The "Name the Station" game

[DasLunatic]

Allbrighton?

 

[PermitToTravel]

Clue 3: this station has as many platforms on through lines as it does bay platforms.

 

[DasLunatic]

Battersea Park?

 

[PermitToTravel]

Doesn't that have 4 through platforms and 0 bays?

 

[Quakkerillo]

Doesn't that have 4 through platforms and 0 bays?

http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-london/

No; 1 bay, 3 through.

 

[PermitToTravel]

Thanks. I realise "as many as" might be a bit ambiguous; I actually meant that the number of bay platforms was equal to the number of through platforms - apologies for any misunderstandings

 

[Quakkerillo]

Leamington Spa?

 

[PermitToTravel]

well done, your floor

 

[Quakkerillo]

1: This station can be found North of Greater London

 

[DasLunatic]

... what area of London?

Birmingham New St.

 

[Quakkerillo]

clarified London

2: The station is on an electrified line

 

[Smudger105e]

Grantham

 

[Springs Branch]

Glossop

 

[Quakkerillo]

3: This station also sees diesel trains, of which not all call here.

 

[dzug2]

Bedford

 

[Springs Branch]

Rugeley Trent Valley

 

[clagmonster]

Saltaire?

 

[Quakkerillo]

4: It does see trains that can go up to 125mph.

 

[clagmonster]

Steeton & Silsden?

My morning DMU that stops is the first Leeds-Lancaster. My train capable of 125mph is the Kings X - Skipton and vice-versa.

 

[Springs Branch]

Alnmouth

 

[Quakkerillo]

This one is a bit hard to explain
5: If you get an all-stations train from this station, you've got 8 different possible next stops.

Example for Cardiff Central: 6 possible next stops (Ninian Park, Pontyclun, Grangetown, Newport, Pye Corner, Cardiff Queen Street)

 

[Gathursty]

Stockport?

 

[Quakkerillo]

Stockport?

No, from Stockport you can only reach 5 stations. Chealde Hulme, Heaton Chapel, Davenport, Navigation Road, and Reddish South.

For the others: The project mapping Network map might help.

 

[Springs Branch]

Doncaster ?

 

[Quakkerillo]

Doncaster ?

Yep!
The 8 stations are York, Selby, Pontefract Monkhill, Bentley, Conisbrough, Retford, Gainsborough Lea Road, and Kirk Sandall.

Up to you.

 

[clagmonster]

I considered Doncaster but only got to 7, as I forgot there is now a direct service to Ponte Carlo. Just being pedantic, surely the GC to Ponte is not an all stations service, and I don't think there is anything that is an all stations service up to York (the Kings X - York call only at Stevenage between Kings X and Posh for example).

 

[Quakkerillo]

I considered Doncaster but only got to 7, as I forgot there is now a direct service to Ponte Carlo. Just being pedantic, surely the GC to Ponte is not an all stations service, and I don't think there is anything that is an all stations service up to York (the Kings X - York call only at Stevenage between Kings X and Posh for example).

I can understand it was a bit difficult to explain.
I thought about "there are trains in 8 different directions", but Selby is a long way before it divides from the ECML. "There are 8 different stations you can reach, without passing other stations" might have been a bit clearer, but I feared it would also be a bit confusing.
In my mind when I started divising the clues, it sounded better.

 

[clagmonster]

Fair dos, it is me being picky. Had I thought of Ponte, I'd have gone for it.

 

[Springs Branch]

Clue 1: This station is south of Wakefield.

 

[Smudger105e]

Axminster