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Following an off-topic musing from some research I was doing .. can you identify these stations; I am listing all departures in passenger service in the timetable between 06:00 and 20:00, the number being the number of services to the same destination:

1.
   4 Crewe
   4 Cardiff Central
   4 Birmingham International
   2 Birmingham New Street
   1 Shrewsbury
   1 Manchester Airport
   1 Maesteg
   1 London Euston
   1 Llanelli

2.
   6 Swindon
   5 Westbury
   1 Southampton Central
   1 Salisbury
   1 Cheltenham Spa

3.
   7 Alton
   3 London Waterloo
   2 Farnham
   1 Woking

4.
   7 Penzance
   4 Plymouth
   3 Cardiff Central

5.
  13 Newbury
   3 London Paddington
   1 Plymouth

6.
  15 Weymouth
  13 Southampton Central
   8 Manchester Piccadilly
   3 Winchester
   1 Birmingham New Street

Is 5 Bedwyn?

Yes, it is ... just one train for stations west, and now a very much thinner London service than pre-pandemic.

3 is Ash Vale ?

6 is Bournemouth?

No, but you're not far off.


Yes ... and I find it shocking that there are no through trains to London!

This is the SWR drastically pruned 'Emergency timetable' until 8th January. After then, there are plenty of through trains to Waterloo.

Hmmm ... have you faith in that? ...

Try Bentley (Hants)


Not really  >:(   As with the esteemed member from Templecombe, I have little faith in SWR!

Yes - the main difference from Ash Vale is the number of short (Farnham) workings ... when you suggested Ash Vale, I did a "oops" and checked that one out too.

Now, let's see, Melksham must be in there somewhere so ... I guess 2 is the most likely of those left.

4 = Menheniot

Yes and yes - just no. 1 to work out

No1 Holyhead?

It is indeed

1. Holyhead
2. Melksham
3. Bentley
4. Menheniot
5. Bedwyn
6. Bournemouth

Bonuses

7.
  2 - Great Yarmouth
  1 - Norwich

8.
    7  - Peterborough
    6  - Ipswich

9.
    2 - Carlisle (but they were both cancelled)

10.
    3 - Ayr
    1 - Glasgow Central
    1 - Kilmarnock

7.   Berney Arms
10. Dunlop

8 Soham

Absolute disgrace. Are SWR/Dft just trying to see how much they can get away with? And to think the London-Southampton-Bournemouth-Weymouth line was the jewel in Network Southeast’s crown with the class 442 Wessex Electrics. Shouldn’t be entirely surprised when Cross Country are still serving Bournemouth on a Covid based timetable!

Having said all that, from Tuesday to Saturday next week Bournemouth and stations west of Southampton will have no service at all! Crazy.

8 - Ely?

10 = Stranraer

Yes - and also correctly identified:
7 - Berney Arms
8 - Soham

Both Dunlop and Ely share those destination lists, but have a lot more trains and destinations.  Just no. 9 to work out with only 2 departures scheduled to Carlisle, both of which were cancelled yesterday.

One has to wonder, and at the implications if that's the case ...

9 Lancaster?

Nope.  Bear in mind I am listing all passenger train departures to anywhere that were scheduled from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m - and it would be a very sad day for Lancaster for it have no services to Manchester, Barrow, Morcambe, Leeds or London (though I appreciate it WAS such a sad day for Bournemouth).

Just this one left ... the answer is Chathill

Cancelled between Chathill and Newcastle due to crew issue.

Indeed.   It's quite a surprise that the destination of all (two!) trains scheduled to leave a small station on the East Coast Main Line is Carlise on the West Coast Main Line!

There are also timetabled trains from Morpeth to Carlisle supplementing the Chathill ones