The "Name the Station" game

[gnolife]

Not Bolton

3 This station is managed by a Serco/Abellio ToC

 

[andrew bell]

Southport? (Not entirely sure on Serco/Abellio)

 

[clagmonster]

Serco / Abbellio you're looking at (I think) Merseyrail and Northern. Greater Anglia too, if we take the / to mean or. Wigan Wallgate?

 

[gnolife]

Greater Anglia is excluded.

(4) This station is in a PTE area

 

[clagmonster]

Ainsdale?

 

[Ivo]

Trafford Park

This last clue will have to be pretty distinctive - there are way too many options available (like almost all of Merseyrail) at this stage.

 

[gnolife]

This station, which is fully electrified with one type of electrification, is advertised as a terminus for some services.

 

[clagmonster]

Hazel Grove.

 

[Ivo]

Hooton

That probably doesn't isolate a low enough number of stations

 

[clagmonster]

I can think of at least 5 in addition to our guesses.

 

[gnolife]

The correct answer is Liverpool Central.

As far as I can tell, only Leeds, Bradford FS, Liverpool C, New Brighton and West Kirby are possibilities.

 

[clagmonster]

Shipley, Doncaster, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Wakefield Westgate, Wigan NW are amongst others I have come up with.

 

[Ivo]

The correct answer is Liverpool Central.

As far as I can tell, only Leeds, Bradford FS, Liverpool C, New Brighton and West Kirby are possibilities.

Right - let's see.

Leeds - fails Clue 3 (Network Rail)
Bradford FS - fair enough
Liverpool C - I thought of that after Hooton
New Brighton - your clue states "some services", which is ambigious
West Kirby - ditto
Hooton - some services do terminate here
Hazel Grove - some services do terminate here
Shipley - assuming some services do terminate here this is OK
Doncaster - fails Clue 3 (East Coast)
Manchester P - fails Clue 3 (Network Rail)
Manchester O - OK
Wakefield W - fails Clue 3 (East Coast)
Wigan NW - fails Clue 3 (Virgin)

 

[gnolife]

Shipley, Doncaster, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Wakefield Westgate, Wigan NW are amongst others I have come up with.

I don't think Oxford Road fits, I don't think there's wires on Platform 5
Also, what terminates at Shipley?

 

[Ivo]

I don't think Oxford Road fits, I don't think there's wires on Platform 5

If that is true that is one further option out.

Also, what terminates at Shipley?

Some evening trains from BDQ do

 

[clagmonster]

I'm sure p5 at Oxford Road is wired.

There are some late night Bradford FS-Shipley short runs. There are less than it initially seems though, I'll grant you that.


Adwick fits as well.

 

[gnolife]

I suppose I'll accept that I left it a little bit too open, having just found Skipton as well
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OPen floor

 

[Ivo]

Clue 1: This station is not electrified.

 

[clagmonster]

Cleethorpes?
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I suppose I'll accept that I left it a little bit too open, having just found Skipton as well

Skipton would have failed your clue 4, as it is in North Yorkshire.

 

[Ivo]

Doesn't Skipton come under Metro/WYPTE anyway?

Clue 2: This station is north of Leeds.

 

[clagmonster]

Hexham?

 

[andrew bell]

Keith

 

[Robinson]

Long Preston.

 

[Ivo]

Clue 3: This station's name has precisely one letter with a Scrabble base value of more than four points.

 

[Robinson]

North Queensferry.

 

[clagmonster]

Kingussie?

 

[andrew bell]

Kinbrace

 

[Ivo]

Clue 4: This station has direct services to Glasgow Queen Street (higher level).

 

[Robinson]

Kelvindale.

 

[clagmonster]

Dunkeld & Birnam?