Railway General Knowledge.

[RDP]

As it has been more than four days I will knock this one on on the head and declare open floor.

The two tunnels are located near Filton West Junction on the line to Hallen Marsh Junction and near Buckland Junction towards Dover Priory.

 

[Ashley Hill]

From which railway station did the character Reginald Perrin commute to work at Sunshine Deserts?

 

[D6130]

Surbiton?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Not Surbiton. That’s where Margot and Jerry Leadbetter lived .

 

[D6130]

Effingham Junction?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Effingham Junction?

Afraid not.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Perrin always experienced his weird delays at Surbiton, therefore he must have travelled from beyond there.

I'll offer Esher as a guess.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Perrin always experienced his weird delays at Surbiton, therefore he must have travelled from beyond there.

I'll offer Esher as a guess.

He was always 11mins late but never from Esher.

 

[DerekC]

I am not sure the script writers had consulted the network map - or maybe they had and it was all part of the general just-over-the edge-of-insanity. How about Purley?

 

[A Challenge]

Teddington?

 

[Ashley Hill]

I am not sure the script writers had consulted the network map - or maybe they had and it was all part of the general just-over-the edge-of-insanity. How about Purley?

Not Purley. The station concerned was revealed in episode one. Most of his 11min delays fit in with his trains route.

Teddington?

Not Teddington.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Norbiton?

 

[Calthrop]

I keep wanting to say East Cheam; but that was some other comedy thing, wasn't it? (These matters, not an area of expertise of mine.)

 

[Ashley Hill]

Norbiton?

Correct. Although he lives in the fictional suburb of Climthorpe he commutes from Norbiton. Your turn to have a mid-life crisis and set the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.

Which London Underground station has the longest platform?

 

[D6130]

Stratford?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Stratford?

Not Stratford.

 

[MythTrain]

This is such a bad guess... But Harrow on the Hill

 

[Peterthegreat]

This is such a bad guess... But Harrow on the Hill

Not Harrow on the Hill.

 

[D6130]

West Ruislip?

 

[Peterthegreat]

West Ruislip?

Not West Ruislip.

 

[D6130]

Cockfosters?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Cockfosters?

Not Cockfosters.

 

[Grumpy]

Highgate?

 

[Grumpy]

Deleted

 

[Peterthegreat]

Highgate?

Highgate is correct.
Your turn at the platform.

 

[Grumpy]

Doncaster station shares this activity with only one other station

 

[martinsh]

Served by 7 TOCs ?

 

[Grumpy]

Served by 7 TOCs ?

No
I believe it shares that with 2-Edinbugh and Crewe as the highest number of TOCs served

 

[Grumpy]

Apologies but i realise I overlooked something (my senility kicking in) and hence the question is incorrect. Given only one response to date I should like to rephrase it a

Doncaster station has two of these, but Kings Cross has three