Station Facts Journey Game

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Dalwhinnie is the start of a long double-track loop to the next station on this line...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blair Atholl was established at the confluence of two rivers.

 

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Pitlochry railway station plays host to a bookshop on its southbound platform.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunkeld and Birnam has a noted 18 hole golf course.

 

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Although Perth had historically been classed as a city, the UK Government and the devolved Scottish Executive re-examined the definition of a city and produced a list of approved Scottish cities in 2003, from which Perth was omitted.

Following a campaign over subsequent years, Perth's city status was reinstated on 14 March 2012 as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

 

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Gleneagles is the closest station to the 'Lang Toun' of Auchterarder.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunblane has a cathedral.

 

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The town of Bridge of Allan is the home town of Scotland and British & Irish Lions fly-half Finn Russell.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stirling has a noted castle

 

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Alloa's football team, Alloa Athletic, knocked Hearts out of the Scottish League Cup last season.

That's the end of the leg. I'm declaring an open floor; any player may now choose the starting and ending stations for the next journey.

 

[Springs Branch]

Can I propose Michael Portillo's first itinerary in Series 1 of Great British Railway Journeys from 2010. . . . .
Liverpool Lime St to Scarborough (and in true Portillo style, it doesn't need to be via the most direct route)

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Liverpool Lime St is served by seven different TOCs.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edge Hill is a Grade II* listed railway station.

 

[Springs Branch]

Wavertree Technology Park serves the Wavertree area of Liverpool, which was the birthplace of Beatles lead guitarist, George Harrison.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Broad Green has a large hospital but no A & E department.

 

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Roby station was originally known as Roby Lane Gate.

 

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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Huyton was also once administered by the Hundred of West Derby.

 

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Prescot is branded as a Merseyrail station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Eccleston Park was once the location of a Carmelite monastery.

 

[Springs Branch]

Thatto Heath was the birthplace of comedian and actor Johnny Vegas.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Helens Central serves an area with glass industry traditions.

 

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Garswood is derived from the Old English Gyr Wode, meaning fir woodland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bryn was one of the areas administered by the Wigan Poor Law Union

 

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Wigan North Western is only a short distance away from the station at Wigan Wallgate.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Euxton Balshaw Lane has a Grade II* listed parish church within its environs.

 

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Leyland was home to well-regarded (but now sadly defunct) local bus and coach company John Fishwick & Sons.
Fishwicks was a loyal customer of local bus manufacturer Leyland Motors, with their classy two-tone green liveried vehicles operating local routes around the Preston - Leyland - Chorley district for many years prior to and after bus deregulation.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Preston was the scene of a rail accident in 1912.

 

[Springs Branch]

Lostock Hall was adjacent to one of the last steam loco sheds to stay open on BR in the late 1960s.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bamber Bridge has historical connections to the calico printing trade.

 

[Springs Branch]

Pleasington station is a request stop.