The Journey Game

[Trainfan344]

7) The origin station is or used to be a popular ski resort.

 

[dzug2]

Aviemore to Kings Cross

 

[Trainfan344]

Dzug2 has the floor.
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Will Dzug2 please come to the topic please.

 

[dzug2]

Sorry - can't think of one

Open floor

 

[Trainfan344]

1) This journey begins at a station who's name is more often associated with works
2) This journey ends at a station with curved platforms near to a museum with national treasures in
3) If the rolling stock for this journey is running backwards, then you might be lucky enough to be hauled by an exhibit in the museum at the end station
4) This journey consists of pieces of 2 track and 4 track running at least.

 

[Manchester77]

Derby
York

 

[Trainfan344]

Right end station.
5) This journey takes less than half an hour.

 

[gnolife]

The origin would be Darlo then I think. The clue about the rolling stock went right over my head though.

 

[Trainfan344]

Again not quite correct.

6) The rolling stock for this runs on overhead wires.

 

[harry42]

Sheffield?

 

[Trainfan344]

7) The starting station for this journey is not a city, but a large town.

 

[dzug2]

Doncaster?

 

[Trainfan344]

Well done Dzug2

 

[dzug2]

Open floor

 

[Welshman]

I'm not sure if I've got the rules of this game totally clear yet, but try this [and please complain if I'm not giving the right information!]

1. This journey starts near a high place.
2. It passes close to one of Edward I's fortifications.
3. It runs past an adjacent electrified line.
4. It ends amidst a lot of slate.

 

[dzug2]

Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog?

Not sure about the electrified bit though

 

[Welshman]

Brilliant

The high place is the Great Orme;
Edward I's fortification is Conwy Castle;
The "adjacent electrified line" was a teaser - it's actually the miniature railway in the museum grounds adjacent the station at Betws y Coed

 

[dzug2]

I'd better call open floor

 

[High Dyke]

Apologies if this isn't correct.

• Our journey commences in a town first established in the early 10th Century.
• Our destination is one of the oldest cities in England
• Part of our journey follows the route of a navigable waterway.
• The whole journey is operated by diesel units.

 

[dzug2]

Let's try Tamworth to Derby

 

[Welshman]

Gainsborough to Lincoln?

 

[Trainfan344]

Tamworth to Birmingham?

 

[High Dyke]

None of those...

We commence our journey at one of the two stations in town, and the oldest of the two.

 

[dzug2]

Warwick to London

 

[High Dyke]

Warwick to London

Not either of those.

Our destination is noted for its 'Golden Mile'.

 

[Welshman]

Derby Midland was opened in 1844
Derby Friargate in 1878
Leicester, Blackpool & Brentford have "Golden Miles" but only Leicester is a city.
The Derwent/Trent/Soar Navigation links the two.
Therefore I suggest:-
Derby to Leicester

 

[High Dyke]

Leicester and River Trent are correct.

The town in which we start is a crossroads for road and rail traffic. Once upon a time you couldn't leave town on any of the major roads without crossing a railway line.

 

[Welshman]

Leicester and River Trent are correct.

The town in which we start is a crossroads for road and rail traffic. Once upon a time you couldn't leave town on any of the major roads without crossing a railway line.

Would that be Newark, then, and the journey from Newark Castle to Leicester?

 

[High Dyke]

Would that be Newark, then, and the journey from Newark Castle to Leicester?

Correct indeed. The regular units are formed from 153, 156 or 158 stock with a Meridian unit twice a day (not Sundays)

Newark Castle - which overlooks the river and gives the station its name was originally built in some parts by Bishop Alexander the Magnificent.

The River Trent - is crossed by more than 80 bridges during its course, and oddly enough flows in a Northerly direction.

Leicester - Home of the largest outdoor covered market in Europe, where pork butcher Henry Walker set up the famous crisp making company and home to clockmaker Gents'.

Well done Welshman.

 

[Welshman]

Correct indeed.

Well done Welshman.

Well - got there with a little help from you. Thank-you.

Try this:-

1] This journey starts from a station highly rated by John Betjeman.
2] At a former station on the way you could have seen a model of an engine and part of a carriage.
3] Sometimes you might be able to break your journey for a piece of pie.
4] Apparently, in 2007, our destination had the highest ratio of trees to people of any place in Europe.