The "Name the Station" game

[martinsh]

Extra Clue : trains from London to Manchester pass through this station without stopping

 

[MargaretNoodle]

Kidsgrove?

 

[Steddenm]

Tamworth?

 

[martinsh]

Kidsgrove?

Is correct ! Your floor

 

[MargaretNoodle]

Open Floor

 

[Steddenm]

I'll take the floor if that's OK?

This station is served by three TOCs

 

[A Challenge]

Hereford?

 

[ls2270]

Basingstoke?

 

[Steddenm]

Hereford?

No sorry.

Basingstoke?

Again no, sorry.

Clue 2:

It has direct trains to a port, an airport and a London terminal.

 

[A Challenge]

Milton Keynes Central (I think it has through services to Holyhead?)

 

[444045]

Clapham Junction ?

 

[Steddenm]

Not Milton Keynes Central nor Clapham Junction

Clue 3: This station was a Red Star Parcels point and has had a new car park recently.

 

[ls2270]

Warrington Bank Quay?

 

[A Challenge]

Cardiff Central?

 

[Steddenm]

Not Warrington BQ nor Cardiff.

Clue 4: There used to be five platforms here and it has been managed by three different TOCs since Privatisation.

 

[ls2270]

Newport (South Wales)?

 

[Steddenm]

Not Newport no.

Last clue: This station used to have an "avoiding line".