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« on: May 25, 2023, 17:18:06 »
Yesterday (24.5.2023) I took the train from my home station in West Wiltshire to The Beach, partly to see how the changed services that started on Monday are getting on.  Lovely day, lots of people around.  Where services have been added, the new trains are much quieter that the ones that were there before, but that's probably because people have regular travel habits and haven't yet moved across. At many places, I broke my journey to take pictures, at other places I took pictures through the window.  How many places can you identify?

1. - Avonmouth - bobm


2. - Avoncliff - PhilWakely


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5. - Keynsham - Kempis


6. - Redland - Bmblbzzz


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8. - Shirehampton - JayMac


9.- Bristol Temple Meads - stuving


10. - Oldfield Park - froome


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15. - Bath Spa - Merthyr Imp


16. - Bradford-on-Avon - johnneyw
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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2023, 17:22:37 »
1) Avonmouth
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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2023, 17:23:36 »
6 is Redland.

It's very rare I recognize any places in these posts for certain, but on this occasion I'm pretty certain I can identify at least three six others! I'll leave them though cos one is enough.
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2023, 17:58:39 »
9. is Bristol Temple Meads, and technically a trick question because all that scaffolding isn't part of the station, it's a sort of collective hard hat for the trains (and passengers). If you'd taken 16 looking the opposite way would you have seen something similar, but smaller?
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2023, 20:04:24 »
2 Avoncliff
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2023, 21:41:59 »
8. My old stamping ground, Shirehampton.
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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2023, 21:49:14 »
10 looks suspiciously like my home station of Oldfield Park.
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« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2023, 22:09:53 »
15 - Bath.
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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2023, 00:00:58 »
5. Keynsham.
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2023, 00:21:56 »
16 Bradford on Avon.
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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2023, 07:50:17 »
Half way there - all the following correctly identified:

1 - Avonmouth - bobm
2 - Avoncliff - PhilWakely
5 - Keynsham - Kempis
6 - Redland - Bmblbzzz
8 - Shirehampton - JayMac
9 - Bristol Temple Meads - stuving
10 - Oldfield Park - froome
15 - Bath Spa - Merthyr Imp
16 - Bradford-on-Avon - johnneyw
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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2023, 08:09:40 »
I come late to this.  7. Melksham
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2023, 08:11:39 »
14. Stapleton Road
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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2023, 08:38:44 »

 13  ‘The Beach’ Severn Beach
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« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2023, 13:48:08 »
Is 7. Exeter?  Cheesy
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