Christmas Quiz 2012

It wouldn't be Gunnislake would it?

freight (if any)

pbinnersley said:

freight (if any)

6A60 and 6C60 Didcot TC - Ernesettle Sidings runs VERY rarely (major emphasis on the very).

4. Which branch line had separate train staffs for passenger and goods trains that could be issued simultaneously?

Falmouth Branch?

5. Which station had a turntable installed after the line had closed and the tracks had been lifted?

St Hellier Snow Hill station. This station was converted into a Bus station and a turntable was built so buses didn't have to do a three point turn. Although it was demolished in the 1960's

4. Avonmouth branch?

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4. Avonmouth branch?

officer dibble,

Sorry, not the Avonmouth branch.

Peter.

" said:

" said:

4. Avonmouth branch?

officer dibble,

Sorry, not the Avonmouth branch.

Peter.

Severn Beach then. There used to be goods sidings at Severn Beach. You used the past tense though - how long ago are we talking about? The only other GW branch north of Bristol I can think of is the line south of Yate but that probably hasn't seen passenger trains in decades (and wasn't it Midland?). Failing that, Wales somewhere.

"The freight line closed in the 1960's but the passenger line is still open."

Do passenger trains still run over this line or do you mean the freight line was lifted and freight trains now run over what WAS the passenger line? Portbury Branch?!

"4. Which branch line had separate train staffs for passenger and goods trains that could be issued simultaneously?"

Isn't it the Stourbridge Town line? B)

Back in my BR days a question that caught out quite a number of people in railway quizzes at that time was 'What Southern Region station has 3rd rail DC units going through it, but none are booked to stop at it?' The answer probably won't apply today though.

Sorry but it wasn't any of those. Furthermore IIRC Hoo Junction was a staff halt, whether it is still that today I have no idea. The station I'm referring to is an actual station where people can catch a passenger train from. What made it unusual was the fact that EMUs ran past the station, but none were booked to stop there. I'll give you a clue, the station isn't on the South Eastern or South Central divisions, but is on the South Western Division if that helps.

Furthermore IIRC Hoo Junction was a staff halt, whether it is still that today I have no idea.

"If anyone can pose questions here, let's have another old favourite. If you board a train in the UK and do not alight or reverse, what is the maximum number of consecutive stations all beginning with the same letter at which you stop?"

If you take the Piccadilly Line from Hounslow East through Hounslow Central, Hounslow West, Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3, to Heathrow Terminal 4 and continue through the loop back through Hatton Cross, Hounslow West, Hounslow Central, and Hounslow East, that's 10 H's.