Traditional quiz - almost

[whole diary]

[ellendune]

I think you only have to go through the barriers if you want to get from an A to B end or vice versa.  If that is correct you should be able to go down to the wrong end of the platform and walk along to the right end. 

[ChrisB]

Use that solution all the time, to get the time & destination that I want - thats if I haven't travelled with that info, which I usuallydo in prep for the trip.

Only takes a couple of minutes - well recommended

[grahame]

I think you only have to go through the barriers if you want to get from an A to B end or vice versa.  If that is correct you should be able to go down to the wrong end of the platform and walk along to the right end. 

Hmmm ... not quite how I think it is, but I've typically now had more than a few minutes to dash around, so I'm hesitant to be dogmatic.

Tried
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/SME/BHM_StationPlan.aspx?rtnloc=BHM
but find it less than helpful - doesn't seem to be current.

[trainer]

I wonder if 9 could be Clapham Junction.

[eightf48544]

4 wild guess Stoke on Trent

[plymothian]

I think you only have to go through the barriers if you want to get from an A to B end or vice versa.  If that is correct you should be able to go down to the wrong end of the platform and walk along to the right end. 

Hmmm ... not quite how I think it is, but I've typically now had more than a few minutes to dash around, so I'm hesitant to be dogmatic.

Tried
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/SME/BHM_StationPlan.aspx?rtnloc=BHM
but find it less than helpful - doesn't seem to be current.

you need to look at Network Rail, who managed BHM. 

And number 9 has signage in the style of the National Express Group, C2C colours, but it doesn't appear to be a C2C station.

[ChrisB]

And on that page, for some unknown reason, lists amongst their TOCs^▸ (Train Operating Company) "First Great Western"

a) They don't serve BHM
b) That TOC no longer exists either

[Fourbee]

Solution that I'm starting to use is to look it up on a site such as realtime trains as I approach Birmingham.

Not sure if I have mentioned this site before, but as an alternative try
http://traintimes.org.uk/live/bhm

The URL is customisable as described on the homepage:
http://traintimes.org.uk/

e.g. next trains to Reading http://traintimes.org.uk/live/bhm/Reading

[ChrisB]

An App is quicker - try the National Rail one, fr example

[Fourbee]

An App is quicker - try the National Rail one, fr example

Does it really need to be supported by ads? £4.99 for the paid version?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.nationalrail.google&hl=en_GB

Maybe the iOS version is better; I wont be finding out!

[grahame]

I think the quiz has petered.  If you were to think of a healthy parent and an academic out for an afternoon's 'sport', you may be headed towards the places.

[Merthyr Imp]

I think the quiz has petered.  If you were to think of a healthy parent and an academic out for an afternoon's 'sport', you may be headed towards the places.

So No. 4 must be Motherwell?

[eightf48544]

So No. 4 is not Stoke on Trent

[grahame]

Number 4 is indeed Motherwell ... sorry / overlooked the Stoke-on-Trent suggestion

Bit naughty posting an XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) train closely cropped ... encouraging lots of guesses in or nearer the SouthWest

[stuving]

And 9 has to be Huntingdon. I'm sure I've been through there, and quite likely changed trains too - but evidently not in living memory.