Closed Stations Journey quiz

[Ash Bridge]

Ignoring the heritage station of Milton and Crathes....

Banchory

Dee Street Halt

 

[DerekC]

Dee Street Halt

Glassel

 

[DerekC]

I have telephoned my contact who is well versed in GNoS matters and he is of the opinion that when the Denburn Valley Line was arrived at, the 3rd Kittybrewster station would come before the 1st Kittybrewster station when travelling towards the Aberdeen area.

That would suggest that the first station was south of the Powis Place bridge which seems unlikely. What we need is an 1850s map! I would love to volunteer to go to Aberdeen to dig around in the archives for a few days, but I doubt Mrs C would be too impressed with that idea!!

 

[Calthrop]

Craigmyle Siding (private)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Craigmyle Siding (private)

This current journey has most certainly been worthwhile, even if only for the "talk shop" it has generated. With regards that this private halt, neither my own researches nor a detailed look at RAILSCOT showed any mention of it when I was first designing this leg.

However I have now been informed it was mentioned in a publication and full details will be posted on this thread today.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Torphins

 

[A Challenge]

Lumphanan

 

[steamybrian]

Craigmyle Siding (private)

It is mentioned in "Private and Untimetabled Stations" by G.Croughton
opened 1884 closed by June 1911

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lumphanan

Dess.

 

[A Challenge]

Aboyne

 

[Ash Bridge]

Dinnet

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We are nearing the end of this journey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dinnet

Cambus O'May

 

[A Challenge]

Was not Dess prior to Aboyne?

Indeed, you played it!

Ballater

 

[DerekC]

Cambus O'May

Gazumped again! I think the internet in Hampshire must be 5 minutes behind Cheshire. I will retire to the Alexandra Hotel for a pint - only a short walk from Ballater station - and wait for the next journey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next move to England for the next journey.....

This is number 692 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Southport Central
It follows the line of the West Lancashire Railway
It then follows the line of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
It then follows the line of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
It then follows the line of the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway
It then follows the line of the Tees Valley Line
It then follows the line of the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway
It then follows the line of the Cleveland Railway
It then follows the line of the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Railway
It then follows the line of the Scarborough and Whitby Railway
It then follows the line of the Y&NMR Scarborough to York Line
It then follows the line of the Y&NMR Yorkshire Coast Line
It then follows the line of the NER Driffield to Selby Line
It then follows the line of the Great Northern Railway Main Line
It then follows the line of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
It then follows the line of the Great Central Railway Main Line
It then follows the line of the Fallowfield Loop Line
The journey ends at the closed station of Manchester Central

The first closed station on this journey is Southport Central

 

[DerekC]

Southport Ash Street (slightly out of breath - it's a long bike ride from Ballater)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Luke's

 

[Calthrop]

It is mentioned in "Private and Untimetabled Stations" by G.Croughton
opened 1884 closed by June 1911

Craigmyle Siding -- also features in the Ian Allan Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names by Tony Dewick; which I tend to use as my "bible" for this game (not always with happy results !)

 

[A Challenge]

Churchtown?

 

[Calthrop]

Doesn't Hesketh Park come before Churchtown?

 

[A Challenge]

Indeed

Churchtown

 

[DerekC]

Crossens

 

[A Challenge]

Banks

 

[DerekC]

Hundred End

 

[A Challenge]

Hesketh Bank

 

[Calthrop]

River Douglas

 

[A Challenge]

Hoole

 

[Calthrop]

Longton Bridge

 

[A Challenge]

New Longton and Hutton