The "Name the Station" game

[gnolife]

Pontefract Tanshelf

 

[Robinson]

Reddish North?

 

[Ivo]

Robinson's guess was close, but not close enough. The answer I sought was Romiley!

Clue 1: This station is in the former NSE area.

 

[Robinson]

Gospel Oak.

 

[Ivo]

Clue 2: This station is DC electrified.

 

[andrew bell]

Watford High Street

 

[Ivo]

Clue 3: This station is on a stretch of route that sees more than one TOC.

 

[gnolife]

Winnersh Triangle?

 

[andrew bell]

Clapham Junction

 

[Ivo]

Clue 4: A large number of services do not call at this station.

 

[Robinson]

Beaulieu Road.

 

[clagmonster]

Balcombe?

Personally, I would see Northern as partly a long distance operator for the previous set.

 

[Ivo]

Clue 5: Someone who didn't know the area may be forgiven for thinking this station is in the North-West.

Personally, I would see Northern as partly a long distance operator for the previous set.

They aren't a traditional long-distance operator, and none of their routes are especially long (TP run the longer routes). Almost all of their longer journeys terminate at the first major station they arrive at. They are no more long-distance than the likes of Southeastern's High Speed routes.

 

[clagmonster]

Preston Park?

 

[dzug2]

Clapham High Street

 

[Ivo]

We are certainly on the right route - but the choices you've made aren't the ones I was after. The correct answer was Salfords.

Open Floor

 

[clagmonster]

Clue 5: This station is not to be confused with another, almost-identically named station located elsewhere in the British Isles.

Assuming 317s, 321s and 365s all go there, Foxton?

Ivo, for penalty purposes, what are you having as your similarly named station? I suspect I am missing something obvious.

 

[Ivo]

Ivo, for penalty purposes, what are you having as your similarly named station? I suspect I am missing something obvious.

I checked the station usage list for that one, and it was the best I could do. It referenced Foxfield, which is marginal at best.

 

[clagmonster]

Thank you very much, that is most helpful. You should have an email.

 

[Ivo]

Very funny

Oh well, -1 for me. I'll try to update the scores overnight.

Ooh err: 850 posts to go through, and the change in Penalty Points that happened recently! hock:
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Well, no-one's taken the floor in the time I've been calculating the scores, so I'll go again. Maybe I should mention that I've won the last five rounds, of which three were set by me?

And speaking of which:

[B][U][COLOR="Gold"]1[/COLOR][/U][/B]   Ivo [B]89[/B]
[B][U][COLOR="Silver"]2[/COLOR][/U][/B]   Robinson [B]73[/B]
[B][U][COLOR="Bronze"]3[/COLOR][/U][/B]   gnolife [B]67[/B]
4   andrew bell [B]51[/B]
5   dzug2 [B]42[/B]
6   clagmonster [B]19[/B]
7   martinsh [B]15[/B]
=8  4SRKT [B]7[/B]
=8  Temple Meads [B]7[/B]
10  sonic2009 [B]6[/B]
11  Eagle [B]4[/B]
12  Welshman [B]3[/B]
=13 clip [B]1[/B]
=13 gg1 [B]1[/B]
15  class57basher [B]0[/B]
=16 JOHNUK123 [B][COLOR="Red"]-1[/COLOR][/B]
=16 Statto [B][COLOR="Red"]-1[/COLOR][/B]
=16 trainBoy98 [B][COLOR="Red"]-1[/COLOR][/B]

dzug2 has made a massive improvement in coming from a negative score last time to 5th. However, only one other player has done particularly well since the last time, and then mainly courtesy of the last few rounds, and that is Ivo, who has won 24 points from the last five rounds (whilst seeing his title rival Robinson drop three points). Elsewhere, well done to clagmonster on a definite improvement, and bad luck to JOHNUK123 (who has made one post and has a negative score). Finally, of interest is the increased frequency of players winning their own rounds; 12 of the last 19 rounds have been won by the Turn Player!

A few basic details:

Most Correct Answers: clagmonster (21)
Highest Points Average (per clue, minimum five correct answers): Ivo (4.13)
Most Successful Clues: gnolife (11)
Most Penalties: clagmonster (34)

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Clue 1: At least one other station exists in the same area as this station.

 

[Temple Meads]

St Budeaux Ferry Road

 

[Ivo]

Clue 2: This station is not electrified.

 

[Temple Meads]

St Budeaux Victoria Road

 

[Ivo]

Nice try

Clue 3: This station is north of London, but south of Leeds.

 

[sonic2009]

Pontrefact Monkhill

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[Ivo]

Clue 4: This station's name begins with a vowel.

 

[Robinson]

Oulton Broad South.

 

[martinsh]

Aylesbury Vale Parkway
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Finally, of interest is the increased frequency of players winning their own rounds; 12 of the last 19 rounds have been won by the Turn Player!

I'm not surprised, some of the clues haven't been very good (i.e. after 5 clues could be several different answers)

 

[Ivo]

Clue 5: This station has the suffix "North".

 

[Robinson]

Oulton Broad North...