Name the town...

[madannie77]

Lydney

 

[Mvann]

You beat me to it.

 

[madannie77]

Aye, but only after a big clue from class313. I was trying to be too clever at first with the Bury answer.

 

[Mvann]

I didn't think bury had a NR station.

 

[madannie77]

I didn't think bury had a NR station.

No, but Bury St Edmund's has!

 

[transportphoto]

Right heres one -

• I am on a Main Line .
  
• I am about 15 (crow flies) miles from a Preserved Station
  
• The Preserved Route links onto the NR Network on a Route which a service from here serves.

 

[Mvann]

Taunton?

 

[transportphoto]

No...

 

[Mvann]

Nottingham

 

[transportphoto]

No...

 

[Mvann]

Norwich

 

[transportphoto]

Eventually - Welcome to the forum. I didn't notice at starters.

I knew somehow that you would get it when you said Nottingham!

It has knocked your post up a few more.

 

[Mvann]

Thank you. Was thinking of ruddington when I said Nottingham. Try this one. Town that had 4 platforms and now has 2. Originaly had 2 unconnected lines run into the same station.
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Only one route used these days.

 

[Mvann]

I'll rephrase the question. This station had 4 platforms, but now has 2. Originaly the lines that ran into 1 & 2 were not conected to the lines that ran into 3 & 4. The lines ran parrallel before the western pair of lines divide under the other pair and headed east.

 

[manaichain]

Hazarding a guess at Fenny Compton, as 2 of the platforms are intact me thinks...or Aberystwyth?

 

[Mvann]

No. 1 & 2 are in use, 3 and 4 are now a car park. Can't guarantee that I've numbered the original platforms correctly as what I'm calling 3 & 4 were the first lines through the town, I believe.

 

[deltic1989]

Right ok let's have a crack at this: The Town i'm thinking of has 2 stations both have the town name and a suffix 1 of the stations only has a 3 trains a week on Saturday Between Sheffield and Cleethorpes stopping there, in the 2002/2003 Finacncial year only 5 fare paying passengers boarded there.
the other station is 20 mins walk from the town centre, and has an hourly service to Lincoln and Sheffield.

 

[142094]

Gainsborough Lea Road and Gainsborough Central.

Here's one - this station was closed in 1954, but a station with the same name opened in 1982. However the new station is half a mile away from the old one.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Well, it's either Fitzwilliam, Valley, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Deighton, Milton Keynes Central, Crossflatts, Watton-at-Stone, Watford Stadium or Slaithwaite. Think we can rule out MKC or Watford Stadium though

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Of those I mentioned (all those which officially opened on NR in 1982), Watford Stadium, Milton Keynes Central, Blaenau Ffestiniog and Crossflatts were completely new stations, however, Watton-at-Stone closed in 1939, Fitzwilliam in 1967, Valley in 1966, Deighton in 1930, and Slaithwaite in 1968. Have I missed something?

 

[4SRKT]

Gainsborough Lea Road and Gainsborough Central.

Here's one - this station was closed in 1954, but a station with the same name opened in 1982. However the new station is half a mile away from the old one.

Deighton?

 

[Mvann]

I'd have said Paisley.

 

[4SRKT]

The original Paisley Canal station was still open in 1982 IIRR. It closed at the same time as the Kilmacolm branch, which I think was about that time.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Cannot be Paisley as it only closed in 1982 and reopened in 1990..., the changes around Blaneau was the only 1982 line opening...

 

[142094]

Well, it's either Fitzwilliam, Valley, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Deighton, Milton Keynes Central, Crossflatts, Watton-at-Stone, Watford Stadium or Slaithwaite. Think we can rule out MKC or Watford Stadium though

It is none of those!

Deighton?

IIRC the first station closed in 1930 at Deighton.

A clue - the new station is on a line which did not exist when the old station was closed.

 

[Mvann]

Tame.
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Or is it manors. I'm not really up to speed on the Tyne and wear metro.

 

[YorkshireRider]

Alexandra Palace?

 

[Mvann]

I thought Alexandra place was just renamed from wood green?

 

[142094]

Or is it manors. I'm not really up to speed on the Tyne and wear metro.

Very close with that, although the current Manors mainline station is still open.

 

[4SRKT]

Very close with that, although the current Manors mainline station is still open.

Byker?