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« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2013, 23:03:35 »
f) correct ... g) close ...
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« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2013, 23:13:47 »
Sneaky guess: (g) = Paris-Gare de Lyon...
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« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2013, 11:40:59 »
h somewhere with ametre gauge tramway, I was going for Northern Ireland for F because of the ventilation grills on the unit but didn't have clue on the location.
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« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2013, 12:46:07 »
g) - sorry - not Gare de Lyon
h) - no.  Why do you say "metre gauge"??  Perhaps it looks like that from the picture, but it isn't!
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« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2013, 13:07:26 »
P.S.  h) and i) are within walking distance of each other ...
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« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2013, 16:44:13 »
 g) Gare de l'Est is next door to Nord (and has a Platform 27 which Lyon does not) so let's have a stab at that
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« Reply #21 on: April 04, 2013, 16:51:15 »
Quote from: trainer on April 04, 2013, 16:44:13
g) Gare de l'Est is next door to Nord (and has a Platform 27 which Lyon does not) so let's have a stab at that

I love "la tour de Paris".  Sorry - it's not l'Est (help ... you have me in doubt now ... I left through l"Est on the trip I took this photo on).   Can you think of another Paris station with that many platforms  Wink ?
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« Reply #22 on: April 04, 2013, 18:08:49 »
Crossposted from HOME ...


Quote from: grahame on April 04, 2013, 17:28:19
Quote from: trainer on April 04, 2013, 17:14:05
OK  - this is my last attempt - not Montparnasse, or Austerlitz so must be St Lazare (to my surprise if correct, but many years since I've been there)

Yep ... "g" in the away quiz is Paris St Lazare ... where I had just arrived from Cherbourg.   Then on via Frankfurt to Nurnberg ...

so (g) is Paris (St Lazare)
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« Reply #23 on: April 04, 2013, 18:10:06 »
Just "h" and "i" to go ... and I really thought that they would be quite easy ones.
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« Reply #24 on: April 04, 2013, 18:31:18 »
h: Looking out of the window from the IBIS hotel at Salford Quay in Manchester (Manchester Metrolink tracks in view) Undecided
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« Reply #25 on: April 04, 2013, 18:43:01 »
Quote from: SandTEngineer on April 04, 2013, 18:31:18
h: Looking out of the window from the IBIS hotel at Salford Quay in Manchester (Manchester Metrolink tracks in view) Undecided

Yep, spot on ...


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« Reply #26 on: April 04, 2013, 18:50:17 »
I knew it was somewhere on the Manchester Metrolink by the style of overheads (how sad is that) and just followed all of the routes on Google Maps until I found that curve Roll Eyes Cheesy Grin Wink
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« Reply #27 on: April 04, 2013, 19:09:54 »
Quote from: SandTEngineer on April 04, 2013, 18:50:17
I knew it was somewhere on the Manchester Metrolink by the style of overheads (how sad is that) and just followed all of the routes on Google Maps until I found that curve Roll Eyes Cheesy Grin Wink

Almost as sad as me ... I'm staying with that view again this very night - and I was so happy to get an even number room (view of tram) rather than an odd number (view of car park).
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« Reply #28 on: April 04, 2013, 20:36:38 »
i Ashton Station on the Victoria Stalybridge line?

Else it's the nearby ghost station.
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« Reply #29 on: April 04, 2013, 21:25:41 »
Quote from: grahame on April 04, 2013, 13:07:26
P.S.  h) and i) are within walking distance of each other ...

Quote from: eightf48544 on April 04, 2013, 20:36:38
i Ashton Station on the Victoria Stalybridge line?

Else it's the nearby ghost station.

Gawd I wouldn't walk that far ;-)

Your second suggestion may have been Mayfield ... goodness, that's an interesting case.
http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=11506
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