Neither of those.
Clue 5: The station buildings at the other end of the closed branch line still exist in non railway use and are grade II listed.
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The "Name the Station" game
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Clue 5: The station buildings at the other end of the closed branch line still exist in non railway use and are grade II listed.
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D6130
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Crowhurst?
Trainguy34
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Canterbury West?
D6130
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Thanks....
Crowhurst for Bexhill West, the listed station building of which was the prototype for the SuperQuick terminus station building kit which appeared on numerous OO/HO gauge model railway layouts in the 1960s, '70s and 80s.
Next up:
Clue 1: This station is served by only one TOC.
Crowhurst for Bexhill West, the listed station building of which was the prototype for the SuperQuick terminus station building kit which appeared on numerous OO/HO gauge model railway layouts in the 1960s, '70s and 80s.
Next up:
Clue 1: This station is served by only one TOC.
D6130
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Not Pitsea.
PlatformEdgeVT
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?
D6130
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Not - err - that one either!
D6130
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No....you can flush that one!
Clue 2: This station has two platforms, but formerly had three.
D6130
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Not that one.
....or that one either.
Clue 3: The line through this station is not electrified.
D6130
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Sorry....no.
D6130
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Afraid not. Didn't Kemble originally have four platforms.....two through and a bay each side for the two branches?
Clue 4: This station was the junction for a long-closed branch line.
Not too sure…must admit my knowledge of British railways is pretty sketchy pre 1970s! Okay let’s try Axminster?
D6130
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Sorry....not that one either.
Clue 5: Although the original listed 19th century signalbox is still extant on the former island platform, the signalling at this station is now controlled from a 'Portakabin'-style building on the opposite side of the line.
D6130
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Well done! That is correct. Had you not guessed it correctly....the next clue would have been:
Clue 6: The name of this station sounds like an instruction to the driver of a train approaching an open level crossing.
Your turn to ride the Alston branch!
Trainguy34
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Dover Priory?
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None of those.
Clue 2: It is on an unelectrified line.
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Cark & Cartmel?