The "Name the Station" game

[Robinson]

Winsford.

 

[andrew bell]

Preston

 

[gnolife]

Newton for Hyde (full of Ivo's favorite trains! )

 

[Ivo]

Newton for Hyde (full of Ivo's favorite trains! )

:roll:

To be fair I went to my "favourite" place on Earth, Weston-super-Mare, on Tuesday evening. As soon as I set foot in the town centre I felt a shudder pass through me. And I may be going through there again on Saturday :?

Clue 4: This station sees both electric and diesel services, although the former are far more common.

 

[Robinson]

Shipley.

 

[Ivo]

Clue 5: Buffers exist on the rails next to every platform at this station.

 

[Robinson]

Southport?

 

[Ivo]

It is.

I tried to carefully describe that so as to not make it seem that all services terminate and that some may simply reverse (e.g. Bradford Forster Square).

 

[Robinson]

Bradford Forster Square would have fallen foul of clue 2, of course...

Clue 1: This station is in England.

 

[Ivo]

Hykeham

Bradford Forster Square would have fallen foul of clue 2, of course...

hock: I forgot my own clue! hock:

 

[andrew bell]

Peartree

 

[Robinson]

Clue 2: This station is served by 3 TOCs.

 

[Ivo]

Watford Junction

 

[Robinson]

Watford Junction

hock:

In my book that's a penalty. Watford Junction has 5 TOCs (Virgin, LM, LO, SN and ScotRail's Caledonian Sleeper).

 

[Ivo]

Apparently my brain temporaily went AWOL. I forgot both SN and SR!

Now we have to wait for a legitimate answer.

 

[dzug2]

Ashchurch for Tewkesbury

 

[Robinson]

Ashchurch for Tewkesbury

Only served by FGW and XC as far as I know. Another penalty, I think...

 

[andrew bell]

Milton Keynes Central

 

[Robinson]

Clue 3: This station has a taxi rank.

 

[Ivo]

Nice (:roll! Bath Spa

Only served by FGW and XC as far as I know. Another penalty, I think...

LM run 1tpw It arrives at silly o'clock in the morning on Saturday (0010 possibly?).

 

[dzug2]

Only served by FGW and XC as far as I know. Another penalty, I think...

London Midland run one train a week - late Friday evening

Edit - Just checked - 2316 off New Street, arrives 0025

 

[Robinson]

London Midland run one train a week - late Friday evening

Sorry; didn't realise that still existed

That's what you get for trusting the fountain of knowledge that is Wikipedia...
Do I get a penalty for that mistake?

 

[Ivo]

Sorry; didn't realise that still existed

That's what you get for trusting the fountain of knowledge that is Wikipedia...
Do I get a penalty for that mistake?

No Penalties for thinking another post was incorrect. Trying to incite my (or the mods') wrath by chanting about such instances repeatedly with no grounds to base such claims on though may result in a suspension from the game.

Also, can we have another clue yet? Please?

 

[clagmonster]

Grimsby Town?

 

[Robinson]

Clue 4: A 4th TOC passes through this station without stopping.

 

[clagmonster]

Chester-le-Street?

 

[andrew bell]

Warrington Bank Quay

 

[Robinson]

Warrington Bank Quay

Correct again.

 

[andrew bell]

Clue 1 This station is north of Yeovil, south of Perth

 

[clagmonster]

Lockerbie?