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Title: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 08, 2020, 08:58:58 What have these sets in common? Can you add any more examples?
1. Balloch, Uckfield, Sheringham 2. Altnbraec, Kilmaurs, Sturry 3. Llandeilo, Criccieth, Wootton Wawen 4. Abertafol, Errol, Lea Bridge and Groombridge 5. Loch Awe, Loch Eil Outward Bound, Flowery Field and Melksham 6. Ampress, Medina Wharf, Glencarron, Coed y Bleiddiau 7. Harling Road, Hagley, Hatton, Harlech It's the nature of questions like these that members will come up with different connections than I had thought of - and that illustrates the wonderful variety in our railway Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: bradshaw on December 08, 2020, 09:20:17 5 all opened/reopened in 1985
Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: froome on December 08, 2020, 09:31:56 no 1 - all are termini on branch lines that used to continue onwards. Balloch originally continued to Balloch Pier; Uckfield met up with the line to Lewes, and Sheringham continued onto the Poppy Line to Holt.
Have they all been resited as well? Balloch was after Balloch Central and Pier stations closed, and Uckfield was resited after the Lewes line closed. Was Sheringham also resited? Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 08, 2020, 09:41:43 5 all opened/reopened in 1985 Yes no 1 - all are termini on branch lines that used to continue onwards. Balloch originally continued to Balloch Pier; Uckfield met up with the line to Lewes, and Sheringham continued onto the Poppy Line to Holt. Have they all been resited as well? Balloch was after Balloch Central and Pier stations closed, and Uckfield was resited after the Lewes line closed. Was Sheringham also resited? Yes, and there's something even more specific following on from that. Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: froome on December 08, 2020, 11:00:56 5 all opened/reopened in 1985 Yes no 1 - all are termini on branch lines that used to continue onwards. Balloch originally continued to Balloch Pier; Uckfield met up with the line to Lewes, and Sheringham continued onto the Poppy Line to Holt. Have they all been resited as well? Balloch was after Balloch Central and Pier stations closed, and Uckfield was resited after the Lewes line closed. Was Sheringham also resited? Yes, and there's something even more specific following on from that. They were all resited on the opposite sides of level crossings, (and possibly that meant the level crossings could then be removed). Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: Oxonhutch on December 08, 2020, 16:38:20 No. 3 used to have direct services to Birmingham New Street
Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: TonyN on December 08, 2020, 17:17:13 No6 Where all stations provided for Private sites and are now closed
Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 08, 2020, 17:26:10 They were all resited on the opposite sides of level crossings, (and possibly that meant the level crossings could then be removed). Yes, that's the connection I had No6 Where all stations provided for Private sites and are now closed Yes No. 3 used to have direct services to Birmingham New Street Hmmm ..... maybe the did / do, but I have another connection - something which applies to those three stations and I don't think to any other. Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: eightonedee on December 08, 2020, 21:33:13 Eureka! I think I have worked out no. 2 - their three letter station codes comprise consecutive letters of the alphabet (ABC, KLM and STU)
Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: stuving on December 08, 2020, 21:58:40 Eureka! I think I have worked out no. 2 - their three letter station codes comprise consecutive letters of the alphabet (ABC, KLM and STU) Simultaneously, I was just looking up the codes of the stations in no. 3 - LLL, CCC, and WWW - must be something about those, I suspect! Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 09, 2020, 00:06:25 Eureka! I think I have worked out no. 2 - their three letter station codes comprise consecutive letters of the alphabet (ABC, KLM and STU) Simultaneously, I was just looking up the codes of the stations in no. 3 - LLL, CCC, and WWW - must be something about those, I suspect! Yes - there are just three stations with the same letter and only 4 with consecutive letters. Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 09, 2020, 00:09:09 Just 2 left
4. Abertafol, Errol, Lea Bridge and Groombridge 7. Harling Road, Hagley, Hatton, Harlech Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 09, 2020, 00:11:44 No6 Where all stations provided for Private sites and are now closed Yes Checking back - trains may still call on request at Coed y Bleiddiau ?? - not sure on this Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 09, 2020, 00:25:28 No6 Where all stations provided for Private sites and are now closed Yes Checking back - trains may still call on request at Coed y Bleiddiau ?? - not sure on this Yep ... https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/coed-y-bleiddiau-50127/ Quote Set at the heart of breathtaking scenery in the Snowdonia National Park, Coed y Bleiddiau is a small railway cottage at a remote private halt on the restored Ffestiniog Railway. It was built in 1863 for the railway Superintendent, T. Henry Hovenden. If you time it right, you might even be able to arrive here by steam train. and Quote It has its own private platform, where you can alight from a steam train if you time your arrival to today?s timetable. (There is also car access within at least a 20 minute walk over an unmade footpath). Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: plymothian on December 09, 2020, 07:58:10 4. All officially closed in 1985
Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 09, 2020, 09:15:54 4. All officially closed in 1985 Correct. Just no. 7 left Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: bobm on December 09, 2020, 10:24:49 Eureka! I think I have worked out no. 2 - their three letter station codes comprise consecutive letters of the alphabet (ABC, KLM and STU) Sturry played a large part in sparking my interest in railways. My grandparents lived on the North Kent coast and we passed by the station on the way there. Not only did it mean the journey (pre M25 days) was nearly over but I was fascinated by the manual level crossing gates which it had at the time. I remember my father taking me there for an hour just so I could watch the procedure of opening and closing the gates a few times. Of course now replaced with barriers. (http://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/sturry2.jpg) Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: bradshaw on December 09, 2020, 13:36:30 7 It cannot only be that they all start with Ha..., can it?
Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 09, 2020, 13:43:29 7 It cannot only be that they all start with Ha..., can it? Not only, no ... they have something else in common too - that's been under discussion on the forum within the last week. They "are the only four stations with names starting with 'H' and [fill the gap] ..." Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 09, 2020, 20:48:48 7 It cannot only be that they all start with Ha..., can it? Not only, no ... they have something else in common too - that's been under discussion on the forum within the last week. They "are the only four stations with names starting with 'H' and [fill the gap] ..." If we move the goal post slightly wider, we could add ... Hatfield Peverel Hubberts Bridge Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: eightonedee on December 09, 2020, 22:07:02 Something to do with the 2019-20 station usage figures?
Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 09, 2020, 22:40:11 Something to do with the 2019-20 station usage figures? Yes ... you're on topic Title: Re: 8th December 2020 - Advent quiz - groups in common Post by: grahame on December 11, 2020, 14:19:39 What have these sets in common? Can you add any more examples? 7. Harling Road, Hagley, Hatton, Harlech This final group, astonishly in some cases, each had over 70% of their annual station entrances and exits accounted for by season tickets in the year to March 2020. Here are the lowest "Ha"s by season ticket percentage Code: 0.00% 4.89% HVN Havenhouse 1719 84 64 20 0 And here are the highest ... Code: 50.11% 136.87% HHE Haywards Heath 3278415 4487050 696072 1542538 2248440 Columns: Percentage season tickets 2019 traffic as a perchentage of 1999 traffic Three Letter Code Proper Name 1999 traffic total 2019 Full price journeys 2019 Reduced price journeys 2019 Season ticket journeys This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |