3. This journey terminates at a full terminus
4. This journey is done on an EMU

 

[Springs Branch]

Clue 1 has been confounding me, but in the hope of triggering another clue, I'll say.....

Grove Park to Bromley North (466) ?

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey starts in a platform that sees less than one train every two hours
2. This journey passes nonstop through 1 station only
3. This journey terminates at a full terminus
4. This journey is done on an EMU
5. This journey is only available once a day (Sunday excluded)

Clarified clue 2, and Clue 1 means that the platform (rather than the station) has that service level.

 

[Esker-pades]

Carstairs to Glasgow Central (318)?

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey starts in a platform that sees less than one train every two hours
2. This journey passes nonstop through 1 station only
3. This journey terminates at a full terminus
4. This journey is done on an EMU
5. This journey is only available once a day (Sunday excluded)
6. This journey is only in England

 

[Esker-pades]

Gillingham to Sheerness-on-Sea (466)?

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey starts in a platform that sees less than one train every two hours
2. This journey passes nonstop through 1 station only
3. This journey terminates at a full terminus
4. This journey is done on an EMU
5. This journey is only available once a day (Sunday excluded)
6. This journey is only in England
7. Other services travel the full length of this route, but this is the only one that starts at the starting station

 

[Esker-pades]

What does clue 7 actually mean?

 

[A Challenge]

There are services from A - B - C, and one service that runs B - C per day, which is the one I want

 

[Esker-pades]

Sandhills to Southport (507)?

 

[A Challenge]

1. This journey starts in a platform that sees less than one train every two hours
2. This journey passes nonstop through 1 station only
3. This journey terminates at a full terminus
4. This journey is done on an EMU
5. This journey is only available once a day (Sunday excluded)
6. This journey is only in England
7. Other services travel the full length of this route, but this is the only one that starts at the starting station
8. This journey is done on a 444

 

[Esker-pades]

Woking to Portsmouth Harbour (444)?

 

[A Challenge]

Indeed it is, running via Eastleigh out of Platform 6, the only train each day to use it.