The "Name the Station" game

[Steddenm]

Not Harwich sorry.

5. This station is located on a riverbank which looks over to other stations on the other side.

 

[D6130]

Starcross?

 

[Steddenm]

It is Starcross, well done @D6130.

Starcross is located on the banks of the River Exe and has a ferry over to Exmouth during the summer months.

 

[D6130]

Thanks @Steddenm.

A new one from me:

This station is served by only one TOC and has an island platform with two faces.

 

[Neo9320]

Burton on trent?

 

[444045]

Yeovil Junction ?

 

[D6130]

Burton on trent?

Yeovil Junction ?

Neither of the above I'm afraid.

Next clue: This station is situated in the suburbs of a large town/city and has a namesake in another even larger city.

 

[martinsh]

Waterloo (Merseyside)

 

[D6130]

Waterloo (Merseyside)

I'm afraid not....but I like your thinking!

 

[A Challenge]

Queens Park (Glasgow)?

 

[D6130]

Queens Park (Glasgow)?

Not that one either!

Next clue: This station is in England.

 

[martinsh]

Mill Hill (Blackburn)

 

[D6130]

Mill Hill (Blackburn)

Correct! Your turn to ride the phantom Pacer!

 

[martinsh]

Open Floor

 

[D6130]

This station has one island platform with two faces and is served by two different TOCs.

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Prestatyn?

 

[D6130]

Afraid not!

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Rannoch?

 

[D6130]

Not that one either.

Next clue: Until just over fifty years ago this station had a second island platform.

 

[martinsh]

Halifax ?

 

[D6130]

Not Halifax.

Next clue: The name of this station is the result of a clerical error by the company which originally built it.

 

[martinsh]

Solihull ??

 

[D6130]

Solihull ??

I'm afraid not....wrong part of the country, but right country. Think a very early railway indeed.

 

[martinsh]

I'm afraid not....wrong part of the country, but right country. Think a very early railway indeed.

Is that an official Clue No 4 ? Because otherwise rules of the competition forbid me from making another guess.

 

[D6130]

Is that an official Clue No 4 ? Because otherwise rules of the competition forbid me from making another guess.

Yes, sorry....I didn't phrase that very well!

Clue No. 4: The clerical error was made (By quill pen on parchment?) by an employee of a very early railway company.

 

[A Challenge]

Not sure about the name error, but Duddeston?

 

[D6130]

Not sure about the name error, but Duddeston?

Afraid not. A final clue....and if nobody gets it, all will be revealed at about midnight.

Clue 5: The aforementioned clerk may have been pushed over the edge by a large bird.

 

[martinsh]

Eaglescliffe - should have been Egglescliffe

 

[D6130]

Spot on! Your turn to drive "Locomotion No. 1" from Stockton to Darlington.

 

[martinsh]

Clue 1 : this station has 2 platforms