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« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2009, 23:06:41 » |
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Not a Cotswold line station, but it is in the erstwhile "First Great Western Link" area, and served by both Turbos and HSTs▸ .
Newbury/basingstoke area? in which case I've never been through there but damn, it looks much like somewhere I have! Except thats no close to banbury! Didcot parkway? No - its not high enough over the road! hmmmm |
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« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2009, 23:07:00 » |
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Ollie
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« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2009, 23:12:03 » |
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Pangbourne?
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« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2009, 23:12:24 » |
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Aha, perhaps not.
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« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2009, 23:24:48 » |
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You were much warmer with newbury/Basingstoke area No where in the Basingstoke/Newbury area is close to Banbury You HAVE been in the states too long - a 2 hours drive is NOT close! |
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« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2009, 23:26:22 » |
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« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2009, 23:28:30 » |
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I said broadly the right area of the FGW▸ system! (i.e. Thames Valley*) The place in question is definitely closer to Banbury than, say, Penzance, Hereford or Pembroke Dock But unfortunately it's not Pangbourne. I'm trying to think of a clue that won't make it immediately obvious but haven't come up with a good one yet. *Actually, it might not strictly geographically be the Thames Valley, but it is in railway terms at least. It's the London side of Oxford (sort of, you have to go east from Oxford on a train to get to it, anyway), used to be FGW Link and is served by Turbos, which counts in my book. |
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« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2009, 23:31:16 » |
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I said broadly the right area of the FGW▸ system! (i.e. Thames Valley) The place in question is definitely closer to Banbury than, say, Penzance, Hereford or Pembroke Dock But unfortunately it's not Pangbourne. I'm trying to think of a clue that won't make it immediately obvious but haven't come up with a good one yet. Well Hereford is in FGW but is not Thames Valley - I doubt even banbury is! /basingstoke is NOT in the Thames Valley |
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« Reply #23 on: October 06, 2009, 23:39:24 » |
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I said broadly the right area of the FGW▸ system! (i.e. Thames Valley*) The place in question is definitely closer to Banbury than, say, Penzance, Hereford or Pembroke Dock But unfortunately it's not Pangbourne. I'm trying to think of a clue that won't make it immediately obvious but haven't come up with a good one yet. *Actually, it might not strictly geographically be the Thames Valley, but it is in railway terms at least. It's the London side of Oxford (sort of, you have to go east from Oxford on a train to get to it, anyway), used to be FGW Link and is served by Turbos, which counts in my book. Abingdon? Somewhere between oxford and swindon - I'm now REALLY confused |
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« Reply #24 on: October 07, 2009, 00:06:36 » |
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East, as in towards London! This is fun . And no-one's even tried number 2 yet which I thought was one of the easier ones. |
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« Reply #25 on: October 07, 2009, 00:15:00 » |
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East, as in towards London! This is fun . And no-one's even tried number 2 yet which I thought was one of the easier ones. You should be proud, I'm well and truly stumped, and I live in the Thames Valley Area. |
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« Reply #26 on: October 07, 2009, 00:16:30 » |
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This will probably make it ragingly obvious, but here goes anyway...
It's a station that is not served every day.
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« Reply #27 on: October 07, 2009, 00:19:20 » |
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This will probably make it ragingly obvious, but here goes anyway...
It's a station that is not served every day.
It doesn't look like Taplow or Iver, So maybe West Ealing. Aha I'm so confused now. Edit @ 00:20 - West Ealing for number 3, final answer, and then I give up Edit @ 00:25 - realises what a stupid idea West Ealing is due to lack of overhead line  |
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« Reply #28 on: October 07, 2009, 00:20:43 » |
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FallenAngel was getting fairly close with Nwebury/Basingstoke area...
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« Reply #29 on: October 07, 2009, 00:22:35 » |
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GRRRRRRR
I'm still plumpting for an OXF» stopper station cos if its not on the OX - RDG‡ line I cant think what is FGW▸ line that could be classed as thames valley area - anything branching from maidenhead is close to banbury but cold for basingstoke
UNLESS its on the one line I've never done which is RDG to basingstoke!
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