The "Name the Station" game

[martinsh]

Maidstone Barracks ?

 

[Ivo]

From a dud to the correct answer - Maidstone Barracks it is. 3 points to you.

 

[clagmonster]

Newhaven Harbour?

 

[martinsh]

Open floor - I'm going to bed
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No-ones picked this up, so I'll have another go

Clue 1 : this station is served by 2 TOCs

 

[andrew bell]

Kidderminster

 

[martinsh]

Not Kidderminster

Clue 2 : this station is a passing loop on a single track line

 

[clagmonster]

Haverfordwest? Served by ATW and the occasional through Paddington service operated by FGW.

 

[martinsh]

Well it's not Haverfordwest, but the next clue just happens to be

Clue 3 : one of the TOCs provides an (infrequent) through service to London :roll:

 

[andrew bell]

Carmarthen

 

[martinsh]

Carmarthen

Carmarthan is NOT a passing loop on a sinlge line !

Extra CLue : the station is NOT (directly) west of Swansea

 

[clagmonster]

Kingussie?

 

[Ivo]

Kingussie

ARGH!!!!! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!



Three points lost for duplicating an answer :cry:

 

[martinsh]

Three points lost for duplicating what is possibly the wrongest answer so far !!

Clue 4: there is a tunnel at one end of this station which has the same name as the station.

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Offline now till about 10pm.

 

[Ivo]

Ledbury

 

[martinsh]

Ledbury

Ledbury is correct, so I won't need to say that it's one of the few station still open in Herefordshire.

 

[Ivo]

Yay. That means I score 0 for the round :?

Clue 1: This station is managed by Northern

 

[martinsh]

Glossop

 

[andrew bell]

Blackpool North

 

[clagmonster]

Goxhill?

 

[Ivo]

None of those. I'm not even familiar with Goxhill!

Clue 2: The station is within five miles of the coast.

 

[andrew bell]

Lancaster

 

[Ivo]

Lancaster

Sorry to disappoint, but that's a point off. Lancaster is a VT station.

Clue 3: This station is north of either Lancaster or Middlesbrough.

 

[martinsh]

Seaham.

PS couldn't you wait for a valid reply to Clue 2 before posting clue 3 ?

 

[Ivo]

Seaham.

PS couldn't you wait for a valid reply to Clue 2 before posting clue 3 ?

I probably should have. Sorry

Not Seaham, although I considered changing to it whilst waiting for the first response to come in...

I'll give it a few more minutes before going again.

 

[andrew bell]

I checked AFTER I posted about Lancaster

Hartlepool?

 

[Ivo]

Clue 4: This station's name begins with a letter that comes after R.

 

[andrew bell]

Stockton?

 

[martinsh]

Clue 4: This station's name begins with a letter that comes after R.

There's lots of those on the Cumbrian Coast - not to mention Seaham !

Sunderland ?

 

[Ivo]

Maybe you should try the Cumbrian coast then - but with only one guess left each...!

Clue 5 (no excuses this time): The town this station is in gained notoriety for a community-destroying event in 2010

 

[martinsh]

Workington