The "Name the Station" game

[gnolife]

Cardiff Bay

 

[clagmonster]

Orpington?

 

[Robinson]

Clue 2: This station is AC electrified.

 

[clagmonster]

London Liverpool Street?

 

[Eagle]

Barnt Green

 

[Robinson]

Clue 3: Intercity services frequently pass through this station; some may or may not call. For the purposes of this clue, the following are Intercity services:

• All services operated by East Coast, First Hull Trains, Grand Central and Virgin Trains.
• Arriva Trains Wales' "Premier Service".
• Services operated by Chiltern Railways using class 67 loco + mark 3 coaches + DVT formations.
• Services operated by CrossCountry using Voyagers, Super Voyagers or HSTs.
• Services operated by East Midlands Trains using Meridians or HSTs.
• Services operated by First Great Western using Adelantes or HSTs.
• Services operated by Greater Anglia using class 90 loco + mark 3 coaches + DVT formations.
• FGW and ScotRail sleeper services.

 

[Buttsy]

Coventry

 

[Robinson]

Coventry

Has 2tpd direct to Scotland
(1042 to Glasgow and 1542 to Edinburgh)

 

[gnolife]

Hemel Hempstead

 

[Robinson]

Clue 4: This station is served mainly by British-built rolling stock, although 1 foreign-built class does also visit.

 

[martinsh]

Cheadle Hulme

 

[Robinson]

Clue 5: On Sundays a regular branch-line service terminates at this station. On other days of the week most trains from the branch line are through services.

 

[Buttsy]

Wickford?

 

[martinsh]

Wickford?

Fails clue 3 surely !

Witham ?

 

[Buttsy]

Fails clue 3 surely !

Witham ?

Dammit, that was the one I was trying to think of.

 

[Robinson]

Witham is the correct answer.

 

[martinsh]

Clue 1 : this station is not a London terminal

 

[clagmonster]

Bethnal Green?

 

[gnolife]

Derby Road ( Ipswich)

 

[martinsh]

Clue 2 : this station has 2 platforms

 

[Trainfan344]

Weybridge

 

[martinsh]

Clue 3 : in the 1960/70s this station only had a limited BR service

 

[Buttsy]

Winnersh

 

[martinsh]

Clue 4 : this station is an interchange with an non NR form of railed transport

 

[Buttsy]

South Ruislip?

 

[martinsh]

Clue 5 : this station will soon(ish) become an interchange with Crossrail

 

[Buttsy]

Faringdon?

 

[martinsh]

Faringdon?

Is correct

 

[Buttsy]

1: This station is in England

 

[Robinson]

Knighton?