Closed Stations Journey quiz

[martinsh]

Winson Green is the next one

Still one more before Birmingham

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Monument Lane

I have two stations in mind on the old route from the south of the Birmingham area to Rugby, which from there will be the usual route to London

 

[martinsh]

The only closed station I know about before Rugby is Brandon & Wolston (between Coventry and Rugby). What's the other one you have ?
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Oldbury (LNW) closed in 1915....it is not to be confused with the GWR station....neither is it to be confused with the existing open station known as Sandwell and Dudley.

No. The GWR one closed in 1915 - the LNWR was Oldbury & Bromford Lane, then Oldbury, then Sandwell & Dudley, as I hope this link makes clear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldbury_railway_station

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The only closed station I know about before Rugby is Brandon & Wolston (between Coventry and Rugby).

Actually, this station when it was first opened was just called Brandon....it changed its name to Brandon and Wolston in 1879.

The other station that I had in mind goes back to the construction stage of the railway in that area which was a temporary station at Hampton that appears to have been opened in 1841 and was not open for all that many years.....( not to be confused with the existing Hampton-in-Arden station which opened in 1884). Perhaps this will not really count because of its temporary nature.

We are now on the final leg of this long journey...the section from south of Rugby, onwards to London

Welton

 

[martinsh]

Weedon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blisworth....I have checked as best I can and can only see two more "definate" ones now. Perhaps you may have more.

 

[martinsh]

Roade

Yes, I think there's only one left now...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Castlethorpe


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If you are acceptable, I can set the next leg up in the North-East running in a southerly direction from the open station at Berwick upon Tweed to the open station at Manors....The route is that of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway

I will start off with....

Tweedsmouth

 

[martinsh]

OK. I've got a "Tweedsdale" map at home, which should take me part of the way

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

OK. I've got a "Tweedsdale" map at home, which should take me part of the way

I was surprised to find there were many closed stations on the Berwick upon Tweed nothern part in comparison to the number of "still open" stations on the southern part of the route towards Manors. The route is the line of the former Newcastle and Berwick Railway, if that is of help.

 

[Welshman]

Scremerston

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Goswick

 

[Welshman]

Beal is the next one I think.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Belford

 

[Welshman]

I think Smealfield came between Beal and Belford.

The next one should be Lucker

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

On rechecking my old map, you are indeed correct about Smealfield, which for some strange and inexplicable reason I had taken to be a signal box..:roll:

Newham.....it was from here that I started to come across both open and closed stations

 

[Welshman]

Christon Bank

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Little Mill

 

[Welshman]

Longhoughton


P.S. Following "flymo"'s post in the Trip Reports and Nostalgia section, perhaps we should change our line?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

P.S. Following "flymo"'s post in the Trip Reports and Nostalgia section, perhaps we should change our line?

Indeed, this is a most unfortunate happening and will cause this current quiz to be terminated with immediate effect (the open station at Alnmouth will now be the end of the quiz, to replace Manors). The matter was not too unfortunate as the majority of the closed stations were on the parts of this leg already completed.

To make up for the disappointment, because it is the festive season, I shall relax the rule slightly and this leg will start at the currently open station at Blaenau Ffestiniog....but end at the closed station of Bala Junction.

I will start us off with...

Manod

 

[flymo]

Errrrr..sorry, this is rather awkward.

I had no idea this quiz was going on as I rarely visit this part of the forum.

Certainly wasn't my intention to cause any difficulties.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Errrrr..sorry, this is rather awkward.

I had no idea this quiz was going on as I rarely visit this part of the forum.

Certainly wasn't my intention to cause any difficulties.

No problem whatsoever......a million to one change of this happening...

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Back to the quiz in hand, don't forget we are at....

Manod

 

[Welshman]

Festiniog

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not too sure.....but was Cwm Teigl Halt between Manod and Llan Festiniog...?

 

[Welshman]

It might have indeed been - it could have been one of those now submerged halts you mention, as the lake for the hydro-electric power station must be about there - I'm not too sure myself.

According to my knowledge, the next station should have been Maentwrog Rd, unless there are any more I do not know of.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

According to my knowledge, the next station should have been Maentwrog Rd, unless there are any more I do not know of.

In this you are totally correct

Trawsfynydd Lake Halt

 

[Welshman]

Cwm Prysor

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cwm Prysor

This station name only occurs to the end of the quiz, so hold it back and use it later on the quiz.

The next station is....Trawsfynedd Camp

The station after that is ...Trawsfynedd

This completes the "trio" of Trawsfynedd named stops.

 

[Welshman]

Then Cwm Prysor?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Then Cwm Prysor?

There are the two halts that are in-between Trawsfynedd and Cwm Prysor:-

Llafar Halt

Bryn-celynog Halt

Then your entry of Cwm Prysor fits in....in route order

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The next station is Arenig

Hint for the rest of the quiz...The following two stations are "Halts" and the final two stations after that are "named settlements".

So there are only four more stops to name on this leg.
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In response to a PM that has been received, the two halts still be named are:-

Capel Cefyn Halt

Tyddyn Bridge Halt

This will allow the next station to be named.....Your PM names this as Frongoch.