The "Name the Station" game

[Trainfan344]

Open floor

 

[Eagle]

1: This station has an altitude of under 100 metres.

 

[Trainfan344]

When you say altitude, i take it you mean above sea level?

 

[Eagle]

Yes (I'm not aware of any other definitions of altitude?)

 

[Lampshade]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach?

 

[Eagle]

2: This station is within a mile of a canal.

 

[Trainfan344]

Gravelly Hill

 

[Robinson]

Tipton?

 

[Eagle]

Both Tipton and Gravelly Hill are more than 100 m above sea level.

 

[Trainfan344]

Aston

 

[Robinson]

Aston

3 points off for making more than one guess on the same clue.

 

[Lampshade]

Preston?

 

[Eagle]

Aston

Nope. But that is about 97 m above sea level (or at least the ground is, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt with regards to how high the track actually is).

Clue 3: Three TOCs run non-stop services through this station.

 

[Buttsy]

Cheddington

 

[Eagle]

Cheddington

By my reckoning there are four TOCs that pass through that station nonstop. Virgin, ScotRail, LM, Southern.

 

[Buttsy]

By my reckoning there are four TOCs that pass through that station nonstop. Virgin, ScotRail, LM, Southern.

Dammit, I thought LM didn't count as they stop there...

 

[Trainfan344]

Polesworth

 

[Eagle]

Clue 4: This station is served by two TOCs (both of whom also operate nonstop services).

 

[gnolife]

Irlam? (I'm hoping that its in range of the Manchester Ship Canal)

 

[Eagle]

Clue 5: This station is not owned by Network Rail.

 

[Buttsy]

Buckshaw Parkway?

 

[telstarbox]

Prestwick International Airport

 

[Robinson]

Prestwick International Airport

I thought of that as well - until I remembered clue 4...

 

[Eagle]

Prestwick International Airport

Canal?

 

[Robinson]

Canal?

Indeed. However, players don't lose extra points for answers which breach multiple clues - it's still only 1 off.

For my part, I'll suggest that I don't have any ideas...

 

[gnolife]

Neither do I. I don't particularly know off the top of my head about station ownership.

 

[Buttsy]

I think I've worked out a couple of potentials, but have already guessed this round so I'm going to say 'give us the answer please' so I can see if I'm right with Hatton, Warwick Parkway or Warwick.

Ta muchly.

 

[Eagle]

It's Warwick Parkway.

Clue 1: altitude about 65 metres.
Clue 2: right next to the GUC.
Clue 3: nonstop services by XC, Chiltern and one a day by LM.
Clue 4: stopping services by Chiltern and LM.
Clue 5: owned by Chiltern Railways since it was built in 2000.

 

[gnolife]

Which LM service is non-stop at Warwick Parkway?

 

[Eagle]

Which LM service is non-stop at Warwick Parkway?

This one. (Although it's showing as cancelled today, not sure why.)