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« Reply #60 on: August 15, 2014, 07:02:04 »
On an iphone? You try.....:-)
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« Reply #61 on: August 15, 2014, 09:53:07 »
Realtime trains (website, not app) works pretty well on an iPhone as the screen reformats for the device screen size nicely using 'responsive design' scripts I presume?  Unlike some websites I could mention...  Cheesy
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« Reply #62 on: August 19, 2014, 07:08:49 »
We seem to have got diverted off this quiz at Foxhall Junction  Grin

I have gone back and written in as many of the correct answers (whether they are the ones I had come up with or others) as I can filter out - but it's a real mashup.  And for completeness,  here are at the ones where the answer I was originally thinking of didn't come out:

2.
King's Cross
Cardiff Central
Marylebone
Haymarket
Marylebone - only one without a platform 0

4.
Andover
Liskeard
Alton
Brownhills West
Liskeard - only one that hasn't been talked about or tried for a Parry People Mover

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Hull Paragon
Glasgow Queen Street High Level
Inverness
Perth
Hull Paragon - only one that doesn't have seven platforms

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Dunrobin
Duncraig
Falls of Cruachan
Sugar Loaf
Sugar Loaf - only one that doesn't / hasn't had a "private" label on it

11.
Corrour
Kintbury
Ridgmont
Flint
Ridgmont - only one without a through service to London

Some of those may be subject to discussion / interpretation / addition of facts that muddy the waters - please do feel free to jump in with "yes, but" or "I have a better alternative".
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« Reply #63 on: August 19, 2014, 07:46:14 »
Parry People Mover was talked about for Liskeard-Looe by Mr Community Rail himself in 2004 - http://www.parrypeoplemovers.com/ppm36-feature.htm
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« Reply #64 on: August 19, 2014, 08:44:55 »
Quote from: Lee on August 19, 2014, 07:46:14
Parry People Mover was talked about for Liskeard-Looe by Mr Community Rail himself in 2004 - http://www.parrypeoplemovers.com/ppm36-feature.htm

Which all goes to show the difficulty of setting quiz questions!  Cheesy

On a technical note, the reason that I didn't do too detailed a check on Liskeard / Looe for this question was (a) the steep gradient, (b) the seasonality of the line / could a PPM▸ (Parry People Mover, or Pence Per Mile, or Public Performance Measure - depending on context) cope in summer? and (c) relative length of line.   However, I do note that the Edwardian Railcar was used on the line and indeed it *is* a logical candidate for isolated lightweight operation.
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