Letter by Letter...

[krus_aragon]

Fairlie ? (= double-ended steam loco or station in Ayrshire)

Correct, well done.

Your floor.

 

[Springs Branch]

Prompted by last week's fly-past of Pluto ....

My first is in Ganymede, but not in Dione,
My second's in Earth, Portia and Saturn.
My third is in Jupiter and Europa,
My fourth in Uranus, Mars, Larissa.
My fifth's in Miranda, but not on the Moon,
My sixth in Prometheus and Prospero too.
My last is in Venus, Neptune and Helene,
Concluding this spin through the Solar System.
We've shot out of the blue and into the red,
But no sign on this world of little green men.

 

[BurtonM]

GAYM
ART
UPER
ARS
IRAD
PROES
EN

Marsden!

Open floor.

 

[Springs Branch]

Marsden is correct.

Open Floor as stated.

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If no other takers ....

My first's in West Kirby, Whitby and Weybridge,
My second's in Burscough (the Junction, not Bridge).
My third is in Saltaire and Strawberry Hill,
My fourth is in Hinckley, not Hilsea nor Hull.
My fifth is in Euston and Cannon Street too.
My sixth in Victoria, but not Waterloo.
My seventh is in Shenfield and Reddish South,
My last is in Whyteleafe and also Weymouth.
To find this solution, you just need to look,
On a branch of the circle, or the banks of a brook.

 

[Quakkerillo]

Burnside?

 

[Springs Branch]

Burnside

.... is the answer.

Your Floor.

 

[Quakkerillo]

In Upper Warlingham and Haltwistle can my first be found,
Whereas in Hull and Hudderfield the second stands his ground.
New Pudsey and Ledbury provide my third,
St James Street, but not Chelmsford is where the fourth can be heard.
For the fifth, we look in Blackheath and Bournemouth,
And for the sixth in Holyhead, but not Redruth
Number seven isn’t in Kirby Cross yet is in Coleshill Parkway,
The eight is in Butlers Lane, but not Upwey.
The penultimate isn’t in Attenborough, nor in Jewellery Quarter,
And the last one is in Lye, a clue that’s a bit shorter.

 

[Springs Branch]

Deep in Third Rail Commuterland, there's an ordinary, unremarkable station whose name, for some reason, seems to come up regularly in RailForums quizzes. Here it is again ...

Whyteleafe ?

 

[IanD]

Deep in Third Rail Commuterland, there's an ordinary, unremarkable station whose name, for some reason, seems to come up regularly in RailForums quizzes. Here it is again ...

Whyteleafe ?

I remember the name because the Private organisation seemed to be based there. Their address cropped up a lot in the small ads in the Sunday papers and certain men's magazines of my youth

 

[Quakkerillo]

Deep in Third Rail Commuterland, there's an ordinary, unremarkable station whose name, for some reason, seems to come up regularly in RailForums quizzes. Here it is again ...

Whyteleafe ?

It might be me who brings it up! I've got a friend, where I sometimes stay at, in that area, so use Whyteleafe (South), Upper Warlingham and Caterham stations from time to time

Oh, and yes. This is correct.

 

[Springs Branch]

One for everyone who hated chemistry at school ....

My first is in Molybdenum and Formaldehyde,
My second in Fluorine, Nickel and Chloride.
My third is in Propane, not Ether nor Zinc,
My fourth is in Halogen, Methane and Arsenic.
My fifth's in Beryllium, Cerium and Bromine,
My sixth is in Cobalt, Lactose, Acetylene.
My seventh's in Polonium but not in Radon,
My last in Selenium, Silver, Silicon.

 

[backontrack]

Good to see that this quiz was kept going while I was away.
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Hmm...I don't know this one...

 

[Quakkerillo]

Llanelli

 

[Springs Branch]

Llanelli

... is the answer.

Your go.

 

[Quakkerillo]

The first letter resides in Witham and Weymouth
Whereas the second in Cardonald, but not Carmyle roams.
The third is both in Barrow-in-Furness and Bournemouth,
And the fourth finds in Kents Bank and Preston its homes.
For number five we look in Chapeltown, and Chapel-en-le-Frith,
Sleaford, Sellafield, and Seascale provide the sixth,
The seventh is in Rugeley Town, but not in Runcorn, that’s guaranteed.
Number eight is in eight, and nine is in nine.
Ten is in Crewe, and Chester, and we’ve reached the end of the line.
(for this attempted rhyme)

 

[DasLunatic]

Wthm
don
bronue
ETS
CHAPELTN
SLEA
GELYTW
EIGHT
NINE
CRE

Montpelier?

 

[Quakkerillo]

That was a quickie! Yep.

 

[DasLunatic]

Right... a trip to Italy this time...

Il mio primo è a Lepanto, ma non in Spagna
La mia seconda è né Malatesta, Alessandrino né Ponte Lungo
Il mio terzo è Re di Roma, ma non più di una volta
Il mio quarto non è in Manzoni - Museo della Liberazione, ma è a Teatro dell'Opera
Il quinto è a Termini, Barberini e Giardinetti
Il mio sesto è a Torre Spaccata, più volte
Il mio settimo è il primo al contrario
Il mio ottavo è a Torrenova, Torre Angela e Torre Gaia
Il mio ultimo in Quadrato e Piramide.

Non dimentichiamo che stiamo vivendo i tagli di bilancio, in modo da non possiamo fare gli ultimi cinque lettere. Divertirsi

 

[backontrack]

Oh joy.

EDIT: This is what the end says in English (according to Google Translate):

"Do not forget that we are experiencing budget cuts, so we can not do the last five letters. Have fun."

Is this purely in jest, or are you only posting nine out of fourteen letters? If the latter, you must change the riddle so that you have the whole station name in there.

Also, for clarity, I would prefer it if we had clues mainly in English. Such riddles as this might turn away potential players of the game. Names in different languages are, however, allowed occasionally.

 

[Springs Branch]

This riddle must have been worked out up by an Italian government office, because it closes down half way through the day!

I'll take a stab at Exeter St David's ?

 

[DasLunatic]

This riddle must have been worked out up by an Italian government office, because it closes down half way through the day!

I'll take a stab at Exeter St David's ?

There we go: your floor.

 

[Springs Branch]

I don't have anything to hand, so Open Floor.

 

[backontrack]

I'll take it.
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My first's not in spectre, or ghost, but in ghoul
My second's in shower, not swimming or pool
My third is present in both parcel and package
My fourth's not in backpack, not luggage or baggage
My fifth's in Walton-on-Thames, Brookwood and Woking
My sixth is absent in both pinching and poking
My last's in Merionethshire and Anglesey
My whole's north of Birmingham, not far from the Mersey

Have fun!
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No guesses?

 

[Springs Branch]

No guesses?

Had to wait until the weekend to put my feet up with RailForums riddles ...

Leasowe ?

 

[backontrack]

Correct. Your floor.

 

[Springs Branch]

Open Floor.

 

[backontrack]

In that case, maybe we could coax some of the others over here to write a riddle.

Whose up for it? The first one here, just come and post...

 

[DasLunatic]

Here's a quickie...

My first is in Barking, in Sudbury Town and Kilburn
My second is in Marble Arch, but not in Knightsbridge
My third is in Angel, as well as Islington
My fourth is in neither Stratford or Victoria, nor in Ruislip Gardens
My whole is the maze under your feet.

 

[backontrack]

Bank?

 

[DasLunatic]

It was Bank, yes. Your floor.