The "Name the Station" game

[Trainfan344]

Oakengates fits all these clues.

Well done Martinsh.

 

[martinsh]

Clue 1 : this station is south of Manchester

 

[Trainfan344]

London Waterloo

 

[Robinson]

Crewe?

 

[cuccir]

Penzance?

 

[martinsh]

Clue 2 : this station has 1 platform and is served by 1 TOC

 

[Robinson]

Corby?

 

[Starmill]

Alvechurch

 

[martinsh]

Clue 3 : this station is not the largest one in the town / conurbation that it serves

 

[Buttsy]

Furze Platt

 

[Robinson]

Rose Hill Marple?

 

[Trainfan344]

Oulton Broad South

 

[martinsh]

Clue 4 : this station is on a short single track section of an otherwise double track line

 

[Robinson]

Bedford St Johns?

 

[Buttsy]

Fenny Stratford

 

[martinsh]

Bedford St Johns?

is correct

 

[Buttsy]

is correct

On a purely pedantic note, the Marston Vale line is single at both ends, so clue 4 could be deemed to be misleading...

 

[Robinson]

Clue 1: This station is not within the former NSE area.

 

[Starmill]

Kyle of Lochalsh.

 

[martinsh]

Crossmyloof

 

[Robinson]

Clue 2: This station has direct trains to at least 1 station in the former NSE area.

 

[Buttsy]

Leamington Spa

 

[Robinson]

Clue 3: This station is served by rolling stock built in 2 countries, 1 of which is England.
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3 days gone without an answer of any sort

 

[gnolife]

Sorry, I've been having some domestic issues so have not been able to check the forums as often as I would like. I'm expecting to be on somewhat infrequently for the next fortnight or so.

Market Harborough?

 

[martinsh]

I don't know where various classes of stock were actually built, so am unable to participate in this round.

 

[Robinson]

Clue 4: This station's TLC (three-letter code) spells a word which would be playable in a game of Scrabble, obeying the standard rules.

 

[cuccir]

Hope (in Derbyshire)?

 

[martinsh]

Hope (in Derbyshire)?

Fails clue 2 - surely ?

 

[Trainfan344]

Manchester Piccadilly? (MAN)

 

[Robinson]

Clue 5: This station's name corresponds inexactly to the name of the settlement it serves. The settlement itself sometimes gets mistakenly called by the station's name.