Odd one out - which and why? (and there may be multiple correct answers!)

Please tackle just one question each (at least at first)

1.
Paddington Bear
Kindertransport
Winston Churchill
John Betjamin
1 - Winston Churchill - not commemorated by a memorial at a London terminus station eightonedee

2.
Colyton
Summerwood Lane
Summerseat
The Squirrel
2 - Summerseat is a station on the East Lancs Railway (others are tram stops) - ellendune

3.
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

4.
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

5.
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

6.
Thornford
Dilton Marsh
Menheniot
Sandplace
6 - Menheniot is not a request stop, whereas the other three are. AMLAG

7.
150216
150230
150247
150261
7 - Unit 150230 in service with TfW, all others GWR. - Alan Pettit

8.
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

11.
5
8
9
10
11 - 8 - not an achieveable class 80x formation? - plymothian

 
1 - Winston Churchill - not commemorated by a memorial at a London terminus station

 
8. Badminton - no reopening proposal on the DfT’s latest list?

Paul

 
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

 
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?

 
9 Southern Vectis - not a first group company

 
11: 8 - not an achieveable class 80x formation?

 

Yep ... and yep.


Still almost  there with the Trowbridge - Waterloo and why that's (sadly) different to the other three there.

 

6. Menheniot is not a request stop, whereas the other three are.

 
5. Countisbury, Porlock, and Lynmouth are towns or villages on the A39. "Quantock" isn't - quite - such a place, though West Quantoxhead is.

 

Yep!


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.

 
4. Ilfracombe is the only English station

 

Disputable and not what I had in mind!

 
Colyton, Summerwood Lane (Nottingham) and The Squirrel (Blackpool) are all tram stops

Summerseat is a station on the East Lancs Railway

 
4 - Ilfracombe is in Devon, the others are in Cornwall.

 
10. Basingstoke isn’t AC electrified?

 


Valid and I have to give you that, but still not what I had in mind!


Yes - and indeed all of them are at a boundary where at least one onward route in under diesel power.

 

4.  Ilfracombe is LSWR, the others GWR

 

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

 
3 Bristol T M to Manchester Picc
The only one to have a through service at present

 

Another good answer - I hadn't realised that there are a couple of trains (14:00 and 16:00) in the afternoon ...

 
Another stab at 3 - have the TOCs for the other 3 services apart from the Trowbridge to Waterloo service indicated their closures are temporary and will be reviewed?

 

4.  All except Helston are on the coast
     All except Looe, at one time had through railway coaches from London
     And only Looe has shark fishing
     Only Newquay is increasingly being over developed/spoilt in the name of ‘Tourism’ !

 
7. Unit 150230 in service with TfW, all others GWR.

 
Amazing how knowledgeable you folks are - and how many different answers there are to the same question!

1 - Winston Churchill - not commemorated by a memorial at a London terminus station eightonedee
2 - Summerseat is a station on the East Lancs Railway (others are tram stops) - ellendune
( 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
( 4 - Ilfracombe is in Devon, the others are in Cornwall. Merthyr Imp )
( 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
5 - Countisbury, Porlock, and Lynmouth are towns or villages on the A39. "Quantock" isn't - quite - such a place, though West Quantoxhead is. stuving
6 - Menheniot is not a request stop, whereas the other three are. AMLAG
7 - Unit 150230 in service with TfW, all others GWR. - Alan Pettit
8 - Badminton - no reopening proposal on the DfT’s latest list? - paul7575
9 - Southern Vectis - not a first group company - rogerw
10 - Basingstoke isn’t AC electrified? - paul7575
11 - 8 - not an achieveable class 80x formation? - plymothian

 

Totally agreed - please quote yourself and start a new thread in "Cross Country"  .  ... many a true word is written jest or in a lighter vein!

Edit to add - new thread (and original post) at http://www.passenger.chat/26680