The "Name the Station" game

[Trainfan344]

Manea?

 

[gnolife]

3) This station is regularly served by units built by Alstom

 

[Robinson]

London Euston?

Or alternatively, I could refrain from posting when half-asleep and after having put beer in my belly and therefore not paying attention to all the clues given

 

[clagmonster]

Holyhead?

 

[GatwickDepress]

Cardiff Central?

 

[gnolife]

4) This station is regularly served by units built by Bombardier (or companies taken over by Bombardier).

 

[Robinson]

Shrewsbury?

 

[gnolife]

5) On departure from this station in one direction, the Alstom built stock and the Bombardier built stock go different ways at a junction. In the other direction, all trains built by Bombardier terminate.

 

[Robinson]

Hereford?

 

[gnolife]

I suppose I'll have to accept Hereford as valid for the way I put clue 5 up. I actually intended it to mean that the Bombardier stock terminated at the next station.


The answer I wanted was Newport (South Wales)

Floor Open.

 

[Robinson]

Clue 1: This station is south of the route taken by a Milngavie-Edinburgh Waverley via Airdrie-Bathgate service.

 

[Buttsy]

Coatbridge Central

 

[Robinson]

Clue 2: This station is AC electrified.

 

[Buttsy]

Whifflet

 

[Robinson]

Clue 3: This station has precisely 2 platforms.

 

[Darren R]

Alnmouth?

 

[martinsh]

Winsford

 

[Robinson]

Clue 4: This station has direct train services to Edinburgh.

 

[Darren R]

Drem?

 

[martinsh]

Lockerbie

 

[Robinson]

Clue 5: This station has hourly direct trains to Milngavie for most of the day, 7 days a week (at peak times Mon-Fri there may be variations).

 

[martinsh]

Cambuslang ?

 

[Robinson]

Cambuslang ?

Twice-hourly to Milngavie

 

[Buttsy]

Holytown?

 

[Robinson]

Holytown?

Has trains to Milngavie only 6 days a week

 

[martinsh]

Twice-hourly to Milngavie

I couldn't get the Scotrail site to display timetables properly so I could check ...

 

[Robinson]

I couldn't get the Scotrail site to display timetables properly so I could check ...

Having just tried to do the same, I have to say I sympathise with this

 

[Buttsy]

It's one of 2 by my reckoning...

 

[martinsh]

It's one of 2 by my reckoning...

Mine too - though I think one of them is more likely

 

[Robinson]

Do we all give up?

The answer was Wishaw.
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Clue 1: This station is in England.