The "Name the Station" game

[clagmonster]

Paisley Gilmour Street? I am trusting here that the 380s don't have 3rd rail shoes.

 

[gnolife]

Lichfield City

 

[Robinson]

Clue 4: This station handles direct trains to 2 of the capital cities on the British Isles; the other is one change away.

 

[martinsh]

Penrith

 

[clagmonster]

Oxenholme?

 

[Robinson]

Clue 5: At this station, you will hear automated announcements made with a local accent.

 

[gnolife]

Glasgow Central. Change at Crewe or Birmingham for Cardiff

 

[clagmonster]

I'm guessing we are in Scotland then, probably a Scotrail operated station. Motherwell?

 

[Robinson]

Glasgow Central. Change at Crewe or Birmingham for Cardiff

Correct.

 

[clagmonster]

For penalty purposes, as you have some local knowledge, does Motherwell have auto-announcements? If not, I believe I lose a point.

 

[Robinson]

For penalty purposes, as you have some local knowledge, does Motherwell have auto-announcements? If not, I believe I lose a point.

It does now. There's a standard system that seems to be widespread across Lanarkshire these days (it's a different voice to that used on Central and Queen Street Low Level stations and northwest thereof though).

 

[gnolife]

1) This station is not in the NSE area.

 

[Robinson]

East Didsbury.

 

[clagmonster]

Barnsley?

 

[gnolife]

2) This station has fewer TOCs than platforms

 

[Robinson]

Leeds.

 

[clagmonster]

Drem?

 

[gnolife]

Drem?

Never heard of it


3) To get from this station to Birmingham New Street, you would have to change trains a minimum of 2 times.

 

[clagmonster]

Thornton Abbey?

 

[Robinson]

Grosmont.

 

[gnolife]

I've just had to google both places to find out where they are

4) This non-electrified station is sometimes served by Pacers.

 

[clagmonster]

Ashton-under-Lyne?

 

[gnolife]

Ashton-under-Lyne?

Ashton is 1 change from New Street (at Liverpool Lime Street)

 

[clagmonster]

-1 for me then. I naively assumed everything terminated at Man Vic these days.

 

[Robinson]

The "sometimes" bit of clue 4 worries me a bit, but let's try Rainford?

 

[gnolife]

The sometimes means that it isn't the only thing that can turn up at this station. It's not intended as a trap of any kind.

5) Leaving the platform at this station is not to be recommended.

 

[clagmonster]

British Steel Redcar?

 

[Robinson]

British Steel Redcar?

Has a direct service to Darlington, therefore only 1 change from Birmingham New Street.

I have no idea what the answer could be...

 

[clagmonster]

Another -1 for me. I was torn between two answers, would you like to go for the other one?

 

[gnolife]

You aren't due a penalty at all actually. I'd made a mistake with clue 3 that makes the answer, which was supposed to be Stanlow and Thornton, impossible to get. I'd forgotten about direct services to Warrington