The "Name the Station" game

[Robinson]

Lelant Saltings.

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 2:
This station is served by precisely 1 TOC.

 

[Robinson]

St James Park (Exeter).

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 3:
This station has precisely 1 platform.

 

[dzug2]

Pershore

 

[Robinson]

Baildon.

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 4:
If proper nouns were allowed, no blank tiles were used and no tiles were laid on bonus squares, this station's name would score 18 points in the standard English version of Scrabble.

 

[Robinson]

Newbridge.
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Aw crud I either misread the clue or I miscounted...

 

[Frothy]

Luxulyan?

 

[gnolife]

Rhymney?

 

[clagmonster]

Rhymney?

Is the correct answer.

 

[gnolife]

Ok

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

 

[clagmonster]

Inverness?

 

[Robinson]

Derby Road

 

[gnolife]

Derby Road

Are you on the wrong account there?

2) This station has a prime number of platforms, and a prime number of ToCs serving it. This number may or may not be the same.

 

[Robinson]

Telford Central.

 

[clagmonster]

One day there will be a double bluff and it will be right, so let's so Manchester Airport.

 

[gnolife]

3) This station is in a PTE area

 

[Robinson]

Shipley.

 

[gnolife]

4) We're dealing with a Scottish station here.

 

[Robinson]

Glasgow Central.

 

[gnolife]

5) This station, which is mainly served by EMUs, has it's last two services leave within 15 minutes, using diesel traction.

 

[Robinson]

Carstairs?

Think that's the only station left that can fit...

 

[gnolife]

The answer I was after was Westerton. However, I have made the stupid mistake of forgetting that the Caledonian Sleeper is ScotRail, so am due a penalty

 

[Robinson]

And I don't actually know for certain whether Carstairs fitted clue 5...
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Open floor, folks.

 

[Welshman]

OK - try this:-

Clue 1:- This station is managed by Northern.

 

[gnolife]

Heald Green

 

[Robinson]

Dronfield.

 

[Welshman]

Clue 2:-

At the Grouping, it was managed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. It then passed to the LMS.

 

[Robinson]

Burnley Manchester Road.