The Kevin Bacon game, railway-style

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[TerminalJunkie]

Starting from Barnstaple (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/smr/BNP.html), can you get to Oban (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/smr/OBN.html) in less than six clicks?

If you want to know why it's called the Kevin Bacon Game, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon
If you'd like to play the Kevin Bacon Game, see http://oracleofbacon.org/

[grahame]

Five.

Cursor to right of the P in the location bar
Delete
Cursor to the left of the B
Press O
Press enter

It's that easy because OBN ends as BNP^▸ (Barnstaple) starts

[grahame]

BNP^▸ (Barnstaple) - CPN - FOC^▸ (Freight Operating Company) - OBN
(A new use for some of our quieter stations!)

[TerminalJunkie]

BNP^▸ (Barnstaple) - CPN - FOC^▸ (Freight Operating Company) - OBN

I found a three early on, too: BNP - SGB - JEQ - OBN, so this is probably too easy.

Perhaps the questions should be whether there's a pair of stations that can't be done in four or fewer clicks?

(A new use for some of our quieter stations!)

Indeed

[Btline]

One click:

Delete BNP^▸ (Barnstaple)

Add OBN

Click go.