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« Reply #15 on: July 10, 2009, 19:12:46 »

3. Sampford Courtenay (forgot that Oaky was the terminus)
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« Reply #16 on: July 10, 2009, 19:15:06 »

Let's see ... nearly there.  6 out of 7 correct ...

1 - Lynton (bignosemac)
2 - Helston (bignosemac)
3 - Sampford Courteney (Zoe)
4 - Melksham (Devon Metro)
5 - Norton Fitzwarren  (Rogerw)
6 - NOT YET IDENTIFIED
7 - Fishguard (John R)

(On no. 6 ... my clue may be slightly out ... it may be a couple less times that 14)
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« Reply #17 on: July 10, 2009, 19:48:30 »

to be fair sampford courtnay using the sometimes used spelling isnt just served on a sunday :-)
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« Reply #18 on: July 10, 2009, 19:50:51 »

I think I know the answer to (6) now, but only because I did some online research. I know that's frowned on in certain quarters, so I'll leave it open for now.

If I'm right, the station I'm thinking of was renamed in May 1905.
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« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2009, 20:03:57 »

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« Reply #20 on: July 10, 2009, 20:14:16 »

Luxulyan

Yup ....

And, Phil, I don't frown on research.   I thought that "Bridges" was going to be pretty hard to isolate in Google .


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« Reply #21 on: July 10, 2009, 20:21:48 »

as far as google research goes the amount of stations that contain bridge or are near a bridge... its one of those that you would have to have read previoulsly of known, i recently was reading up on the newquay branch.. mainly due to the short formed hst thread, phil just jogged my memory
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« Reply #22 on: July 10, 2009, 20:24:10 »

as far as google research goes the amount of stations that contain bridge or are near a bridge... its one of those that you would have to have read previoulsly of known, i recently was reading up on the newquay branch.. mainly due to the short formed hst thread, phil just jogged my memory

I intentionally left out "termination point of shortest HST (High Speed Train) ever" as I knew that would trigger a very fast answer!
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« Reply #23 on: July 10, 2009, 20:48:36 »

And, Phil, I don't frown on research.   I thought that "Bridges" was going to be pretty hard to isolate in Google .

Ah, but I don't use Google  Cheesy

I am very aware though that some people think of it as "cheating" to look things up with an internet search engine - despite the fact that you have to be a pretty canny researcher (or a trained one, as I have been) to quickly narrow down the results.

I once managed to track down a self-titled jazz-rock album by a band called "If" so believe me, pinpointing a railway station didn't take a great deal of effort in comparison Grin
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« Reply #24 on: July 10, 2009, 20:58:31 »

I too had to research online for the answer to No6. Wikipedia handily lists station opening and closing years! Would've needed to research No2 as well were it not for the book I'm reading at the moment! (Along Lost Lines - Paul Atterbury)
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« Reply #25 on: July 10, 2009, 21:08:49 »

Ah, yes - wikipedia is so useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_(bandWink Cheesy Grin
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Ah, yes - wikipedia is so useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_(bandWink Cheesy Grin

With bands it usually helps to include the word "discography" in the search

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