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".

 

[Metrolink]

It couldn’t be westbury, could it ??

however it is only served by SWR and GWR so maybe not.

 

[A Challenge]

Carlisle?

 

[Steddenm]

Nobody has the correct answer...

The answer is Nuneaton.

1 - Three TOCs... CrossCountry, Avanti West Coast and West Midlands Trains/LNWR (technically one TOC)
2 - Port, Airport, London... Holyhead (AWC), Stansted Airport (XC), London Euston (AWC/LNWR)
3 - It had a Red Star Parcels Point behind the ticket office, and the Car Park was extended recently to become a two-level car park
4 - It had five platforms, but now has seven. The three TOCs operating the station were Central Trains, London Midland and the current, West Midlands Railway.
5 - The "avoiding line" was the Nuneaton-Leicester line which went over the WCML and used Nuneaton Abbey Street station.

Open floor...

 

[Metrolink]

Wow, good one, honestly I would have never guessed that!

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Nobody has the correct answer...

The answer is Nuneaton.

1 - Three TOCs... CrossCountry, Avanti West Coast and West Midlands Trains/LNWR (technically one TOC)
2 - Port, Airport, London... Holyhead (AWC), Stansted Airport (XC), London Euston (AWC/LNWR)
3 - It had a Red Star Parcels Point behind the ticket office, and the Car Park was extended recently to become a two-level car park
4 - It had five platforms, but now has seven. The three TOCs operating the station were Central Trains, London Midland and the current, West Midlands Railway.
5 - The "avoiding line" was the Nuneaton-Leicester line which went over the WCML and used Nuneaton Abbey Street station.

Open floor...

Do any of the Holyhead to London AWC services call at Nuneaton?

 

[A Challenge]

Do any of the Holyhead to London AWC services call at Nuneaton?

The 18:11 London Euston to Wrexham General and Holyhead stops at Nuneaton at 19:11, today at least.

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

The 18:11 London Euston to Wrexham General and Holyhead stops at Nuneaton at 19:11, today at least.

Very good. I didnt realise any did.

 

[Metrolink]

Could I start a new run?

 

[A Challenge]

Could I start a new run?

Is it an open floor @Steddenm?

 

[Steddenm]

It's an open floor yes @Metrolink @A Challenge

 

[Metrolink]

Ok I’ll start with the first clue

Clue 1: it is in the north west region

 

[Metrolink]

Sorry it is very vague

 

[A Challenge]

Broadbottom?