Robinson
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Derby Road.
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The "Name the Station" game
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Is the correct answer.
The final clue would have been that it serves as a something of a gag location for this game.
Robinson
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I even considered Derby Road on clue 1 (when I went for Derby instead)... :roll:
Clue 1: This station is in NSE-land.
Clue 1: This station is in NSE-land.
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Clue 2: This station is within 25 miles of at least one international airport.
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Clue 3: Dual-voltage EMUs are a common sight at this station.
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Clue 4: This station is, or has been, managed by a franchise in public ownership in the post-privatisation era.
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Clue 5: This station was earmarked for Crossrail Safeguarding in 2009, allowing for a potential future service expansion to terminate here.
Robinson
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Correct. (I was tempted to go for the famous yellow-brick as my clue 5 but decided against it.)
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Lowestoft.
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Manchester Airport.
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Longport.
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Outwood.
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Damn; I wasn't thinking straight there :roll:
martinsh
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Sandwell and Dudley
Robinson
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Heald Green on the off-chance that there's an odd VT or XC service which runs on the Airport route...
Heald Green is the correct answer. There is at least one CrossCountry service which passes through (the 05:11 from Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth, first call is at Crewe)
Robinson
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Clue 1: This station is more than 100 miles from Derby Road.
martinsh
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Derby