The "Name the Station" game

[Eagle]

2: This station's name scores 10 points or less in English Scrabble.

for reference

 

[Robinson]

Iver?

 

[gnolife]

Alsager

 

[Eagle]

3: This station has one platform.

 

[Robinson]

Islip?

 

[gnolife]

Stranraer.

 

[Trainfan344]

Looe?

 

[Eagle]

4: This station is at a junction, although all passenger trains calling here only use one route.

 

[gnolife]

Tondu (I seem to remember some sort of branch off there)

 

[Robinson]

Frome?

 

[Eagle]

Tondu

Correct. There's a branch in both directions, one which heads west to meet the main line with a flying junction at Margam, one which heads up the Garw valley to Pontycymer.

 

[Ivo]

We haven't had a Scrabble clue for a while

Thank you Eagle, and welcome back too.

 

[Eagle]

We haven't had a Scrabble clue for a while

Lucky I didn't specify Welsh Scrabble :P

 

[gnolife]

1) This station scores somewhere between Inverness and London King's Cross in a game of Scrabble (English or Welsh version as appropriate for the station in question).

 

[Eagle]

Oh gods what have I started.

Welsh Scrabble doesn't have a K or a V though...

 

[gnolife]

Oh gods what have I started.

Welsh Scrabble doesn't have a K or a V though...

For the scores, take the scores Inverness and King's Cross would score in the English Version. If the station is Tondu, I expect the score that Tondu would get in the Welsh Version of the game to be compared with the scores for King's Cross and Inverness in the English version.

 

[CallySleeper]

Nottingham

 

[gnolife]

2) This station is somewhere between, or else on the typical routes taken by the direct services between the two settlements named in clue number 1. It is no further south than either of the relevant London terminals.

Incidentally, I should apologize for the red herring in clue 1.

 

[Eagle]

Bridge of Allan.

 

[gnolife]

Well, given that I've just had to look up where Bridge of Allan is, I think we can assume that it isn't right

3) This station is managed by a TOC that runs on one mainline on its way out of London (by Mainline, I mean East Coast, West Coast, Chiltern, Midland). It may operate on other mainlines further north.

 

[Eagle]

Kings Langley.

 

[gnolife]

4) This station has 2 platforms

 

[Eagle]

Prestonpans

 

[gnolife]

5) This station has less train services per day than Berney Arms

 

[Eagle]

Norton friggin' Bridge!

 

[gnolife]

Norton friggin' Bridge!

Right line, wrong station. The answer I wanted was Wedgwood

 

[Eagle]

Does the Caledonian normally go through Wedgwood (which is between Stone and Stoke, so not on the main line)?

 

[gnolife]

Does the Caledonian normally go through Wedgwood (which is between Stone and Stoke, so not on the main line)?

I'd specified between, or on the routes, so I think my backside is thoroughly covered here.
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1) This station is electrified. I know, shocking clue, right

 

[Robinson]

Heald Green?

 

[Frothy]

Thirsk?