The "Name the Station" game

[swt class 450]

Clue 3: There are only two stations where trains that call at this station start from and terminate at.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Rayleigh?

 

[swt class 450]

Clue 4: Trains only call at this station during the morning and evening peak times on Mondays to Fridays only.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Longcross?

 

[swt class 450]

Longcross?

Correct! Your floor.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Ah sunny Longcross; very close to the godfreycomplex ancestral pile! I have visited on a number of occasions; one of which notable because of an appearance of the very rare Dartford Warbler; which proceeded to show its appreciation by doing its business on my head
Alors
Clue 1 - To get from Longcross to this station; one would have to change trains at least once

 

[swt class 450]

Ah sunny Longcross; very close to the godfreycomplex ancestral pile! I have visited on a number of occasions; one of which notable because of an appearance of the very rare Dartford Warbler; which proceeded to show its appreciation by doing its business on my head
Alors
Clue 1 - To get from Longcross to this station; one would have to change trains at least once

Its quite an interesting station. Ive been there quite a few times as well but have never seen any other passengers there. Its only accessible via a long (and unlit and dark at night) footpath to Platform 2 or via a gate that comes from some woodland to Platform 1. Its a nice quiet rural station though. Its good for train spotting on a nice day.

I will guess Crowthorne?

 

[godfreycomplex]

Ah yes; there's a socking great tree root on the path to Platform 2 that I came a cropper on on my first visit.
Anyways
Clue 2 - this station is not electrified

 

[swt class 450]

Ah yes; there's a socking great tree root on the path to Platform 2 that I came a cropper on on my first visit.
Anyways
Clue 2 - this station is not electrified

Yes indeed. Its certainly not the easiest station to access!

Kings Sutton?

 

[A Challenge]

Pinhoe

 

[godfreycomplex]

Clue 3 - this station has one platform

 

[A Challenge]

Cranbrook

 

[swt class 450]

Tisbury?

 

[Cowley]

Feniton?

 

[godfreycomplex]

Clue 4 - this station is served by three types of traction; only one of which routinely operates with a guard on this line.
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Anyone?
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I've now realised this is a dud clue (there are in fact four types of traction routinely serving this station); so it's probably best if I throw in the towel here
The fifth clue was to be "this station's name is made of two words; the second of which is shared with the next station in the up direction"
The answer therefore (with 122; 165; 168 & 172 stock routinely operated through this station; with only the 122 requiring a guard) was Monks Risborough.
Open floor.

 

[Robinson]

Different classes of train are not different types of traction. Types of traction are diesel/electric/steam, within which there are of course various sub-types.
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Taking the open floor...

Clue 1: This station is not in the former NSE area.

 

[A Challenge]

Wick?

 

[swt class 450]

Sugar Loaf?

 

[Robinson]

Clue 2: This station is served by precisely 1 TOC, who also manage the station.

 

[A Challenge]

Altnabreac

 

[swt class 450]

Betws-y-Coed?

 

[Robinson]

Clue 3: This station is served by diesel-mechanical and AC electric traction.

 

[RJ21]

University?

 

[Robinson]

University?

Class 170s are diesel-hydraulic are they not?

 

[RJ21]

They are, but 172s are fitted with mechanical transmissions and I am fairly sure they visit on the odd Hereford run they do.

 

[Robinson]

Possibly, but I intended to imply with clue 3 that only the 2 types of traction I referred to visited. I would have thought that was fairly clear :roll:

 

[Quakkerillo]

Fairfield

 

[Springs Branch]

Leyland

 

[Robinson]

Fairfield

Presumably at least one Manchester-Glossop/Hadfield service calls?

Clue 4: This station is on 2 routes which both run in one direction to the same major station. One of these routes serves this station significantly more frequently than the other. Most services calling at this station on the other route terminate short of the principal destination.

 

[swt class 450]

Sorry if it is a silly question but how do you tell if a unit is diesel hydraulic or diesel mechanical?