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Christmas Quiz 2012

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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 21:57 #38583
pbinnersley
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431 posts 		" said:
Q14

If you catch a train on the Mühlkreisbahn (Linz-Urfahr - Aigen-Schlägl), you will stop at a rotten egg, as there is a station called Rottenegg! :)
Sunocske,

14. Correct, several of the trains from Linz Urfahr terminate at Rottenegg.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 21:58 #38584
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11: Are there signs for ‘Paris’ or ‘Brussels’ on the platforms at King’s Cross St. Pancras?
Probably, but Rio de Janeiro is further.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 21:59 #38586
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11. What is the furthest destination that has been signed on London Underground

Verney Junction

21. Which two stations in the UK that share a place name are furthest apart?

Berwick, East Sussex and Berwick Upon Tweed - around 400 miles.
What about North Berwick?
Correct, Berwick (East sussex) to North Berwick is 380 miles.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 22:06 #38587
pbinnersley
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431 posts 		" said:
21. Which two stations in the UK that share a place name are furthest apart?

Apart from adding North Berwick to Berwick, Sussex and Berwick upon Tweed.

Theres Sydenham and Sydenham Hill in London and Sydenham in Belfast


3. Which stations have the same number of platforms as letters in their name?

Lewes - has 5 platforms.
Copping,

I'd forgotten Sydenham (Belfast), even thought I've been there as its next to Belfast George Best (City) airport. Its 323 miles from Sydenham London.


3. Lewes is correct.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 22:14 #38588
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1461 posts 		Has someone mentioned Vauxhall for 3 yet? I know it was mentioned for something but can't recall if it was for that (and the first post is a bit out of date!)
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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 22:45 #38589
Sacro
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1171 posts 		10 - Bена is Vienna, the train is most likely from Russia, Belarus or Kazakhstan
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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 23:03 #38590
Steam Buff
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101 posts 		Q7

Not sure where Mad station is but will have a guess at somewhere in Spain.

There is a station in Surrey called Godalming with the code GOD - does that count?

Some useless info -
There is a station in Norway called [b]Hell station - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Station[/b]
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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 23:11 #38591
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431 posts 		" said:
Has someone mentioned Vauxhall for 3 yet? I know it was mentioned for something but can't recall if it was for that (and the first post is a bit out of date!)

Danny,

Vauxhall is correct. I think it had been mentioned before but I missed it off the last update.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 23:12 #38592
pbinnersley
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431 posts 		" said:
10 - Bена is Vienna, the train is most likely from Russia, Belarus or Kazakhstan
Sacro,

Correct, its the Moscow-Vienna train.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 03/12/2012 at 23:19 #38593
pbinnersley
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431 posts 		" said:
Q7

Not sure where Mad station is but will have a guess at somewhere in Spain.

There is a station in Surrey called Godalming with the code GOD - does that count?

Some useless info -
There is a station in Norway called [b]Hell station - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Station[/b]
Steam Buff,

I'm not aware of a Mad in Spain. God is the full name, not an abbreviation.

Hell is famous for its Gods Expedition.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 00:04 #38597
Sacro
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1171 posts 		Number 9: Surely it's London? 17 stations at least.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 00:27 #38599
Copping
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95 posts 		17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

Would this be a journey through the Highlands of Scotland?
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 00:57 #38600
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6 posts 		Question 5.

Yeovil Town rings a bell. I know there is a turntable at the preservation site at the junction station, but something is lingering in the back of my mind regarding the old town site.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 01:21 #38601
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51 posts 		" said:

3. Which stations have the same number of platforms as letters in their name? (five eleven)
1. Brighton
2. Ely
3. Carlisle
4. Lewes
5. Par
6. Purley
7. Sheffield
8. Tring
9. Woking
10. Vauxhall
11.

I think you can also add:
Chester
Iver
Luton
Slough

... and possibly Stratford (the regional one in London - 5, 8, 9, 10, 10A, 11, 12, 1 and 2 makes nine mainline platforms and nine letters)?
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 01:21 #38602
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6 posts 		Chester has 7 platforms without the As and Bs
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 01:44 #38604
Josie
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310 posts 		I don't think anyone has done 12 yet?

a. The Oaks are 156 miles apart, more than the 122 between the Lakes(es).
b. Chester Road to Chester is further than Green Road to Green Lane, although there's only three miles in it.
c. Bowling and Bat & Ball are a whole 35 miles more distant than Alexandras Palace and Parade. The midpoint of the line flown by the former crow skims just past (though doesn't quite cross) the ELR.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 08:49 #38629
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101 posts 		" said:
Number 9: Surely it's London? 17 stations at least.
This is a list of London stations but are they known with the name London i.e we say Kings Cross and not London Kings Cross.

London Blackfriars
London Bridge
London Cannon Street
London Charing Cross
London Euston
London Fenchurch Street
London Fields
London Kings Cross
London Liverpool Street
London Marylebone
London Paddington
London Road (Brighton)
London Road (Guildford)
London St Pancras International
London Victoria
London Waterloo
London Waterloo East
Last edited: 04/12/2012 at 10:15 by Steam Buff
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 09:22 #38634
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5363 posts 		" said:
17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

Would this be a journey through the Highlands of Scotland?
I'm thinking it's probabably more likely to be Canada somewhere.

Peter
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 09:54 #38635
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1171 posts 		" said:

Also this adds up to 18 stations
17, you have St Pancras twice!
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 14:28 #38669
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114 posts 		Q7, section b and c:

I have a strange feeling the answers for this question are both on my wall (ie. on my railway map) and in my country! :blink:

Mad should be Mád, which is on the Szerencs to Tornanádaska (Table no. 98) line, in Hungary. Its right pronounciation is like the word 'mud', but with longer vowel.

God should be Göd, which is a Hungarian station too, but on the line Budapest to Szob (Table no. 70). If you wish to say it right, simply pick the vowel from the word 'word', and put it between the G and D :)

Anyway, you can get from GOD to MAD with just only two changes (one at Budapest and the other at Szerencs).
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 19:13 #38685
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101 posts 		Q7 b - Mad is definitely in Hungary. I only know because I have just been watching Michael Palin New Europe and he mentions it
Last edited: 04/12/2012 at 19:33 by Steam Buff
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 19:36 #38686
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431 posts 		" said:
Number 9: Surely it's London? 17 stations at least.
Yes - I think I get the prize for missing the blindingly obvious.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 19:41 #38687
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431 posts 		" said:
17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

Would this be a journey through the Highlands of Scotland?
Copping,

The "Further North Express" terminated at Wick if that helps.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 19:43 #38688
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431 posts 		" said:
Question 5.

Yeovil Town rings a bell. I know there is a turntable at the preservation site at the junction station, but something is lingering in the back of my mind regarding the old town site.
Rik,

Yeovil town became a car park, now a cimena and leisure centre. Don't think there's a turntable there.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 19:52 #38690
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431 posts 		" said:
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3. Which stations have the same number of platforms as letters in their name? (five eleven)
1. Brighton
2. Ely
3. Carlisle
4. Lewes
5. Par
6. Purley
7. Sheffield
8. Tring
9. Woking
10. Vauxhall
11.

I think you can also add:
Chester
Iver
Luton
Slough

... and possibly Stratford (the regional one in London - 5, 8, 9, 10, 10A, 11, 12, 1 and 2 makes nine mainline platforms and nine letters)?
IrishDave,

All correct, I'll let you have Stratford as its Christmas.

Peter.
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