The "Name the Station" game

[Eagle]

2: This station is due to get OHL within in the next decade.

 

[Robinson]

Reading West?

 

[clagmonster]

Marsden?

 

[Eagle]

3: This station was originally two different companies' stations that were amalgamated into one.

 

[Ivo]

Assuming it currently has a prime number of platforms (i.e. 11 or 13), Reading?

 

[Eagle]

Assuming it currently has a prime number of platforms (i.e. 11 or 13), Reading?

Fifteen.

 

[Robinson]

Bristol Temple Meads? (Not 100% sure about clue 3, though...)

 

[Buttsy]

Victoria?

 

[gnolife]

Victoria?

I can safely say that Manchester Victoria only has 6 platforms.

 

[Buttsy]

I can safely say that Manchester Victoria only has 6 platforms.

Sorry, I was referring to London Victoria.

 

[Eagle]

When is London Victoria getting OHL? :P

Bristol TM is a vaild answer, it has 13 platforms (numbered 1, 3 to 13, and 15).



Moving on. 4: This station is served by trains manufactured in three countries (one of which is Britain).

 

[Robinson]

Basingstoke?

 

[Eagle]

Basingstoke?

Spot on.

 

[Robinson]

Yay

Clue 1: This station is south of Carlisle.

 

[Trainfan344]

Twerp!

 

[Eagle]

Wetheral

 

[gnolife]

Derby Road (Ipswich)

 

[Ivo]

We've had one clue and both bogey answers have been legitimately suggested. What is this thread coming to?

Completely random guess: Par

 

[Robinson]

Clue 2: This station is more than 1 train change away from both Derby Road and Twerp.

 

[Eagle]

Morfa Mawddach.

 

[Trainfan344]

Thetford

 

[Robinson]

Clue 3: This station is staffed at least part-time.

 

[Eagle]

Manchester Piccadilly.

 

[Robinson]

Clue 4: This station handles direct train services to precisely 4 PTE (or equivalent) areas.

 

[gnolife]

Manchester Oxford Road

 

[Robinson]

Clue 5: One of the greatest-ever musicians reputedly wrote a song at this station, and there is some sort of item of commemoration at the station.

 

[Trainfan344]

Liverpool Lime Street?

 

[Eagle]

Liverpool Lime Street?

This has services to six PTE areas (London, WM, Merseyside, GM, SY, WY).

Also both it and MCO have one service a day from (but not to) Tyne and Wear :P
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Oh and MCO has services to five: Merseyside, GM, WY, SY and Strathclyde.

 

[clagmonster]

TfL is not a PTE. Whether it falls under 'or equivalent', I shall not comment. Liverpool is in Merseyside, so surely Lime Street can't possibly have direct service to a PTE area it is in itself. Therefore, it has services to four (WM, GM, SY, WY).

 

[Robinson]

Also both it and MCO have one service a day from (but not to) Tyne and Wear :P

There is a precedent in this sort of situation regarding the wording of the clue. In this case, if it only has services from, but not to, Tyne & Wear, then that PTE should not be counted.