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Post by rincew1nd on Jul 22, 2014 6:49:33 GMT
Question: Identify these four stations and the link between them. Location A: (click for a larger version) Location B: (click for a larger version) Location C: (click for a larger version) Location D: (click for a larger version)
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Post by stuartroy on Jul 22, 2014 7:01:15 GMT
A - Clapham Common C - Seven Sisters
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Post by gantshill on Jul 22, 2014 7:13:20 GMT
Is the link that these are all two word station names where both names start with the same letter? Thus B could be Sloane Square. I can't immediately think of an open Leslie Green station that could be D.
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Post by kesmet on Jul 22, 2014 7:34:12 GMT
C looks like Pudding Mill Lane. [Edit] That is, the view from...
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Post by brigham on Jul 22, 2014 8:36:49 GMT
Clapham Common?
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Post by domh245 on Jul 22, 2014 9:10:34 GMT
If the proposed link is correctly, then D might be Golders Green
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Post by keerde on Jul 22, 2014 9:34:02 GMT
D = Mornington Crescent.
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Post by melikepie on Jul 22, 2014 21:20:21 GMT
C = Charing Cross with Elizabeth Park in Stratford for the background, the Copper Box at the far end?
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Post by Chris M on Jul 23, 2014 10:53:14 GMT
Almost a full house, just the inset in A to get Location A: Clapham Common - view from number 50 bus when closed due to strike action 7 September 2010 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Inset A: (click for a larger version) Location B: Sloane Square - above inner rail [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Location C: Seven Sisters - southbound Victoria Line platform [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Inset C: Olympic Park from Orbit tower [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Location D: Golders Green - passage to depot from station subway [Chris M] (click for a larger version) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link: These stations have two word names beginning with the same letter
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 11:01:30 GMT
Would we be able to see the unmodified version of C please?
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Post by brigham on Jul 23, 2014 11:52:55 GMT
Out of interest, what's the 'Copper Box'?
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Post by Chris M on Jul 23, 2014 12:30:06 GMT
Would we be able to see the unmodified version of C please? Location C: Seven Sisters - southbound Victoria Line platform [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Sorry.
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Post by Chris M on Jul 23, 2014 12:32:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 15:19:10 GMT
Inset A is the statue of Brithnoth at Maldon (commemorating the Battle of Maldon).
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Post by Chris M on Jul 23, 2014 17:52:09 GMT
Inset A: Maldon - Essex - Statue of Byrhtnoth [ stuartroy]
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Post by kesmet on Jul 23, 2014 20:17:44 GMT
Ah - the Orbit, not Pudding Mill Lane I knew it wasn't quite right... That's an interesting passageway - are there many examples of depot access from platforms that aren't locked? I know Acton Town and West Ruislip are, for example.
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