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« on: November 29, 2015, 16:48:50 »
A quick quiz to end November - all with pictures taken in the last month. Just one each please - I'm sure they'll all go quickly too.   More exciting quiz coming next month  Wink

1. Swindon - Oxonhutch


2. Taunton - ChrisB


3.  Leeds - TeaStew


4. Twyford - Adelante_CCT


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6. Bath Spa - Tim and Chris from Nailsea


7. Didcot - Oxman
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2015, 16:59:52 »
7 Didcot Parkway?
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2015, 17:01:16 »
I reckon that's right - and 2 is Taunton!
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2015, 17:02:30 »
1: Swindon
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2015, 17:06:46 »
1, Swindon.  What used to be a garden next to the BTP▸ (British Transport Police) office
6, Bath (Christmas market crowds?)
7, Didcot
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2015, 17:15:38 »
Quote from: grahame on November 29, 2015, 16:48:50
Just one each please

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« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2015, 17:30:26 »
And 7 has already been taken....
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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2015, 17:46:24 »
Correct for 1, 2 and 7 - Swindon, Taunton and Didcot

6 is not quite Bath during Christmas Market Crowds.
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2015, 18:43:48 »
That is a VERY short platform at Taunton.
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2015, 18:48:24 »
4. Twyford
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2015, 19:22:53 »
6 is difficult, but I think it could be Swindon again.
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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2015, 19:36:31 »
4 is indeed Twyford

All 7 pictures are taken at different stations.
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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2015, 19:47:26 »
I think 6. is Bath Spa - but with its usual patronage, not necessarily Christmas Market Crowds.  Wink Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2015, 19:57:35 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on November 29, 2015, 19:47:26
I think 6. is Bath Spa - but with its usual patronage, not necessarily Christmas Market Crowds.  Wink Cheesy Grin

You are correct, Chris. This was before the Christmas Market opened - on my way back from Bristol at the start of November from the Railfuture meeting or the Campaign for Better Transport meeting.

Picture proves that rail has a future, and we need better (more spacious) transport  Grin
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2015, 11:56:31 »
Quote from: grahame on November 29, 2015, 19:57:35
Picture proves that rail has a future, and we need better (more spacious) transport
More spacious yes, and in longer formations, but better would be difficult, the class 158 is quite possibly the best DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) ever (seriously, make the air-con reliable and give them a more-spacious interior, like the 175s have, and perhaps faster doors (again like the 175s have) and there's probabally not much else to improve).
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