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« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2021, 19:51:17 »
I reckon 2 is Bicester North and Aylesbury to Princes Risborough, High Wycombe, London Paddington and London Marylebone.

Extra station between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough is South Aylesbury Halt which closed on 5 June 1967 around the time period of grahame's timetable.
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« Reply #16 on: April 20, 2021, 20:09:44 »
Quote from: Lee on April 20, 2021, 19:51:17
I reckon 2 is Bicester North and Aylesbury to Princes Risborough, High Wycombe, London Paddington and London Marylebone.

Extra station between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough is South Aylesbury Halt which closed on 5 June 1967 around the time period of grahame's timetable.

Yes, it is ... a real thin service from Bicester North, to Paddington, and no Haddenham and Thame Parkway.

so just no. 6 remains.
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« Reply #17 on: April 20, 2021, 20:36:25 »
I am finding 6 a bit of a pig...Are you sure it is definately a weekday timetable?
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« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2021, 21:02:40 »
Quote from: Lee on April 20, 2021, 20:36:25
I am finding 6 a bit of a pig...Are you sure it is definately a weekday timetable?

Yes - I have just triple checked!
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« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2021, 23:17:09 »
Ok - I dont think I am going to get any closer than my one guess on 6, which would be the Cotswold Line.

If it is, then please could you post the full timetable, if it isnt, then you will have to count me out of the running.
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« Reply #20 on: April 21, 2021, 00:00:47 »
I think 6 is Cardiff via Hereford, to Shrewsbury and to Birmingham via Worcester.
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« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2021, 06:27:17 »
Quote from: stuving on April 21, 2021, 00:00:47
I think 6 is Cardiff via Hereford, to Shrewsbury and to Birmingham via Worcester.

Yes, it is.   Noting footnote "A" is "To London Paddington" - the only through train from Hereford to London via the Cotswold line in those days!
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« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2021, 11:36:19 »
Quote from: grahame on April 20, 2021, 15:02:05
Quote from: Witham Bobby on April 20, 2021, 14:19:13
Is 7 Birmingham New Street, Leamington, Banbury to London, via Bicester to Marylebone and via Oxford to Paddington?


Close enough to give it to you ...

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« Reply #23 on: April 21, 2021, 16:09:47 »
Thank you grahame for an enjoyable and head-scratching set of quizzes.
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« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2021, 03:45:00 »
Quote from: grahame on April 20, 2021, 20:09:44
Quote from: Lee on April 20, 2021, 19:51:17
I reckon 2 is Bicester North and Aylesbury to Princes Risborough, High Wycombe, London Paddington and London Marylebone.

Extra station between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough is South Aylesbury Halt which closed on 5 June 1967 around the time period of grahame's timetable.

Yes, it is ... a real thin service from Bicester North, to Paddington, and no Haddenham and Thame Parkway.

so just no. 6 remains.



O/T but Bicester North, was AFAIK▸ ('as far as I know') the scene of the last ever slip coach working on BR▸ (British Rail(ways)).
A coach at the rear of an express train that was detached at line speed, and coasted into the station where it was stopped by the guard. Splendid ! would never be allowed today.
Sometimes the slip coach terminated at the station where it was detached, in other cases it was coupled to a branch line service.
Some trains conveyed several slip coaches.
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It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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