The "Name the Station" game

[dzug2]

5. The station is on its third site since it originally opened

 

[4SRKT]

Gunnislake

 

[andrew bell]

Merthyr Tydfil

 

[clagmonster]

Redditch?

 

[dzug2]

Redditch is correct

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 1:
This station is east of Penzance.

 

[dzug2]

St Erth

 

[andrew bell]

Hartlepool

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 2:
Electric trains are capable of serving this station under their own power.

 

[dzug2]

Reigate

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 3:
This station is served by trains which remain in this PTE area for their entire journey.

 

[Robinson]

Barnhill.

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 4:
If proper nouns were allowed and assuming that no blank tiles were used and that no tiles were laid on bonus squares, this station's name would score 11 points in the standard English game of Scrabble.

 

[Robinson]

Outwood?
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Oh crud, should have checked the West Yorkshire PTE map...

 

[martinsh]

Manor Road

PS open floor if correct - I won't be online at all tomorrow

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 5:
This station has direct trains to precisely 17 stations.

 

[4SRKT]

Waterloo

 

[clagmonster]

The correct answer was Saltcoats.
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Clue 1:
This station is south of Thurso.

 

[andrew bell]

Stevenage

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 2:
This station is served by both loco hauled trains and multiple units.

 

[dzug2]

Taunton

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 3:
This station has direct trains to 2 capitals of Great Britain and is within 1 change of the other.

 

[Robinson]

Preston.

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 4:
In it's local language, if proper nouns were allowed, no blank tiles were used and no tiles were laid on bonus squares, this station would score 9 points in a game of Scrabble.

 

[dzug2]

Bangor

 

[clagmonster]

Bangor

Is the correct answer.

 

[dzug2]

1. This station is not in Wales

 

[clagmonster]

Hartlepool?

 

[4SRKT]

Is the correct answer.

So, basically you've just recycled your go before last for this one CM?

 

[clagmonster]

I grant you that the clues are similar but not identical. In the Bangor case, I did not mention electrification and I would have mentioned the station in NI with the same name. The Scrabble clue was less obvious also. I suspect that there are a few places in Scotland it could have been.