Guess The Service

[dzug2]

Well it can't be King's Cross, that's not a through station...

I'm thinking filming locations for the film, the only ones of which I know are Alnwick Castle (Alnmouth), Lacock Abbey (Melksham) and Elstree Studios (Elstree and Borehamwood), none of which have any terminating services at all...

It's not Kings Cross - nor any of the others you mention. But yes it's a filming location

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I'm sure they filmed at Gloucester and / or Hereford as well, both of which fit the starting description, but I cannot find a single one direction service between either to somewhere like Swansea.

Portsmouth Harbour matches the finish point, but everything from those two places to it involves at least one change.

Hmmm...

 

[dzug2]

I'm sure they filmed at Gloucester and / or Hereford as well, both of which fit the starting description, but I cannot find a single one direction service between either to somewhere like Swansea.

Portsmouth Harbour matches the finish point, but everything from those two places to it involves at least one change.

Hmmm...

I didn't think any services reversed at Hereford - go back where they came from, yes, but not reverse and continue their journey. And it's not Swansea or Portsmouth.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

That sounds like you are saying, though, that the service in question at least starts from Gloucester?

 

[dzug2]

That sounds like you are saying, though, that the service in question at least starts from Gloucester?

I was trying not to say it but yes it does

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Then it has to be the 07.10 Mon - Fri ( 07.07 ) Gloucester to Stansted Airport?

 

[Eagle]

Old cathedrals: Gloucester, Peterborough and Ely
New cathedrals: Birmingham (Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox and Free Church), Leicester

Definitely checks out.

[Also, this is my 500th post. It's just that quiz forum posts don't add to the post count. It's also my 35th post today, which is surprising considering how much of it I spent asleep ]

 

[dzug2]

Then it has to be the 07.10 Mon - Fri ( 07.07 ) Gloucester to Stansted Airport?

Correct. The cathedrals are as Eagle says. The quicker route is via London.

Your go

 

[Peter Mugridge]

OK then.... This should be pretty fiendish....

This train departs 58 minutes after the first train of the day from the station at which both start.

It makes 18 more intermediate stops en route than the first train does, yet it only takes 10 minutes longer to complete the journey.

On Saturdays it starts from a different location one minute later than the Monday - Friday calling time at the same point and on sundays it does not run at all.

What is this working, and from which intermediate station does the short version on Saturdays start?

 

[Eagle]

I keep thinking of the early morning all stops London Waterloo–Weymouth (which holds the record for most stations called at, 44) but on closer inspection it's not that.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Quite right, it is not that!

I'll be offline shortly until tonight, but I don't think that's a problem on this thread, unlike the guess the station and class threads?

 

[gnolife]

Is it a Carmarthen to Manchester?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Afraid not; maybe it's time for the first clue?

The usual traction is from a class of 137 built.

 

[S19]

So it's something that uses a 150 usually?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

No; that's not the only thing of which 137 were built, by coincidence also in three versions...

 

[gnolife]

It'll be a 455 working then
I know nearly nothing about services on the South West/Southern area though

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Yes, it is a 455 working. And given the clues I gave about the timings it shouldn't take too long to identify it from the GBTT book...

 

[Ivo]

Too bad for those of us that don't have said object then

Could you at least say if it is either SN or SWT? Please? Pretty please?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

That might make it too easy........

 

[Eagle]

Too bad for those of us that don't have said object then

Erm, you do know it's freely available as a PDF from Network Rail?

 

[Ivo]

Yes. And I even have it. BUT THIS STUPID LAPTOP STRUGGLES TO LOAD IT!

Until I get my new one, it is a no-go area.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

A bit of lateral thinking will give you another big clue anyway...
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OK, this is dragging on... it's an SWT service.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

It's not the Waterloo-Weymouth morning run is it?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

No, Eagle already entered that one I'm afraid. ( Mind you, a 455 on the early morning Weymouth run might provoke some interesting letters from commuters to the SWT bosses... )

Let's re-cap:

This train departs 58 minutes after the first train of the day from the station at which both start.

It makes 18 more intermediate stops en route than the first train does, yet it only takes 10 minutes longer to complete the journey.

On Saturdays it starts from a different location one minute later than the Monday - Friday calling time at the same point and on sundays it does not run at all.

What is this working, and from which intermediate station does the short version on Saturdays start?

And on top of that we now know it's a SWT service diagrammed for class 455 traction.

 

[Ivo]

I spy, with my not-so-little eye, something beginning with "Peter knows this one because its Saturday origin is Epsom!": 0458 from Guildford to Waterloo.

However, Peter has got his clues mixed up: It makes 10 more stops (actually it's more than 10; its exact number is I believe 18) and takes 18 minutes longer. Either that, or maybe this isn't right? I can't see another other option though.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

You have the right service, however as to the number of stops - yes, I have failed to spot an instance of differing arrival and departure and thus counted something twice AND written the total of intermediates down...

Apologies for that.

*bashes head on wall Dobby style*

First train from Guildford to Waterloo is 04.00 which stops at Surbiton, Wimbledon and Clapham Junction - 3 intermediates.

The 04.58 makes 17 intermediates. So I should have said 14 more, not 18.

Timing.... oh no... I cannot do maths now can I?!:roll:

The 04.00 takes 53 minutes, arriving at Waterloo at 04.53.

The 04.58 takes 73 minutes, arriving at 06.11.



Right... errr...

I shall take 100 lines ( no I'm not nicking them! ).

I must not set quiz questions late at night when I am half asleep.
I must not set quiz questions late at night when I am half asleep.
I must not set quiz questions late at night when I am half asleep.
I must not set quiz questions late at night when I am half asleep.
I must not set quiz questions late at night when I am half asleep.
I must not set quiz questions late at night when I am half asleep.
I must not set quiz questions late at night when I am half asleep.
I must not...

 

[Ivo]

OK, one for all of you to ponder...

I leave a major terminus at 18 minutes past the hour, Mondays to Fridays, but which hour exactly is for you to find out. At the other end of the route is a bus connection which is due to arrive on a certain High Street 94 minutes after my initial departure. I call at one station with a +7 connection time and five others. There is an identical service one hour later, but its bus connection arrives 71 minutes after mine and not 60.
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No takers?

The main terminus is in London, but not a constituent of the Southern Region.
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No-one? Even after a three-day exile?

This service operates out of Paddington.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Well, I know without having to look it up ( from my frequent visits to Newbury ) that the xx.18s are the Bedwyn semi fasts, but I haven't got a clue about where the bus links at the Bedwyn end run to.

 

[Ivo]

That much is right

It's just a case of finding that out now. Maybe the FGW site can help?

(Still got 92.8 lines to write )

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I'll let someone else plough through the bus links; I'd only open floor it anyway...