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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2006 23:18:55 GMT
I am standing in a station which is electrified by third rail. It is served by many trains mainly to a London terminus, some of the trains are diesel, and others are electric. There are express services from this station to the next along the line, missing out 2 stations either direction to the next major station.
I board the next train to arrive at this station. We move rapidly to the next station along the line which is a junction station, but we do not call here, instead we move another 2 to the next major station, which is again served by the same number of diesel trains as the origin, but more electrics. I stay on the train and I move up the line further and further until we reach the 2nd station, which we call at, I should mention at this point that this is where I terminate my journey as it is the last point on the major outer suburban services.
The question is, where was I to begin with, and where did I end up?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2006 23:24:10 GMT
I take it this is an NR station? ( Sorry  brain's not working tonight!) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2006 23:28:32 GMT
Yes it is NR
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2006 23:43:13 GMT
Waterloo comes to mind.... still trying to work out the higgledy-piggledy way of describing it. Try sending that to the Journey Planner as a txt on 60835...
'Sorry we do not recognise your chosen station'
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Post by marty on Apr 30, 2006 8:54:59 GMT
I ***Think*** kind of that you started at Clapham Junction...
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Post by Tubeboy on Apr 30, 2006 9:49:19 GMT
I am thinking oxted and east croydon, but i might be wrong  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2006 10:43:33 GMT
I also say East Croydon, the diesel trains are those from Uckfield.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2006 11:09:57 GMT
I think Oxted too, with the diesels coming from Uckfield. Finishing at London Bridge?
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Post by compsci on Apr 30, 2006 11:23:43 GMT
All trains stop at Hurst Green, which is immediately south of Oxted.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2006 13:02:02 GMT
It is on the SWT network. Also, who said the diesel trains at both major stations are the same units?  (edit: finally a quiz which takes longer than one hour!) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2006 18:25:01 GMT
It's not Clapham Jct to Surbiton is it? My local station is a SWT station with diesels and electrics, and a junction, but I don't think you started at Basingstoke.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2006 18:30:10 GMT
Silly Alex.............SWT outer surburbans don't finish at Surbiton, they finish at Guildford, Woking or Epsom
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2006 19:39:49 GMT
That is inner suburban finishing at Guildford etc
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2006 19:58:04 GMT
I've given a quite heavy hint about the stations... "Also, who said the diesel trains at both major stations are the same units?"
I'll give you a clue, I'm going towards London Waterloo.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2006 18:14:41 GMT
43 hours in and no correct answer yet...
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Post by Phil on May 1, 2006 23:40:42 GMT
Well, Reading almost fits the bill, assuming the junctions are on the Reading - Waterloo line.............
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2006 16:13:29 GMT
Reading is on the outer-suburban boundary, but I start before the boundary.
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Post by marty on May 4, 2006 15:08:44 GMT
So, wots going on now...
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2006 15:32:34 GMT
I'm still waiting for the correct answer!
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2006 21:07:26 GMT
I'm still waiting for the correct answer! I think everyone's just abaat given up - hows abaat a subtle-not-to-much-of-a-giveaway clue?  |
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Post by Tubeboy on May 4, 2006 21:11:34 GMT
ere ere m'lud ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2006 14:44:11 GMT
On the SWML, towards Waterloo
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2006 5:17:09 GMT
Still don't know.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2006 11:02:25 GMT
Well outer-suburban boundary is Basingstoke...
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Post by pgb on May 6, 2006 22:27:30 GMT
Just a thought, but is it Southampton Airport Parkway? Served by Electrics to Waterloo and also Voyagers on the cross-country Network. Two stations missed out to the next major one would be Southampton Central (Swaythling and St. Denys) or Winchester (Eastleigh and Micheldever). The next station is a junction, which would be Eastleigh, but most Expresses don't stop there. If the next stop for this train is Winchester, then two stops down the line would be Basingstoke (Micheldever then Basingstoke), which as tubechallenger wrote is the outer suburban terminus. Probably totally wrong with this guess, but it is the only one that I can think of. |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2006 23:44:49 GMT
Indeed it is Southampton Airport Parkway. The diesels I was thinking of were the Totton - Romsey service, and then the Reading - Brighton service.
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