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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 19:54 #38691
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I don't think anyone has done 12 yet?

a. The Oaks are 156 miles apart, more than the 122 between the Lakes(es).
b. Chester Road to Chester is further than Green Road to Green Lane, although there's only three miles in it.
c. Bowling and Bat & Ball are a whole 35 miles more distant than Alexandras Palace and Parade. The midpoint of the line flown by the former crow skims just past (though doesn't quite cross) the ELR.
Josie,

All correct, I got the following distances from Google Earth.
Lake – The Lakes (122 miles) & Three Oaks – Four Oaks (157 miles)
Chester Road – Chester (63 miles) & Green Road – Green Lane (60 miles)
Bowling – Bat & Ball (374 miles) & Alexandra Palace – Alexandra Parade (339 miles)

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 19:56 #38692
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431 posts 		" said:
Q7, section b and c:

I have a strange feeling the answers for this question are both on my wall (ie. on my railway map) and in my country! :blink:

Mad should be Mád, which is on the Szerencs to Tornanádaska (Table no. 98) line, in Hungary. Its right pronounciation is like the word 'mud', but with longer vowel.

God should be Göd, which is a Hungarian station too, but on the line Budapest to Szob (Table no. 70). If you wish to say it right, simply pick the vowel from the word 'word', and put it between the G and D :)

Anyway, you can get from GOD to MAD with just only two changes (one at Budapest and the other at Szerencs). :laugh:
Sunocske,

Both correct. I have seen God, but I haven't gone (to) Mad yet.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 22:04 #38702
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509 posts 		2: I’m sure this is for an airport somewhere…I vaguely remember reading something about it a couple of years ago, but I can’t remember that much about it. It’s not something like “Durham Tees Valley for Teesside Airport” is it?
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 22:12 #38703
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44 posts 		2. Does Birmingham International not still show "Birmingham International for National Exhibition Centre"?

It certainly used to.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 22:15 #38704
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409 posts 		Yes it does gricehead
When in doubt - Contingency plan 2A. Someone didn't buy the milk - 2A. Someone sneezed at Swansea - 2A. A driver complains the cab is too cold - 2A. Unable to operate a HEx service 4 vice 8 - 2A. Points failure at Ipswich - 2A. Landslip at Pitlochry - 2A
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 22:43 #38709
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431 posts 		" said:
2: I’m sure this is for an airport somewhere…I vaguely remember reading something about it a couple of years ago, but I can’t remember that much about it. It’s not something like “Durham Tees Valley for Teesside Airport” is it?
Gwasanaethau,

The station doesn't serve an airport, but the sign contains the station name twice.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 22:50 #38711
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431 posts 		" said:
2. Does Birmingham International not still show "Birmingham International for National Exhibition Centre"?

It certainly used to.
All I've been able to find is this sign which I think says "...for the NEC & Airport". The airport have dropped the "International" and are now just "Birmingham Aiport" and want the station name changed to suit.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 04/12/2012 at 23:44 #38718
pbinnersley
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431 posts 		Thanks for all the entries so far. Here is an updated list of Questions/Answers as I can no longer edit the original post.

Peter.



1. What is the longest official station name on the national rail network
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport (33 characters), closely followed by Manchester United Football Ground (30)

2. What is the longest station name displayed on a national rail station in England (including the for …)

3. Which stations have the same number of platforms as letters in their name? (five fourteen)
1. Brighton,
2. Ely
3. Carlisle
4. Chester
5. Iver
6. Lewes
7. Luton
8. Par
9. Purley
10. Sheffield
11. Slough
12. Tring
13. Woking
14. Vauxhall

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

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

6. Which English cities appear in London Underground station names? (sixeight)
GLOUCESTER Road
LANCASTER Gate
LEICESTER Square
LIVERPOOL Street
LONDON Bridge
OXFORD Circus
PRESTON Road
WESTMINSTER

7. Where are the following stations?
a. Mutters - Stubaitalbahn, Innsbruck, Austria
b. Mad - NE of Miscolc, Hungary
c. God - NE of Budapest, Hungary
d. Fives - Lille, France
e. Avalon - Los Angeles, USA

8. Where are there underground/metro lines have no intermediate stations (three five)
1. London (Waterloo & City line)
2. New York (42nd Street Shuttle)
3. Madrid (Line R)
4. Taipei (2 lines)
5. Hong Kong (Sunny Bay - Disneyland)


9. Which UK location appears in the most station names
LONDON: London Blackfriars, London Bridge, London Cannon Street, London Charing Cross, London Euston, London Fenchurch Street, London Fields, London Kings Cross, London Liverpool Street, London Marylebone, London Paddington, London Road (Brighton), London Road (Guildford), London St Pancras International, London Victoria, London Waterloo, London Waterloo East = 17..

