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Post by silverfoxcc on May 20, 2012 18:46:50 GMT
there may well be more than one answer but,this question was turned down on Nat Rail forum as it needed to be an 'ongoing' thread
The question is
Where in the UK can you travel on a train in a northbound direction to the next station, Get off at that station and then board another northbound train that will get you back to the station where you started?
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Post by crusty54 on May 20, 2012 18:51:06 GMT
Euston LUL to King's Cross
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Post by silverfoxcc on May 20, 2012 19:10:07 GMT
Thought that would last bit longer!!!
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Post by norbitonflyer on May 20, 2012 20:22:34 GMT
Euston LUL to King's Cross ....or indeed vice versa Since the question didn't specify that you had to change platforms, nor did it specify a minimum number of stops on the second train, so High Street Ken, or several places on the Glasgow subway, would fit the bill! Or indeed the railway at Legoland, which has but one stop! |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2012 20:29:18 GMT
Euston LUL to King's Cross I've done that before...unintentionally.  |
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Post by Chris M on May 20, 2012 20:46:55 GMT
You can do it from Monument on the Tyne and Wear Metro as well.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2012 21:30:24 GMT
Dunno about underground, but you could board a Barnstaple-bound train at Exeter Central, ride it to St. Davids, then get a Waterloo from St. Davids back to Central, but technically you would be heading south for part of each leg. Also, the way the Salisbury/Romsey/Eastleigh trains run mean you could technically board a northbound train...heading south. There are probably a million combinations like this for Valley Lines trains passing through Cardiff Queen St. and Central as well.
Or how about getting an Ashford from St. Leonards to Hastings, and then a Charing X back?
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Post by mrfs42 on May 20, 2012 22:02:16 GMT
Just to clarify I don't think the NR examples would count because the trains would be travelling Up and Down not northbound,
Of course the answer would be different if the question said 'Northbound'.
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Post by jeebeelodo on May 21, 2012 9:50:36 GMT
How would that work with Monument then?
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Post by Chris M on May 21, 2012 10:19:13 GMT
Just to clarify I don't think the NR examples would count because the trains would be travelling Up and Down not northbound, My Tyne and Wear Metro example wouldn't count either in those circumstances, as trains on the loop are described as "in" and "out" I believe. |
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Post by a60 on May 21, 2012 11:59:29 GMT
Worcester Shrub Hill to Worcester Foregate Street.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2012 13:03:21 GMT
Depending on whether you count the NLL Richmond/Clapham to Stratford as eastbound or northbound this might not be technically true, but if you say it's NB: Highbury & Islington to Canonbury (NLL) and then return on the ELL.
Or on NR: Ore to Hastings on a Victoria bound train (NB) and then return on a Brighton to Ore train (NB/EB).
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Post by Chris M on May 21, 2012 13:03:54 GMT
Not possible northbound, but southbound you can do it on the Northern Line on any train that runs via the Kennington Loop. Similarly you can do it westbound on Piccadilly Line trains to Heathrow Terminal 4.
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Post by ducatisti on May 21, 2012 16:54:06 GMT
You certainly could get a London-bound train in both directions out of Havant. Can't recall if you could manage the trick in question without recourse to the communication cord though...
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Post by norbitonflyer on May 21, 2012 21:37:27 GMT
You certainly could get a London-bound train in both directions out of Havant. Can't recall if you could manage the trick in question without recourse to the communication cord though... You can also get trains to London in both directions at Exeter, Edinburgh, Sheffield, and I think there is the odd one from Leeds that sneaks out the back way via Hambledon. There used to be a Paddington to Paddington service via Banbury, Birmingham, and Worcester, so historically you could also include Birmingham also Southampton to Salisbury Lincoln to Peterborough Teddington, St Helier, Carshalton to Waterloo Hamilton or Cathcart to Glasgow St Helier to London Birmingham to Walsall It is still possible, I believe to travel from Edinburgh to Manchester and back on a return ticket, without retracing your steps at all - out via Newcastle, back via Preston |
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