Odd one out?

[whole diary]

[grahame]

Three out of four of the following groups have something in common, and one's an odd one out.  Which is the odd one out in each case, and why?  I'm fully expecting multiple different (and correct) answers ... which may not be the ones I had thought of!   I'm also prepared for special cases I hadn't noticed which render my questions not quite 100% - however, let's try.

Bit of an experiment ... please just try one each to start with even if they are blindingly obvious ...

1. - Marlow - You can catch a train going more than just one stop
Windsor and Eton Central
Marlow
Stourbridge Town
Cardiff Bay
Marlow - 2 trains on branch allowed not just one - eightf48544
Stourbridge Town - not worked by a conventional emu - eightf48544
Cardiff Bay - only one in Wales - Electric Train


2.
King's Cross
Cardiff Central
Marylebone
Haymarket
Haymarket - Only one without "Great" in name of regrouping operator - eightf48544

3. Haltwhistle - At others you can connect to a narrow gauge heritage line - ellendune
Haltwhistle
Blaeneau Ffestiniog
Aberystwyth
Ravenglass

4.
Andover
Liskeard
Alton
Brownhills West
Brownhill - disconnected from National Network - Eightf48544

5. Fishguard and Goodwick - only one managed by a train operator who serves it.
Mottisfont and Dunbridge
Fishguard Harbour
Fishguard and Goodwick
Bristol Temple Meads
Or ... BRI^» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains), only one operated and owned by the same organisation, or FGH, only one never renamed,etc ....

6. Nant Gwernol - others are upper termini of funiculars - Stuving
Constitution Hill
Nant Gwernol
Lynton
Ptarmigan

7. Yeovil - only one with multiple stations not in a ticketing group
Dorking
Dorchester
Tyndrum
Yeovil
Dorking - two lines at the town have no connection - Stuving
Dorking - Able to buy a ticket between stations - Brooklea

8.
Hull Paragon
Glasgow Queen Street High Level
Inverness
Perth
Glasgow Queen Street - no direct service to King's Cross - readytostart
Perth - through station (others only have terminal platforms) - Stuving

9. Shippea Hill - only one with services on more than one day a week
Brigg
Pilning
Shippea Hill
Denton
Denton - Island platform - Eightf48544

10.
Dunrobin
Duncraig
Falls of Cruachan
Sugar Loaf
Sugar Loaf - in Wales / others in Scotland - bignosemac
Falls of Cruachan - others are request stops - bignosemac

11.
Corrour
Kintbury
Ridgmont
Flint

12. Heathrow Airport Central - Can't buy tickets to all other 2,500+ Rail network stations
Heathrow Airport Central
Gatwick Airport
Southampton Airport
Prestwick Airport
Prestick - only one is Scotland - Electric Train
Heathrow - only one subterranean (and other reasons too!) - Electric Train
Heathrow - only one from which you can make a free journey - eightf48544

[stuving]

Do you mean as in:

7.
Dorking
Dorchester
Tyndrum
Yeovil

All have two stations on different lines, but only at Dorking are they not connected nearby.

[grahame]

Do you mean is in:

7.
Dorking
Dorchester
Tyndrum
Yeovil

All have two stations on different lines, but only at Dorking are they not connected nearby.

Yes - that is a classic answer which is a correct one, but not the one I had intended.

[Electric train]

12
Prestwick Airport is odd to the others because it is in Scotland the others are in England
Hearthrow Airport Central is odd to the others because it is Subterranean

[grahame]

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Prestwick Airport is odd to the others because it is in Scotland the others are in England
Hearthrow Airport Central is odd to the others because it is Subterranean

Two excellent answers ... and there's another that was the one I had originally thought of!

[Electric train]

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Prestwick Airport is odd to the others because it is in Scotland the others are in England
Hearthrow Airport Central is odd to the others because it is Subterranean

Two excellent answers ... and there's another that was the one I had originally thought of!

Heathrow Airport Central is also on the Tube Map the others are not
Heathrow Airport Central is also TfL^» (Transport for London - about) Zone 6 the others are not
Heathrow Airport Central is not owned by Network Rail the others are (Heathrow Airport Central is owned by BAA)

[grahame]

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Prestwick Airport is odd to the others because it is in Scotland the others are in England
Hearthrow Airport Central is odd to the others because it is Subterranean

Two excellent answers ... and there's another that was the one I had originally thought of!

Heathrow Airport Central is also on the Tube Map the others are not
Heathrow Airport Central is also TfL^» (Transport for London - about) Zone 6 the others are not
Heathrow Airport Central is not owned by Network Rail the others are (Heathrow Airport Central is owned by BAA)

Yes, and indeed it's an effect on passengers of the last of those that I had in mind .. the unique (?) inability to buy a ticket to any other UK^▸ (United Kingdom) station at the time of travel when you start your rail journey from there.

It looks very much like I've started a thread that's going to turn into a series of discussions.  Excellent 

[eightf48544]

I'll try number 1.

Marlow is a single line branch off a single line branch plus you can have 2 trains one the line. Whereas the other three are just single lines from Junction to Terminus with one train operation.

Although isn't Stourbridge Town the shortest branch on Newtwork Rail also it's worked by Parry People movers not conventional DMUs^▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit).

[grahame]

I'll try number 1.

Marlow is a single line branch off a single line branch plus you can have 2 trains one the line. Whereas the other three are just single lines from Junction to Terminus with one train operation.

Also Marlow has a staff.

Marlow was indeed the 'odd' one and you're on the track (or tracks) had in mind.  My thought was that it's odd because you can go more than one stop on a train from there without changing ...

[JayMac]

10.

Sugar Loaf is in Wales, the other three are in Scotland. Or,

At Falls of Cruachan timetabled services always stop. At the other three they stop on request only.

[eightf48544]

Graham duirng the day you are right you don't have to change at Bourne End the 2 car reverses in the Malow platform after the train crew have worked the "points" by placing the Marlow staff in the aparatus and obtaining a token for the Maidenhead line by a release from Slough (Old panel).

When there are two trains on the branch the Marlow Donkey (which must only be a 2 car to clear the points) is locked onto the branch by the release of a token (by Slough) from Maidenhead. A train can then run from Maidenhead to Bourne End where it terminates in the other platform. These can be 5 cars some of which are through trains to and from Padd.




 

[readytostart]

8.
Hull Paragon
Glasgow Queen Street High Level
Inverness
Perth

Glasgow Queen Street is the only one without a direct service to London Kings Cross - though it used to have one.

[Electric train]

1.

Cardiff Bay is the odd one out because its in Wales the rest are in England

[eightf48544]

Heathrow Central is also odd because you can make a free journey on the T4 shuttle!

[eightf48544]

Tongue firmly in cheek.

No 2 Haymarket all the rest belonged to pre grouping companies starting with Great!