Odd one out - AQ 16th December

[whole diary]

[grahame]

Odd one out, and why - from each of these groups:

1.
Black Dog Halt
Blackdyke Halt
Blackhall Colliery
Black Horse Road
Blackpool Central
Blackpool North
Blackrod
Blackwell

2.
Liss
Brandon
Weyborne
Oakworth
Ulverston
Kings Cross
Goathland

3.
Mallaig
Kyle of Lochalsh
Thurso
Wick
Dornoch
Hopeman

4.
Okehampton
Melksham
Skewen
Taunton
Falmouth Town
Llanshamlet

As ever, there are probably multiple answers in each case and I may not even be right in some of the others.

[ellendune]

1.  I am going to guess Black Dog Halt because it was a private station

[eightonedee]

3 Hopeman - no station

[grahame]

3 Hopeman - no station

There isn't any longer - but then there is no station at Dornoch any longer

1.  I am going to guess Black Dog Halt because it was a private station

You may have a different odd one out to the odd one out I had.   It probably is the only station that was private in the list.

[eightonedee]

Ah, should have checked with Prof Google.

Try Mallaig.  It was North British/LNER^» (London North Eastern Railway - about), rest were Highland/LMS^▸ (London Midland Scottish - 1923 to 1948).

[stuving]

4. have closed and reopened years later, apart from Taunton and Llanshamlet - but that's just a typo; Llansamlet station did have a period of eclipse.

[grahame]

4. have closed and reopened years later, apart from Taunton and Llanshamlet - but that's just a typo; Llansamlet station did have a period of eclipse.

Yes, correct ...

Ah, should have checked with Prof Google.

Try Mallaig.  It was North British/LNER^» (London North Eastern Railway - about), rest were Highland/LMS^▸ (London Midland Scottish - 1923 to 1948).

Also correct

[AMLAG]

4  Okehampton is the only former Southern main line station and the only one that, in hindsight fortunately, left the National Rail network  (in about 1994 with the sale of Meldon Quarry and about 15 miles of line) then very luckily rejoined it (in 2021).

[eXPassenger]

1 Blackrod is a Parliamentary official.

[ellendune]

1 Blackrod is a Parliamentary official.

Its also a station in Lancashire

[Oxonhutch]

Its also a station in Lancashire

And until recently had a working signalbox as did Blackpool North.

[Merthyr Imp]

2 Ulverston is the only one not to have featured in a TV^▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) series or a film.

Liss - Great St Trinians Train Robbery
Brandon and Weyborne - both Dad's Army (TV)
Oakworth - Railway Children (TV and film)
Kings Cross and Goathland - both Harry Potter

[grahame]

2 Ulverston is the only one not to have featured in a TV^▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) series or a film.

Liss - Great St Trinians Train Robbery
Brandon and Weyborne - both Dad's Army (TV)
Oakworth - Railway Children (TV and film)
Kings Cross and Goathland - both Harry Potter

Yes, that is exactly what I had as the odd one out.

[JayMac]

2 Ulverston is the only one not to have featured in a TV^▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) series or a film.

Series 2, episode 4 of Michael Portillo's Great Coastal Railway Journeys featured him at Ulverston station.

[grahame]

There are various odd ones out here ... I had Blackpool Central, but why?

Odd one out, and why - from each of these groups:

1.
Black Dog Halt
Blackdyke Halt
Blackhall Colliery
Black Horse Road
Blackpool Central
Blackpool North
Blackrod
Blackwell