fishwomp
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Trick question .. but a more sensible one to discuss:
Thank you, I've been thinking this for a while but didn't want to rock the boat!
Can't think what trivia my local station Kings Norton would be the answer to... Stations with closed platforms maybe
Surely not. Stations including aristocratic titles anyone.....?!It is the only station on the network that is _not_ the answer to a trivia question.
I'm sure that one came up in a Hallowe'en-themed trivia thread... it sounds a bit scary!Probably somewhere like Mauldeth Road, nondescript station in a pretty nondescript area.
As for the real question, no we don't need a Trivia section. If you aren't interested in the discussion you aren't obliged to join in.
Stations linked to motorbikes, obviously: Kings Norton, Kawasaki (suburban station in Tokyo), Ystrad r'Honda, Waterloo (a Triumph in Belgium),Surely not. Stations including aristocratic titles anyone.....?!
Sooner or later, it would come up in a thread about "station names containing the vowels a, u and e in that order".Probably somewhere like Mauldeth Road, nondescript station in a pretty nondescript area.
ah no, surely a, e, i, o, u is the one we want: Caledonian Road & BarnsburySooner or later, it would come up in a thread about "station names containing the vowels a, u and e in that order".
No station is immune from a trivia thread!
Suburban stations which have temporarily served as one of the major stations for their city.Thank you, I've been thinking this for a while but didn't want to rock the boat!
Can't think what trivia my local station Kings Norton would be the answer to... Stations with closed platforms maybe
Stapleton Road thenSuburban stations which have temporarily served as one of the major stations for their city.
"Stations that tell lies": I'm pretty sure the trains go only two ways- to Birmingham or away from Birmingham.Five Ways? I'm sure there's something but now I want to know what it is!
Oxford Parkway - perhaps the only station to have done so twice whilst waiting for the same railway to be constructed, in different centuries and with different names. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Road_Halt_railway_station - in 1850, and again in 2016 when Parkway to main Oxford station didn't open for another few months after the Bicester-Parkway section opened.Suburban stations which have temporarily served as one of the major stations for their city.
For dull and boring Cross City line stations, I nominate the 3 which at some point in my life have been my local, Gravelly Hill, Selly Oak and Longbridge.
In answer to the original question, yes a separate trivia subforum is a good idea.
Numerical station names?Five Ways? I'm sure there's something but now I want to know what it is!
Hexham?Could be preceded by Four Oaks and followed by Seven Sisters (don't think there's a "six"!)
Ah, good shout! Didn't think of that!Hexham?
How about Earley? Heck, you'd be hard-pressed to even make it there on-time with South Western Railway..."Stations that tell lies": I'm pretty sure the trains go only two ways- to Birmingham or away from Birmingham.
Stations closed and reopened? Also one of newest stations excluding crossrail (if not newest I guess?)Reston?
Basically two bog-standard platforms and a bog-standard footbridge served hourly by bog-standard MUs, located in the middle of nowhere.
There are six towns which formed the federation of Stoke-on-Trent.Numerical station names?
Could be preceded by Four Oaks and followed by Seven Sisters (don't think there's a "six"!)
Three OaksNumerical station names?
Could be preceded by Four Oaks and followed by Seven Sisters (don't think there's a "six"!)
Essix Road?Numerical station names?
Could be preceded by Four Oaks and followed by Seven Sisters (don't think there's a "six"!)
That's great. We can have Three Oaks, then Four Oaks, then Sevenoaks, then when we get bored of all the oaks and want to get rid of them, Burnt Oak(s). This shall become a story passed down through generations, to be known as the Gospel of Oaks.Three Oaks
Stations opened in the 20th century.Probably somewhere like Mauldeth Road, nondescript station in a pretty nondescript area.
Stations named after areas of Birmingham.For dull and boring Cross City line stations, I nominate the 3 which at some point in my life have been my local, Gravelly Hill, Selly Oak and Longbridge.
So any of stations with 2 bog standard platforms, a bog standard footbridge, bog standard service or located in the middle of nowhere, as well as being one of the newest stations and stations that rhyme with another station (Neston) don’t count as trivia?Reston?
Basically two bog-standard platforms and a bog-standard footbridge served hourly by bog-standard MUs, located in the middle of nowhere.
Yes. The others are of course Three Bridges, Three Oaks, Four Oaks, Seven Kings, Seven Sisters, Sevenoaks, l’Eightonstone, Nineaton, Tenby, Elevenshulme, Twelvebank, Chafford Hundred, Thousandby, Million Park and Billionham.Numerical station names?
OkehamptonThat's great. We can have Three Oaks, then Four Oaks, then Sevenoaks, then when we get bored of all the oaks and want to get rid of them, Burnt Oak(s). This shall become a story passed down through generations, to be known as the Gospel of Oaks.
Shouldn’t that be an oak tree?Okehampton
Oakengates
Oakham
Oakleigh Park
Oakamoor
Oakworth
Old Oak Common
...and a partridge in a Peartree
London VictoriaNumerical station names?
Could be preceded by Four Oaks and followed by Seven Sisters (don't think there's a "six"!)