The "Name the Station" game

[Temple Meads]

Didcot Parkway?

 

[dzug2]

Pershore

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 2:
This station is south of Carlisle.

 

[dzug2]

Preston

 

[Temple Meads]

Salisbury?

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 3:
This station handles both stopping and passing services.

 

[dzug2]

Stafford

 

[Temple Meads]

Cardiff Central

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 4:
If propers nouns were allowed, no blank tiles were used and no tiles were placed on bonus scoring squares, this station's name would score 15 points in the standard English version of Scrabble.

 

[Ivo]

You guys have played this too much today. I had six pages to read through!

Anyway, West Ham?

 

[martinsh]

Selly Oak

One of these days I'm going to write an app that deduces the Scrabble value for every single National Rail station !!

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 5:
This station is in an area famed for its chalk pits.

 

[Ivo]

Selly Oak

One of these days I'm going to write an app that deduces the Scrabble value for every single National Rail station !!

I might just go and do something along those lines here and now
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Done. See Post #908 (of course ) for the data. Note that the system is not perfect.
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Amberley? I think there are/were chalk pits in that area. (O/F if correct.)

 

[clagmonster]

Amberley? I think there are/were chalk pits in that area. (O/F if correct.)

Correct.

 

[dzug2]

Lets's grab the open floor

1. This station is south of Sheffield

 

[clagmonster]

Oxted?

 

[dzug2]

2. This station has two platforms and is served by one TOC

 

[Robinson]

Water Orton.

 

[dzug2]

3. This station is the junction for a non-passenger line

 

[clagmonster]

Appledore?

 

[dzug2]

4. Two distinctly different types of 'bird' may be found near this station, one human, one not.

 

[clagmonster]

I'm not sure about the ornithology reference, but lets try Saxmundham.

 

[dzug2]

5. Until recently, this station was served by 3 different types of train, but now a fourth has been introduced which is expected to oust one of the original three and almost oust another.
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Sounds as though it's too difficult, so I'll give a hint - the human birds in clue 4 are jailbirds, the non human chickens, basically
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Time to draw a line under this one - the answer sought was Honeybourne

The jailbirds were in Long Lartin prison and the chickens in the Domestic Fowl Trust - both very close to the station

Open Floor

 

[gnolife]

Never heard of either of them.

This station is not in the former NSE area
(1)

 

[clagmonster]

Seaton Carew?

 

[gnolife]

2) This station has more platforms than TOCs

 

[clagmonster]

Wakefield Kirkgate?

 

[gnolife]

This station is served by. 3 of the five big bus companies. For this, TransPennine Express is part of First, London Midland, Southern and Southeastern are part of Go Ahead, Chiltern are part of Arriva and Virgin are part of Stagecoach. Not all of these may be relevent

 

[clagmonster]

Liverpool South Parkway?

 

[gnolife]

Not Liverpool Parkway.

4) 2 of the three bus companies are represented twice at this station. 3 of the TOCs that serve this station are part of a 'joint venture' (IE Merseyrail is a Serco & Abbellio joint venture, Virgin Trains is Stagecoach and Virgin, Southeastern are Keolis and Go Ahead)
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Hang on. Typing error I think, It should be 2 of the TOCs are joint ventures I'm confusing myself. Ignore this part