Odd one out?

[whole diary]

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Tounge firmly in cheek.

No 2 Haymarket all the rest belonged to pre grouping companies starting with Great! 

Tongue position noticed.  I'm going to contend that in any list of four stations, every single one could be "odd one out" for some reason!   All the following are correct selections ... yet none are what I had thought as I made up the questions!

Heathrow Central is also odd because you can make a free journey on the T4 shuttle!

1. Cardiff Bay is the odd one out because its in Wales the rest are in England

8. Glasgow Queen Street is the only one without a direct service to London Kings Cross - though it used to have one.

Goodness yes ... so it is!

[ellendune]

3.
Haltwhistle
Blaeneau Ffestiniog
Aberystwyth
Ravenglass

There are both standard gauge and and historic narrow gauge railways at Blaeneau Ffestiniog (Ffestiniog Railway), Aberystwyth (Vale of Rheidol Railway) and Ravenglass (Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway).

Although part of the former standard gauge branch line from Alston to Haltwhistle has been reopened as a narrow gauge line it has not so far reached Hatlwhistle.

Therefore Haltwhistle is the odd one out.

[grahame]

Therefore Haltwhistle is the odd one out.

Well reasoned, and correct to what I had in mind.

[grahame]

Lots of good answers which I have attempted to cut in to the original questions.    I'm not sure about Duncraig / Dunrobin / Sugar Loaf / Falls of Cruachan - thought they were all request stops, but looks like that has changed for Falls of Cruachan - for this year?

[JayMac]

5.

Bristol Temple Meads is the only one of the four owned and managed by the same entity.

[Electric train]

1. - Marlow - You can catch a train going more than just one stop
Windsor and Eton Central
Marlow
Stourbridge Town
Cardiff Bay
Marlow - 2 trains on branch allowed not just one - eightf48544
Stourbridge Town - not worked by a conventional emu - eightf48544
Cardiff Bay - only one in Wales - Electric Train

The "Marlow Branch" is technically a single line with branch each with their own ELR (Engineers Line Reference)  Maidenhead - Bourne End is WBB and Bourne End - Marlow MWB.  

Two trains cannot be allowed on one of the lines at any one time; WBB is protected by "Token Block" (Tyer's No 9 key token) and MWB is protected by "Electric Train Staff"

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8. Did you have in mind that Hull Paragon, Glasgow Queen Street High Level,  and Inverness are termini but Perth is a through station? That's so, though confused somewhat by the railways' insistence that, notwithstanding what it says on the building itself, Hull Paragon Interchange (HUU) is a bus stop next to Hull station (HUL).

[grahame]

8. Did you have in mind that Hull Paragon, Glasgow Queen Street High Level,  and Inverness are termini but Perth is a through station? That's so, though confused somewhat by the railways' insistence that, notwithstanding what it says on the building itself, Hull Paragon Interchange (HUU) is a bus stop next to Hull station (HUL).

Oh gosh - actually I didn't have that in mind.  And "throughness" is arguable at Inverness as there are a few trains for which it's an intermediate stop , with the train reversing into a platform, all of which could be considered to be bays!

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8. Did you have in mind that Hull Paragon, Glasgow Queen Street High Level,  and Inverness are termini but Perth is a through station? That's so, though confused somewhat by the railways' insistence that, notwithstanding what it says on the building itself, Hull Paragon Interchange (HUU) is a bus stop next to Hull station (HUL).

Oh gosh - actually I didn't have that in mind.  And "throughness" is arguable at Inverness as there are a few trains for which it's an intermediate stop , with the train reversing into a platform, all of which could be considered to be bays!

Topologically, it's clear enough whether you can drive a train out of either end of a platform and go somewhere, and "through" I think captures that. "Terminus" may not be its exact opposite, as it suggests something about services, not just track. But is there another word?

By the way, I've just realised that you started this thread less than 24 hours ago, so you may feel my suggestion (though not the first for that question) maybe premature; in which case I apologise.

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Topologically, it's clear enough whether you can drive a train out of either end of a platform and go somewhere, and "through" I think captures that. "Terminus" may not be its exact opposite, as it suggests something about services, not just track. But is there another word?

Goodness only knows ...  ... discussion stations and how to categorise might include Bere Alston, Ormskirk and Porthmadog Harbour

By the way, I've just realised that you started this thread less than 24 hours ago, so you may feel my suggestion (though not the first for that question) maybe premature; in which case I apologise.

The intent / spirit of that rule (in these quizzes) is simply to avoid a large numbers of answers being given by just one or two people before anyone else gets a chance, and I'm more than happy that the spirit's been followed - especially in an experimental type of quiz like this one that's throwing up so many curved balls!

[brooklea]

9. All four have a token 'parliamentary' service, but Denton is the only one without a train calling on Saturdays.
Denton is also the only one which only has a service in one direction.

[paul7575]

5.   All have been renamed by adding to the original wording, except for Fishguard Harbour.

Or something like that...

Paul

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6.  Constitution Hill, Lynton, and (the) Ptarmigan are all top stations of funiculars. Nant Gwernol is the upper-end terminus of a "plain" narrow-gauge hill railway. Now, if you tell me that's not what you intended ...

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6.  Constitution Hill, Lynton, and (the) Ptarmigan are all top stations of funiculars. Nant Gwernol is the upper-end terminus of a "plain" narrow-gauge hill railway. Now, if you tell me that's not what you intended ...

Phew!   That is exactly what I intended 

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9. All four have a token 'parliamentary' service, but Denton is the only one without a train calling on Saturdays.
Denton is also the only one which only has a service in one direction.

A good pair of reasons why Denton is the odd one out.   My original thought was that Shippea Hill (I have been there and it looked pretty flat to me!) is the odd one out due to pattern of service, but I do agree that Denton is pretty odd!

5.   All have been renamed by adding to the original wording, except for Fishguard Harbour.

Or something like that...

Paul

Oh wow - you're somewhat beyond my ken with that, but I don't doubt that you're right.   There was a post earlier that the operator and owner are the same only at BRI^» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) ... also true, and it's along those lines that my original odd one out thoughts lay.