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« on: August 27, 2022, 22:37:48 » |
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Odd one out - which and why? (and there may be multiple correct answers!)
Please tackle just one question each (at least at first)
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Paddington Bear
Kindertransport
Winston Churchill
John Betjamin
1 - Winston Churchill - not commemorated by a memorial at a London terminus station eightonedee
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Colyton
Summerwood Lane
Summerseat
The Squirrel
2 - Summerseat is a station on the East Lancs Railway (others are tram stops) - ellendune
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Ashford International to Paris
Brigg to Cleethorpes
Trowbridge to Waterloo
Bristol Temple Meads to Manchester Picadilly
( 3 - Ashford International - Paris is the only one that you require a Passport to use the service, also the only service where the train is timetabled to exceed 126mph Electric Train )
( 3 - Bristol T M to Manchester Picc. The only one to have a through service at present - bradshaw )
3 - Other 3 services apart from the Trowbridge to Waterloo service indicated their closures are temporary Froome
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Ilfracombe
Newquay
Helston
Looe
4 - Ilfracombe is in Devon, the others are in Cornwall. Merthyr Imp
But there is another answer I am looking for!
( 4 - Ilfracombe is LSWR▸ , the others GWR▸ PhilWakely )
( 4 - Looe never had a through service from London AMLAG )
4 - Helston is not seaside, others are AMLAG
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Countisbury
Porlock
Quantock
Lynmouth
5 - Countisbury, Porlock, and Lynmouth are towns or villages on the A39. "Quantock" isn't - quite - such a place, though West Quantoxhead is. stuving
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Thornford
Dilton Marsh
Menheniot
Sandplace
6 - Menheniot is not a request stop, whereas the other three are. AMLAG
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150216
150230
150247
150261
7 - Unit 150230 in service with TfW, all others GWR. - Alan Pettit
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Devizes
Badminton
Wellington
Corsham
8 - Badminton - no reopening proposal on the DfT» ’s latest list? - paul7575
9.
Hampshire and Dorset
West of England
South West
Southern Vectis
9 - Southern Vectis - not a first group company - rogerw
10.
Didcot
Basingstoke
Peterborough
Ipswich
10 - Basingstoke isn’t AC electrified? - paul7575
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11 - 8 - not an achieveable class 80x formation? - plymothian
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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2022, 22:44:06 » |
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1 - Winston Churchill - not commemorated by a memorial at a London terminus station
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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2022, 23:56:21 » |
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8. Badminton - no reopening proposal on the DfT» ’s latest list?
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grahame
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« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2022, 06:42:56 » |
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Correct so far:
1 - Winston Churchill - not commemorated by a memorial at a London terminus station - eightonedee
8 - Badminton - no reopening proposal on the DfT» ’s latest list? - paul7575
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« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2022, 06:56:32 » |
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3. - No current direct train services between them but they used to, except Trowbridge to Waterloo
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2022, 08:01:18 » |
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9. South West not a bus company??
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« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2022, 08:43:19 » |
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3. - No current direct train services between them but they used to, except Trowbridge to Waterloo
9. South West not a bus company??
On the right lines - but not quite - in both cases. Trowbridge to Waterloo IS the odd one out ... but the reason is subtly different. And for question 9, you are on the right lines (or should I say "road") with bus companies. |
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« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2022, 09:41:19 » |
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3. - No current direct train services between them but they used to, except Trowbridge to Waterloo
9. South West not a bus company??
On the right lines - but not quite - in both cases. Trowbridge to Waterloo IS the odd one out ... but the reason is subtly different. And for question 9, you are on the right lines (or should I say "road") with bus companies. Trowbridge to Waterloo stopped in December 2021. Did the other 3 stop having through services at the start of the pandemic, i.e. 2020? |
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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2022, 10:48:58 » |
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9 Southern Vectis - not a first group company
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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2022, 11:13:13 » |
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11: 8 - not an achieveable class 80x formation?
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« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2022, 11:25:15 » |
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11: 8 - not an achieveable class 80x formation?
9. South West not a bus company??
Yep ... and yep. Still almost there with the Trowbridge - Waterloo and why that's (sadly) different to the other three there. |
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« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2022, 11:28:47 » |
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6. Menheniot is not a request stop, whereas the other three are.
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« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2022, 11:31:41 » |
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5. Countisbury, Porlock, and Lynmouth are towns or villages on the A39. "Quantock" isn't - quite - such a place, though West Quantoxhead is.
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« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2022, 11:39:24 » |
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6. Menheniot is not a request stop, whereas the other three are.
Yep! 5. Countisbury, Porlock, and Lynmouth are towns or villages on the A39. "Quantock" isn't - quite - such a place, though West Quantoxhead is. I'll give you that - my thought is that Countisbury, Porlock, and Lynmouth and all hills on the road, whereas the Quantocks are a range of hills. |
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« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2022, 19:44:40 » |
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4. Ilfracombe is the only English station
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8 Billion people on a wet rock - of course we're not happy
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