The next is ACTON: North Acton, South Acton, West Action, East Acton, Acton Central, Acton Town and Acton Main Line = 7.

10. If you see a train with the designation shown as “BEHA”, where is it going to and where has it come from?
BEHA is rRussian for Vienna so it would be on the Moscow-Vienna train.

11. What is the furthest destination that has been signed on London Underground
"Rio-de-Janeiro 2016"was put up on signs at Stratford for the Olympics.

12. Which of these pairs of stations is the furthest apart (as the crow flys)?
a. Three Oaks (East Sussex) – Four Oaks (West Midlands) (157 miles) is further than Lake (Isle of Wight) – The Lakes (Warkwickshire) (122 miles)
b. Chester Road (West Midlands) – Chester (Cheshire) (63 miles) is further than Green Road (Cumbria) – Green Lane (Wirral) (60 miles)
c. Bowling (West Dunbartonshire) – Bat & Ball (Kent) (374 miles) is further than Alexandra Palace (London) – Alexandra Parade (Glasgow) (339 miles)


13. Which geometrical shapes appears in a national rail UK station name other than square (two four)?
1. Winnersh TRIANGLE
2. Bromley CROSS, Waltham CROSS, Kings CROSS, Charing CROSS (x2), StarCROSS and several others
3. STARcross, STARbeck
4. Salford CRESCENT


14. English passengers on some trains from Linz, Austria might be worried about the smell, why?
Several of the trains from Linz Urfahr station show the destination as the village of Rottenegg

15. Which UK station name is an abbreviation?
IBM. Llanfairpwll is also a abbreviation of something much longer!


16. Which station has seven distant signals, but only three starting signals?

17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

18. Which was the last British Rail locomotive to carry the unicycling lion logo in service?
01 002 (Holyhead Break water) – withdrawn 1981

19. Which railway has four turntables and no points?
The Lartique Monorail at Listowel, Ireland

20. Which underground station used to have a duty free shop?
Berlin Friedrichstrasse

21. Which two stations in the UK that share a place name are furthest apart?
Berwick (East Sussex) to North Berwick - 380 miles

22. It’s a long way to Tipperary, but why did the rail journey used to involve going backwards?
Limerick Junction, Ireland. Trains to Tipperary, on the Waterford Line, from the Waterford bay platform had to reverse around the back of the station to gain access to the Waterford line.


Updated for correct answers to 23:30 04-Dec
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 00:02 #38720
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95 posts 		16. Which station has seven distant signals, but only three starting signals?

Bit of a longshot.... Shrewsbury

17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

I read somewhere that the North Express went from Southampton to the north-west. Further North Express was Invereness to Wick.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 00:09 #38721
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3685 posts 		16. Which station has seven distant signals, but only three starting signals?

Anal answer: None, the rulebook defines only a home and section signal. starting (starter to me) signals dont technically exist
"We don't stop camborne wednesdays"
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 01:05 #38722
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2078 posts 		Western lever frames definitely have "Starting" signals mentioned on the lever leads.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 03:10 #38723
Copping
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95 posts 		I have a book with a station nameboard (with 63 letters) that reads

LEWES - Junction for Eastbourne, Hastings, Newhaven, Seaford & Tunbridge Wells

photo dated 1912
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 18:37 #38746
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431 posts 		" said:
16. Which station has seven distant signals, but only three starting signals?

Bit of a longshot.... Shrewsbury

17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

I read somewhere that the North Express went from Southampton to the north-west. Further North Express was Invereness to Wick.
Copping,

16. Checking the diagrams I recon Shrewsbury does have 7 distant arms if you include Abbey Foregate, but there look like alot more than 3 starting signals.

