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Post by SE13 on Aug 4, 2008 4:23:20 GMT
Nobody was correct yesterday, so that one is still running. Today sees four locations and an odd-one-out to find. The pictures are labelled A, B, C and D for ease. Usual thing here, you can go alone or as a team.     *Click any image for a larger version* |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 10:23:31 GMT
Well B is definitely the eastbound platform at Mansion House - the brown door is a staff toilet that I have used many times!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 10:40:33 GMT
Is C possibly on the Bakerloo?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 10:42:35 GMT
A is Shepherds Bush, former central line station building
C is Regents Park
D Holloway Road?
B, I think is the odd one, because its not a deep level tube station.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 11:26:36 GMT
D reminds me of Chalk Farm, but the stairway doesn't seem wide enough.
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Post by Colin on Aug 4, 2008 11:39:28 GMT
Well B is definitely the eastbound platform at Mansion House - the brown door is a staff toilet that I have used many times! I think you'll find it's the Westbound actually   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 13:22:39 GMT
Well B is definitely the eastbound platform at Mansion House - the brown door is a staff toilet that I have used many times! I think you'll find it's the Westbound actually ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Oh ********************!  Yes, of course it is - I blame the fact that I booked on at 04:44 this morning.  |
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Post by railtechnician on Aug 4, 2008 14:18:46 GMT
I'll plump for Russell Square for D. The obvious odd one out would appear to be B as it is sub surface, however, the quiz is notorious for the odd one out being less obvious so I am going to plump for A on the grounds that it was not part of the Yerkes group of Underground lines.
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Post by ruislip on Aug 4, 2008 19:27:03 GMT
c) is Charing Cross's Bakerloo platforms. The "padding" on the trackside walls gives it away as being a Yerkes station.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 21:06:38 GMT
I also think D is Russell Square.
The odd one out is either (a) Shepherd's Bush used to have the only standalone station building, out of the lot; (b) Regent's Park is the only one built from new without a station building.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 23:31:17 GMT
c) is Charing Cross's Bakerloo platforms. The "padding" on the trackside walls gives it away as being a Yerkes station. I'm not sure where it is but I'm sure it's not Charing Cross. My first thought was Waterloo Bakerloo line but I think that's wrong too. I think D is Mornington Crescent. |
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Post by SE13 on Aug 5, 2008 4:33:37 GMT
I received a full set of correct answers via PM from jeebeelodo, and a couple of very close guesses as to the odd one out, though no-one has yet spotted this. Answers: Station A: Shepherd's Bush Central Line exterior [Chris M]  Station B: Mansion House - westbound OPO monitors [TMBA] Station C: Regent's Park - north end of southbound [ChrisM]  Station D: Mornington Crescent - top of stairs from ticket office to platforms. *Click any picture for a larger version* So, just the odd one out to find, and why...... |
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Post by jeebeelodo on Aug 5, 2008 5:23:53 GMT
Shep Bush is only ex-terminus???
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Post by SE13 on Aug 5, 2008 5:46:11 GMT
Shep Bush is only ex-terminus??? No, you were much closer on PM. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2008 7:34:54 GMT
IIRC Mansion House has not had a prolonged closure (for rebuilding work), which the others have.
Another feature which make it the odd one out, is that its the only one with more than two platforms.
BTW, it also was once a terminus.
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Post by Chris M on Aug 5, 2008 8:23:39 GMT
Your first guess is nearly there, but Mansion House is not the odd one out.
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Post by sammyj on Aug 5, 2008 9:05:00 GMT
I would of gone for D as the odd one out, wernt mornington cresent closed and not going to be re-opened
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Post by stuartpalmer on Aug 5, 2008 9:06:59 GMT
Sh Bush is currently closed ...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2008 10:28:23 GMT
Mansion House has been extensively altered twice, but I don't know if there was a prolonged closure in either case - it used to have 4 platforms!
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Post by Chris M on Aug 5, 2008 17:11:27 GMT
Sh Bush is currently closed ... This is part of the answer... |
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Post by yerkes on Aug 5, 2008 18:35:34 GMT
Shepherd Bush is the odd one out - it is currently closed for extensive refurbishment/rebuilding, while all the others have been in the past for the same reason but are now open again (having been extensively refurbished/rebuilt!).
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Post by SE13 on Aug 5, 2008 18:41:12 GMT
Shepherd Bush is the odd one out - it is currently closed for extensive refurbishment/rebuilding, while all the others have been in the past for the same reason but are now open again (having been extensively refurbished/rebuilt!). That'll do for me! All have had extended closures for refurbishment, Shepherd's Bush is the only one that hasn't yet reopened. Shepherd's Bush - 2008-02-01 - present Mansion House - 1989-10-29 - 1991-02-11 Regent's Park - 2006-07-10 - 2007-06-13 Mornington Crescent - 1992-10-23 - 1998-04-27 (That is what my answer sheet says, and I am presuming that this is American style dating) |
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Post by Chris M on Aug 5, 2008 18:48:46 GMT
it's not American dating but international year-month-day notation (I can't remember whether this is big-endian or little-endian, but its definitely not the illogical (imo) American middle-endian!). I used this style as it is the unambiguous style used by CULG, my source on this occasion.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2008 21:24:22 GMT
I'm so glad it's not just me that thinks the American dating system is wildly illogical!
Just don't get me started on imperial measurements...
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