Station Odd One Out

[Trainfan344]

Think about how they cross over the railway...

 

[gnolife]

Theyre all level crossing apart from Oxford Road, which has a bridge.

 

[Trainfan344]

Theyre all level crossing apart from Oxford Road, which has a bridge.

Is what i was looking for.

 

[gnolife]

Maesteg Ewenny Road, Roman Bridge, Pembroke (Non-dock variety), Johnston.

Something about the services which call.

 

[Eagle]

Roman Bridge is the only one that doesn't get a service from England.

 

[gnolife]

Not what I was particularly thinking of, but you've picked the right station and given a valid reason foor it, so I'll let you have it.

What I actually wanted was that Roman Bridge is the only one not served by 175s.

 

[Eagle]

Do 175s go to Maesteg?

 

[gnolife]

Do 175s go to Maesteg?

once daily, on a service to Manchester.

 

[Eagle]

Hartford, Solihull, Cross Gates, Eastleigh.

Something to do with a TOC.

 

[gnolife]

Hartford doesn't have XC pass through.

 

[Eagle]

Not what I was thinking of, but it's valid.

My answer was Eastleigh, as it's the only one that Virgin XC never served (but Arriva XC do).

 

[gnolife]

Southampton Airport Parkway, Southend Central, Southend Victoria, Southend Airport.

Something about the trains that call at them.

 

[Ivo]

SOA is DC; the others are AC. Or that it has diesel services when the others don't. Or that it has units of verying lengths and not all 4-car.

 

[gnolife]

While both reasons for picking Southampton Airport Pkwy are valid, it's not the one I had in mind.

 

[Ivo]

Assuming the third reason (about unit lengths) is also wrong, SOV because it does not (usually) see post-BR stock, whereas SOA is mostly modern and the other two are entirely modern.

Or SOA because it has InterCity/23m stock. I'm guessing too often

 

[gnolife]

Doesn't that also apply to SIA?

 

[Ivo]

So the Voyager and varying car length answers are also wrong?

Most trains at SOA have end-of-unit gangways; none of the others do.

Doesn't that also apply to SIA?

Oops. I briefly thought of East, not Airport.

 

[gnolife]

I want you to consider variety, or lack thereof.

 

[Trainfan344]

I want you to consider variety, or lack thereof.

Southampton airport sees diffrent types of rolling stock, the others don't.

 

[Ivo]

Southampton airport sees diffrent types of rolling stock, the others don't.

See, strictly speaking, this isn't true - hence my not suggesting this previously.

SOA sees a large number of different classes (at least five), yes - but SIA and SOV also see variety*. Only SOC does not.

* Granted, it's not much, but there are some 315 journeys on the SOV route!

 

[gnolife]

See, strictly speaking, this isn't true - hence my not suggesting this previously.

SOA sees a large number of different classes (at least five), yes - but SIA and SOV also see variety*. Only SOC does not.

* Granted, it's not much, but there are some 315 journeys on the SOV route!

That took longer than I was expecting.

 

[Ivo]

Probably because there are so many different solutions, most of which point to SOA I'm sorry to say that I think it's a weakness of the game - there are very few difficult examples that have only one solution.

Let's try this one...

Ipswich, Pitsea, Upminster, Wickford (nothing to do with train operation or anything that affects train operation)

 

[Eagle]

Wickford is the only unbarriered station.

 

[Robinson]

Ipswich is the only one which is identically named to a different railway station elsewhere in the world. (Ipswich is also a station on Brisbane's Citytrain network; the closest similarity any of the others have is Wickford, to Wickford Junction on the MBTA system in the U.S.)

 

[Ivo]

Both good responses, although neither is the one I thought of. Once someone gets the one I hoped for, or both of the remaining stations are mentioned, the floor will be available to whoever wants it (so if this means Eagle because he got one in first, then the floor is his).

 

[gnolife]

Wickford - it's the only one that I've not got plans to visit yet

 

[Trainfan344]

Probably because there are so many different solutions, most of which point to SOA I'm sorry to say that I think it's a weakness of the game - there are very few difficult examples that have only one solution.

Let's try this one...

Ipswich, Pitsea, Upminster, Wickford (nothing to do with train operation or anything that affects train operation)

Ipswich only one to have a tunnel directly at the end of the platform...

 

[Ivo]

...any offerings for UPM/PSE?

 

[gnolife]

Upminster is the only one in the TFL zones,

 

[Trainfan344]

Ipswich only one not in essex?
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Pitsea doesn't have services to any of the other ones.