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« Reply #30 on: October 16, 2016, 07:04:51 » |
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It's Sunday now so No 7 Taunton USA .! So you stayed up till just gone midnight, so you could post that answer just to confound CfN as he plies his van through the lonely lanes of North Somerset ! How very sad for both of you   |
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« Reply #31 on: October 16, 2016, 08:10:27 » |
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No. 7 is interesting ...
Low level platform
Lack of station signage
Lack of seating, rubbish bins, information point
I'm tempted to suggest this isn't a station that's open to the public ...
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« Reply #32 on: October 16, 2016, 09:03:37 » |
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No. 6 Blackpool Pleasure Beach - disused part of exant miniature railway.
... but then you clued that the town had already been guessed and I do not see that in previous posts.
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« Reply #33 on: October 16, 2016, 10:19:23 » |
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It's Sunday now so No 7 Taunton USA .!
Well, 24 hours aren't up, but I'll let you off.  Correct. The Old Colony Railroad station in Taunton, Massachusetts. A deliberate ringer in the selection because I know how much Chris from Nailsea likes there to be at least one picture of Taunton.  I've not been to my home town's namesake. The picture was found with Google. Oh, and Taunton, Mass, is north of Birmingham, Alabama! |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
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« Reply #34 on: October 16, 2016, 10:25:32 » |
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No. 6 Blackpool Pleasure Beach - disused part of exant miniature railway.
... but then you clued that the town had already been guessed and I do not see that in previous posts.
Sorry, no. A different 'railway' in a town whose National Rail station has also been pictured and identified... |
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« Reply #35 on: October 16, 2016, 10:34:21 » |
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No. 7 is interesting ...
Low level platform
Lack of station signage
Lack of seating, rubbish bins, information point
I'm tempted to suggest this isn't a station that's open to the public ...
It is currently closed. I think the line remains in use for freight. Taunton, Mass, is scheduled to get a new station on that line by 2029. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Coast_Rail |
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« Reply #36 on: October 16, 2016, 10:35:25 » |
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No 6 Southport as suggested ex miniature railway
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« Reply #37 on: October 16, 2016, 10:43:48 » |
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No 6 Southport as suggested ex miniature railway
Correct. The Lakeside Miniature Railway. Like the tramway on the pier, recently closed. Although the LMR has been bought by the nearby Pleasureland owners who plan to rebuild and reopen it. |
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« Reply #38 on: October 16, 2016, 19:40:48 » |
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Still left to guess (now with clue): 3.  10.  And bonus question: 11. Which one of these locations is now anachronistically named? Can you name similar locations? (I think there are three or four others) Clue: Both on the same, very old, inter city line. |
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« Reply #39 on: October 16, 2016, 19:57:47 » |
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A very old intercity line with shiny new OLE▸ gives it away. I assume we are talking about the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. And the anachronistically named station is No 10, St Helens Junction.
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« Reply #40 on: October 16, 2016, 20:35:54 » |
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A very old intercity line with shiny new OLE▸ gives it away. I assume we are talking about the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. And the anachronistically named station is No 10, St Helens Junction.
Correct. A junction station with no junction. By my rough and ready research I've found 3 other such stations in Great Britain with the last word 'Junction' in the name, but only serving one route. |
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« Reply #41 on: October 17, 2016, 05:23:18 » |
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Correct. A junction station with no junction.
Err ... there remains a junction in the passenger flow, with people getting off trains and headed for the fast and frequent bus service to St. Helens town centre:  From a customer viewpoint, there are a number of similar word: Parkway: You can drive you car and easily park it at the station, and it's near the place named Road: It's a bit of a way up the road from the place named - you can walk, get a taxi, lift, perhaps some buses Junction: Change here for onward public transport to the named place South: The centre of the named place may be found to the north of the station. With the word "junction", I will admit to a dual use of "junction at" which may confuse. Try getting a bus from Dovey Junction to Dovey, or from Georgemas Junction to Georgemas, for example. |
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« Reply #42 on: October 17, 2016, 07:47:16 » |
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Try getting a bus from Dovey Junction to Dovey, or from Georgemas Junction to Georgemas, for example.
But the Dovey (Dyfi) is a river and is next to the junction. And sometimes in it! so a bus is not required to get there. Also few few people want to go there. Now Aberdyfi.... |
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« Reply #43 on: October 17, 2016, 13:42:54 » |
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My point is that 'Junction' stations were so named because they served more than one rail route. That's why the name is anachronistic for those stations called 'Junction' that now only serve one route.
So, in addition to St Helens Junction, what are the other anachronisticly named?
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« Reply #44 on: October 17, 2016, 13:56:47 » |
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Burscough Junction on the Ormskirk - Preston Line.
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