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« Reply #30 on: March 13, 2016, 21:47:36 »
And both of these stations handle between quarter and half a million passenger journeys per year ...
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« Reply #31 on: March 13, 2016, 21:57:52 »
Definitely not Weston Milton, then.  Grin
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« Reply #32 on: March 13, 2016, 23:25:42 »
Could 1 be Havant?

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« Reply #33 on: March 14, 2016, 00:14:00 »
Quote from: paul7755 on March 13, 2016, 23:25:42
Could 1 be Havant?

Paul

Neatly fits the clues, I can see - but sorry, you haven't got it  Wink.
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« Reply #34 on: March 14, 2016, 10:20:55 »
Quote from: grahame on March 14, 2016, 00:14:00
Quote from: paul7755 on March 13, 2016, 23:25:42
Could 1 be Havant?

Paul

Neatly fits the clues, I can see - but sorry, you haven't got it  Wink.

Shouldn't that be 'you Havant got it' ?
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« Reply #35 on: March 14, 2016, 22:43:03 »
Quote from: grahame on March 14, 2016, 00:14:00
Quote from: paul7755 on March 13, 2016, 23:25:42
Could 1 be Havant?

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Neatly fits the clues, I can see - but sorry, you haven't got it  Wink.

I don't know where no.1 is but my initial impression was that this had to be a station served by a Thames valley train on the basis that it had dynamic lines. I thought only High speed and LTV▸ (London [and] Thames Valley) FGW▸ (First Great Western) trains have that?

However... the next photo shot in Leeds also has a train with dynamic lines so I suspect the first photo is in the same locality
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« Reply #36 on: March 15, 2016, 06:25:49 »
Quote from: Surrey 455 on March 14, 2016, 22:43:03
However... the next photo shot in Leeds also has a train with dynamic lines so I suspect the first photo is in the same locality

Or the same TOC▸ (Train Operating Company)?

Two pictures taken ... 10 minutes or so earlier than no.1 (of the same train) and a couple of minutes later than no. 3 (at the same station)
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« Reply #37 on: March 16, 2016, 15:39:10 »
3. Leeds
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« Reply #38 on: March 16, 2016, 17:16:38 »
Quote from: signalandtelegraph on March 16, 2016, 15:39:10
3. Leeds

Nope, not even the right county - sorry!
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« Reply #39 on: March 19, 2016, 06:30:18 »
OK ... those two remaining are darned difficult.   Anagram time ... or rather list of letters in names.

1. [' ', 'a', 'a', 'd', 'd', 'e', 'h', 'l', 'm', 'o', 'r', 't', 'u']

3. ['a', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'e', 'e', 'h', 'r', 't', 'w']
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« Reply #40 on: March 19, 2016, 07:18:20 »
1 - Mauldeth Road somewhere near Manchester I think
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« Reply #41 on: March 19, 2016, 07:26:02 »
3 Waterbeach
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« Reply #42 on: March 19, 2016, 08:25:45 »
Indeed - Mauldeth Road, first station on the line towards Manchester Airport;  half hourly service from Northern Rail, but with additional peak hour stops by TransPennine Express. I was up there a couple of weeks back now - attending a bus event at Ardwick Green and stayed in a 'hotel' on the Wilmslow Road the night before.

And Waterbeach - first station (at the moment) to the north of Cambridge. There's an intermediate station due to be opened to serve the science park / business park area, as at present Cambridge is too far south and Waterbeach is too far north.
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