The "Name the Station" game

[martinsh]

Clue 1 : this station is south of Northfields

 

[A Challenge]

Kew Bridge

 

[DanTrain]

Penzance?

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Reading

 

[martinsh]

Clue 2 : this station has 1 platform

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Dingle Road

 

[DanTrain]

Lelant?

 

[A Challenge]

Shanklin?

 

[martinsh]

Clue 3 : this station is on a line that is electrified

 

[A Challenge]

Lake?

 

[DanTrain]

Swale?

 

[martinsh]

Clue 4 : this station was opened by BR (i.e. between 1948 and 1990)

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Windsor & Eton Central

 

[martinsh]

Windsor & Eton Central

Fails both clues 3 and 4 !

 

[RJ21]

Smallbrook Junction?

 

[A Challenge]

Brading

 

[martinsh]

Clue 5 : this station is served by one train roughly every 45 minutes in each direction

 

[DanTrain]

Garston?

 

[martinsh]

Garston?

Is correct ! Your floor

 

[RJ21]

But that is north of Northfields, did you mean the similar station without an S in clue 1?

 

[DanTrain]

1) This station is north of Northfields

 

[A Challenge]

West Ealing?

 

[DanTrain]

2) This station is not served by electric trains

 

[A Challenge]

Castle Bar Park

 

[DanTrain]

3) This station is served by an Arriva TOC only

 

[A Challenge]

Burton-on-Trent?

 

[DanTrain]

4) This station is one of 3 named after its settlement (e.g. Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Airport)

 

[A Challenge]

Redcar East?

What about Burnley Manchester Road?

 

[DanTrain]

No, it has to be in the settlement (or sensibly near). In the same way London Road (Brighton) doesn’t count for ‘London’.

5) The same of this station refers to the tourist attraction it serves

 

[RJ21]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach.