The "Name the Station" game

[Altnabreac]

There's nothing at Altnabreac! Waverley would work but its not it. Hill House Helensburgh is a good call but it only gets 4 stars from Visit Scotland.

3) This station (re)opened in the 1980s

 

[Robinson]

Musselburgh?

 

[Altnabreac]

4) I have climbed a Munro from this station

 

[Trainfan344]

Dunrobin Castle?

 

[Altnabreac]

Well I'm fit but Dunrobin Castle is a good 40 miles from Ben Klibreck, the nearest Munro, so I might have struggled to make it there and back in a day.

However like Dunrobin Castle:
5) This station is closed in Winter.

 

[Robinson]

I'm unsure about the tourist attraction for clue 2 but I think clue 5 narrows it down to Falls of Cruachan.

 

[Altnabreac]

Correct.

I can thoroughly recommend both the tourist attraction: the Cruachan Power Station tour where you go right inside the mountain and the walk from Falls of Cruachan to the summit of Ben Cruachan. Two great days out by train.

 

[Robinson]

Clue 1: This station is south of Carlisle.

 

[Trainfan344]

Stoke-on-Trent

 

[Robinson]

Clue 2: This station opened in the 20th century.

 

[Altnabreac]

Carmarthen (1902)

 

[Robinson]

Clue 3: This station lacks step-free access to the platforms.

 

[Altnabreac]

Green Lane

 

[Robinson]

Clue 4: This station is also served by some non-NR rail transport.

 

[Altnabreac]

Smallbrook Junction? It lacks step free access in as much as it lacks all pedestrian access.

 

[Robinson]

Clue 5: The non-NR rail transport from this station serves significantly more stations, and attracts more passengers, than the NR train services do.

 

[Altnabreac]

South Ruislip? 1908 opening, no step free access and more stations and passengers on the Central Line.

 

[Robinson]

The correct answer was Greenford.

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Clue 1: This station does not handle train services which cross an international border. (In case of any further arguments, I am going to clarify that the England-Wales and England-Scotland borders do count as international borders.)

 

[gnolife]

Rose Hill

 

[Robinson]

Clue 2: This station is not in England.

 

[gnolife]

Roman Bridge

 

[Buttsy]

Aberdare

 

[Robinson]

Clue 3: This station has only 1 platform.

 

[gnolife]

Rhymney

 

[Robinson]

Clue 4: This station is mainly served by 1 post-privatisation class, although at least 1 BR-era class may also show up.

 

[gnolife]

Craigendoran? (I'm thinking of the 334s, but AFAIK 318s and 320s can also show up)

 

[Robinson]

They can and do (normally only on the peak extras that don't run through to/from Edinburgh though).

Clue 5: This station is within walking distance of the venue for a CAMRA real ale festival which begins tomorrow.

 

[gnolife]

They can and do (normally only on the peak extras that don't run through to/from Edinburgh though).

Clue 5: This station is within walking distance of the venue for a CAMRA real ale festival which begins tomorrow.

Assuming that you haven't realised that it's after midnight, and you're referring to a festival starting on the 18th,

Alloa.

 

[Robinson]

Alloa is correct. When I said tomorrow, I was indeed thinking in terms of it being the end of the day, mainly because I was just about to go to sleep.

 

[gnolife]

Sleep at 01:15 in the morning? What kind of mad person goes for that sort of thing?

1) This station is North of the route taken for a typical journey from Holyhead to Hull, completed by changing at Llandudno Junction and Manchester Piccadilly.