*International* Guess The Station

[Peterthegreat]

Could it be Skellefteå?

 

[jamesontheroad]

Halo

Could it be Skellefteå?

It could be and it is. Bravo. Freight trains pass by frequently, but the station won’t have passenger service until the Norrbotniaban from Umeå reaches the city in the next decade. A design for a new combined bus and train station has been chosen too.

The photo was taken from the eighteenth floor of the Wood Hotel, above Sara kulturhus. It’s Sweden’s tallest wooden building.

 

[Peterthegreat]

I went there about 40 years ago on a through couchette from Stockholm. It is the only time I have been hauled by a Swedish diesel loco.
Question to follow shortly.

 

[jamesontheroad]

I went there about 40 years ago on a through couchette from Stockholm. It is the only time I have been hauled by a Swedish diesel loco.
Question to follow shortly.

As recently as last year, Vy had a hare-brained idea to do a double reverse on train 91/92 from Bastuträsk to Skellefteå and back to try and capture some additional traffic. It would have added about 2hrs to the end-to-end journey time and was stymied when they discovered the signalling system can’t support a train stopping and reversing at Skellefteå Central (it would have had to continue almost all the way to the port and reverse there).

 

[JonasB]

It would have added about 2hrs to the end-to-end journey time and was stymied when they discovered the signalling system can’t support a train stopping and reversing at Skellefteå Central (it would have had to continue almost all the way to the port and reverse there).

Combined with the lack of platform in Skellefteå. Not the worst idea though, before Botniabanan opened the night trains did a similar trip to Umeå and back again.

Here you can read about the new station in English: https://www.cfmoller.com/g/Competit...on-in-Skellefteaa-northern-Sweden-i19771.html

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sorry I don't appear to have any appropriate photos handy so can I declare open floor please?

 

[Railsigns]

Sorry I don't appear to have any appropriate photos handy so can I declare open floor please?

My last photo was only up for a minute before it was guessed correctly, so let's give this one a go...

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Wellington, New Zealand...?

 

[Railsigns]

Wellington, New Zealand...?

Correct!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Thank you.

For this one - the distinctive canopies will probably give it away...

 

[WessexEclectic]

For this one - the distinctive canopies will probably give it away...

Gare du Mans ?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Gare du Mans ?

Le Mans it is!

Start your engine...

 

[WessexEclectic]

Le Mans it is!

Start your engine...

Haha!

Open floor...

 

[Railsigns]

Any ideas on this one?

 

[jamesontheroad]

Stumped. The blue passenger cars and the architecture of the station building make me think it’s Russia. The absence of OHLE is probably a big clue as well, perhaps the far east on one of the secondary east-west routes, but I’ve never travelled that far.

 

[Railsigns]

Stumped. The blue passenger cars and the architecture of the station building make me think it’s Russia. The absence of OHLE is probably a big clue as well, perhaps the far east on one of the secondary east-west routes, but I’ve never travelled that far.

It's in the former Soviet Union, but not in Russia.

 

[30907]

It's in the former Soviet Union, but not in Russia.

Is it an illusion, or is the station dual gauge?

 

[Railsigns]

Is it an illusion, or is the station dual gauge?

It's not dual gauge.

 

[D6130]

Chisinau, Moldova?

 

[Railsigns]

Chisinau, Moldova?

It's not in Moldova.

 

[Mag_seven]

@Railsigns is it Astana-1 (formerly Nur-Sultan-1) in Astana, Kazakhstan?

 

[Railsigns]

is it Astana-1 (formerly Nur-Sultan-1) in Astana, Kazakhstan?

It's not Astana, but two thumbs up for naming the right country.

 

[Mag_seven]

Aktobe-1?

 

[Railsigns]

Aktobe-1?

Yes, it's Aktobe. Congratulations!

What's the suffix for, though? I've only ever seen the station referred to as Aktobe. Here's the station building as seen from the street:

 

[Mag_seven]

What's the suffix for, though? I've only ever seen the station referred to as Aktobe.

Not sure - I have seen it described that way on the web.

Anyway next up:

 

[biko]

Winterthur in Switzerland?

 

[Mag_seven]

Winterthur in Switzerland?

Yep that's the one - your turn.

 

[eastwestdivide]

Pfft! Looked at that on google maps and dismissed it!

 

[biko]

Pfft! Looked at that on google maps and dismissed it!

I also did the first time but I later discovered the bay platforms at the side which are not covered like the rest of the station.

The next question has no buildings in sight but I think there should be enough clues:

 

[signed]

Annemasse?