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Title: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 27, 2022, 22:37:48 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 Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: eightonedee on August 27, 2022, 22:44:06 1 - Winston Churchill - not commemorated by a memorial at a London terminus station
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: paul7575 on August 27, 2022, 23:56:21 8. Badminton - no reopening proposal on the DfT’s latest list?
Paul Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 28, 2022, 06:42:56 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 Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: Electric train on August 28, 2022, 06:56:32 3. - No current direct train services between them but they used to, except Trowbridge to Waterloo
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: CyclingSid on August 28, 2022, 08:01:18 9. South West not a bus company??
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 28, 2022, 08:43:19 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. Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: froome on August 28, 2022, 09:41:19 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? Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: rogerw on August 28, 2022, 10:48:58 9 Southern Vectis - not a first group company
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: plymothian on August 28, 2022, 11:13:13 11: 8 - not an achieveable class 80x formation?
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 28, 2022, 11:25:15 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. Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: AMLAG on August 28, 2022, 11:28:47 6. Menheniot is not a request stop, whereas the other three are. Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: stuving on August 28, 2022, 11:31:41 5. Countisbury, Porlock, and Lynmouth are towns or villages on the A39. "Quantock" isn't - quite - such a place, though West Quantoxhead is.
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 28, 2022, 11:39:24 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. Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: old original on August 28, 2022, 19:44:40 4. Ilfracombe is the only English station
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 28, 2022, 19:48:07 4. Ilfracombe is the only English station Disputable and not what I had in mind! Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: ellendune on August 28, 2022, 20:36:30 2. Colyton, Summerwood Lane (Nottingham) and The Squirrel (Blackpool) are all tram stopsColyton Summerwood Lane Summerseat The Squirrel Summerseat is a station on the East Lancs Railway Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: Merthyr Imp on August 28, 2022, 22:14:10 4 - Ilfracombe is in Devon, the others are in Cornwall.
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: paul7575 on August 28, 2022, 22:59:00 10. Basingstoke isn’t AC electrified?
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 29, 2022, 01:06:49 4. Ilfracombe is the only English station Disputable and not what I had in mind! 4 - Ilfracombe is in Devon, the others are in Cornwall. Valid and I have to give you that, but still not what I had in mind! 10. Basingstoke isn’t AC electrified? Yes - and indeed all of them are at a boundary where at least one onward route in under diesel power. Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: PhilWakely on August 29, 2022, 06:10:16 4. Ilfracombe is the only English station 4. Ilfracombe is LSWR, the others GWR Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: Electric train on August 29, 2022, 07:02:46 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. 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 Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: bradshaw on August 29, 2022, 08:23:53 3 Bristol T M to Manchester Picc
The only one to have a through service at present Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 29, 2022, 09:35:46 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 ... Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: froome on August 29, 2022, 09:57:50 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?
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: AMLAG on August 29, 2022, 10:32:20 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’ ! Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: Alan Pettitt on August 29, 2022, 13:36:24 7. Unit 150230 in service with TfW, all others GWR.
Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 29, 2022, 17:40:30 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 Title: Re: Odd one out - which and why? Post by: grahame on August 30, 2022, 08:46:11 On number 3, a quiz thread probably isn't the place to make this point. Totally agreed - please quote yourself and start a new thread in "Cross Country" :D. ... 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 This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |