AQ12 - Station Search

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[grahame]

I came up with a list of 36 destinations of passenger trains from Paddington - not including the underground - and we managed to get most of them into this word search - forward, backward, upward, downward, diagonal.  Then completed the matrix and got a few other places in there as red herrings.  And I know that one common destination is in there twice.



8 destinations are missing - can you tell me which?

One is shortened - can you tell me which?

Where can you spot which is not a through train destination terminus from Paddington (normal published timetable ...)?

[bobm]

I can see one which fits both the second and third categories.

[stuving]

Having not seen any at first look, I'm now puzzled why, as a second look immediately finds several. Hereford in row 2 could hardly be easier.

[Phantom]

Should the Number 4 be there?

[johnneyw]

Swansea is there, spelt backwards.

[PrestburyRoad]

Should the Number 4 be there?

I too scratched my head on that.  I believe it's deliberate because surely Graham will have double-checked his typing!  What I'm wondering is why 2 & 3 isn't there as well - perhaps it's among the deliberate omissions.

[stuving]

Should the Number 4 be there?

I too scratched my head on that.  I believe it's deliberate because surely Graham will have double-checked his typing!  What I'm wondering is why 2 & 3 isn't there as well - perhaps it's among the deliberate omissions.

I think 5 has a stronger claim than 4, even! But either needs an extra rule of the game, as well as a definition of "service".

[grahame]

Should the Number 4 be there?

I too scratched my head on that.  I believe it's deliberate because surely Graham will have double-checked his typing!  What I'm wondering is why 2 & 3 isn't there as well - perhaps it's among the deliberate omissions.

OK - I admit it - the "4" is intentionally there ... but I'll also admit to it just being a filler. Fitting in some very long station names was something of a challenge and when Lisa (the real architect of this) and I had done it, we were left with a number of holes and a number of names that couldn't be levered in.  I have great respect for quiz setters. 

For advanced quizzers, a number of the holes were filled with (in order) the letters of a couple of other stations.   

[Oxonhutch]

Don’t see Cholsey in there

[grahame]

Don’t see Cholsey in there

It would be a co-incidence if it was - we have 28 (I think it is) train final destinations.   I suspect that at times "Cholsey" might appear as a destination on the board at Paddington as a faux-destination because there are faster trains to Didcot ...

[eightonedee]

Reading is in twice - but I cannot find Goring & Streatley, Pangbourne or Tilehurst - Oxonhutch, I think there's "unconscious bias" against our line!

Ah - just seen Grahame's latest post, and appreciate I didn't understand the rules...

Is the shortened one "Didcot" instead of "Didcot Parkway"?

[Zoe]

Is the shortened one "Didcot" instead of "Didcot Parkway"?

It could also be Hayes instead of Hayes & Harlington although Hayes is of course the full name of a station that does not have trains from Paddington.

[grahame]

Is the shortened one "Didcot" instead of "Didcot Parkway"?

It could also be Hayes instead of Hayes & Harlington although Hayes is of course the full name of a station that does not have trains from Paddington.

There in indeed a degree of artistic license in there.  Not the easiest quiz to concoct!  Hayes and Harlington have gotten splitten uppen.

[Zoe]

I also see a far away land which a certain bear arrived at Paddington from.

[Chris from Nailsea]

I don't see Nailsea - but I wouldn't expect to see it in this quiz: it's not a terminus station.

However: Weston, as in Weston-super-Mare?  I believe there is a late train from Paddington which terminates at Weston, to form the first return journey in the morning.