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British Rail Network Puzzle

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This was printed in my university paper:

The British rail network runs far and wide. The name of a line is scrambled in the following anagram, and the name of a stop on that line, with the given number of letters is encoded by the sum of the letters, where A=1, B=2... Z=26, <Space/Punctuation>=0. Find the line and stop. Note that London Underground lines may also be possible answers.

Anagram: DIGS NOPE HEHE
Stop: 9 letters, Sum=76.
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I cheated. hehe.
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Well I think I've got it, but shouldn't the sum of the letters be 228?
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GuyBarry wrote:Well I think I've got it, but shouldn't the sum of the letters be 228?
Yes, though I expect that may have made it trickier to solve? (depending on your approach)
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tractakid wrote:
GuyBarry wrote:Well I think I've got it, but shouldn't the sum of the letters be 228?
Yes, though I expect that may have made it trickier to solve? (depending on your approach)
Not really. It's not like there's many stations to check.
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For those who didn't know, it was High Speed One and Ebbsfleet. They appear to have posted the same puzzle again this week, but when it finally changes I will let you know.
All London buses: 23 hours 25 minutes (with Adham, David, Josh and Tangy)
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Well, another puzzle of the same ilk:

Anagram: MEDAL IN MIND NAIL
Stop: 9 letters, Sum=96.

This time, the name is accurate!
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Not too hard either - there aren't an awful lot of nine-letter stops on that line.
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GuyBarry wrote:Not too hard either - there aren't an awful lot of nine-letter stops on that line.
Indeed. Pretty easy. Not sure if you want us to PM our answers, but I will.
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Here's another one. I know most of you are finding these really easy, but I shall continue to put these up.

RAIN I EVIL COT

7 letters, sum 102.
All London buses: 23 hours 25 minutes (with Adham, David, Josh and Tangy)
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20½ Random 15 challenges: 01:58:48 best
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