17. The "Further North Express" was indeed Inverness to Wick. The "North Express" started at Southampton West, but the residents of its destination would be upset if you called it the North West.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 18:39 #38747
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431 posts 		" said:
Western lever frames definitely have "Starting" signals mentioned on the lever leads.
I am going by what it says on the lever leads!

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 18:44 #38748
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431 posts 		" said:
I have a book with a station nameboard (with 63 letters) that reads

LEWES - Junction for Eastbourne, Hastings, Newhaven, Seaford & Tunbridge Wells

photo dated 1912
Copping,

Nice try. You might have won the 1912 quiz, but I expect Tunbridge Wells has been painted over!

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 19:40 #38749
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104 posts 		Quote:

3. Which stations have the same number of platforms as letters in their name?
Would one be Exeter? 6 letters and according to the simisg sim it has 6 platforms...

Edit: Oh damn - just realised it would be exeter st davids and that doesnt work
Last edited: 05/12/2012 at 19:58 by SPADmad
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 19:43 #38750
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634 posts 		Technically, there is no such station as "Exeter".
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 19:43 #38751
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3685 posts 		" said:
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3. Which stations have the same number of platforms as letters in their name?
Would one be Exeter? 6 letters and according to the simisg sim it has 6 platforms...
i thought that originally however its exeter St. Davids, St. Thomas or Central, not just "exeter"
"We don't stop camborne wednesdays"
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 21:50 #38757
Copping
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95 posts 		17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

A complete guess, the North Express went to Fort William and passengers sailed along Loch Ness to Inverness to connect with the Further North Express.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 22:17 #38758
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431 posts 		" said:
17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

A complete guess, the North Express went to Fort William and passengers sailed along Loch Ness to Inverness to connect with the Further North Express.
Nice try Copping,

The connection between the two trains is further than the distance travelled the two expresses combined.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 22:49 #38759
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6376 posts 		" said:
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17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

A complete guess, the North Express went to Fort William and passengers sailed along Loch Ness to Inverness to connect with the Further North Express.
Nice try Copping,

The connection between the two trains is further than the distance travelled the two expresses combined.
That response to me like it's on the right track. Something like train to a ferry port somewhere, ferryboat to Norway/Iceland or similar, then a Father Christmas train.
SimSig Boss
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 22:54 #38760
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480 posts 		17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express".

The Further North Express was from Inverness to Wick.

The North Express was operated by the Midland & South Western Junction Railway which operated between Southampton, Swindon and Cheltenham but I expect that with its links with the Midland Railway the train would have run further north, probably to the Midland's HQ in Derby.

So, educated guess, Derby to Inverness?
Planotransitophobic!
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 23:12 #38762
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431 posts 		" said:
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17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express"

A complete guess, the North Express went to Fort William and passengers sailed along Loch Ness to Inverness to connect with the Further North Express.
Nice try Copping,

The connection between the two trains is further than the distance travelled the two expresses combined.
That response to me like it's on the right track. Something like train to a ferry port somewhere, ferryboat to Norway/Iceland or similar, then a Father Christmas train.
Geoff,

Post #162 has almost got the answer. I'll have to think of a Santa Special question for next year.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 23:14 #38763
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431 posts 		" said:
17. What journey would you have had to make to connect from the "North Express" to the "Further North Express".

The Further North Express was from Inverness to Wick.

The North Express was operated by the Midland & South Western Junction Railway which operated between Southampton, Swindon and Cheltenham but I expect that with its links with the Midland Railway the train would have run further north, probably to the Midland's HQ in Derby.

So, educated guess, Derby to Inverness?
Sloppyjag,

Educated but wrong, the "North Express" was more parocial!

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2012 05/12/2012 at 23:34 #38764
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The connection between the two trains is further than the distance travelled the two expresses combined.
That response to me like it's on the right track. Something like train to a ferry port somewhere, ferryboat to Norway/Iceland or similar, then a Father Christmas train.
Geoff,

Post #162 has almost got the answer. I'll have to think of a Santa Special question for next year.
Thought you were meaning something on a much larger scale!
SimSig Boss
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