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I'm using the same NR website - are they using unofficial names? I got the Heathrow 1,2,3 name off there too
I can't recall seeing any distance signs on the underground, are they more for drivers than your average punter or am I just unobservant?
I can't recall seeing any distance signs on the underground, are they more for drivers than your average punter or am I just unobservant?
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The "Longest station name" has nothing to do with an airport.Iain wrote:I'm using the same NR website - are they using unofficial names? I got the Heathrow 1,2,3 name off there too
The answer is a place name which was to be found at a London Underground station. Not a trick question.Iain wrote:I can't recall seeing any distance signs on the underground, are they more for drivers than your average punter or am I just unobservant?
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I've got a feeling the Baker Street signage on some of the archways mentions Aylesbury, would it be that for the furthest distance?
edit: just checked - they don't, or not where I thougt at least
edit: just checked - they don't, or not where I thougt at least
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Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Distances on LU are measured in kilometres from the sand drag at Ongar, and the signs generally appear every 200 metres. Black text on a white background.Iain wrote: I can't recall seeing any distance signs on the underground, are they more for drivers than your average punter or am I just unobservant?
I'd link to an example, but I can't find a photo containing one with a quick bit of Googling.
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It's further from London than Aylesbury.barrykas wrote:Distances on LU are measured in kilometres from the sand drag at Ongar, and the signs generally appear every 200 metres. Black text on a white background.Iain wrote: I can't recall seeing any distance signs on the underground, are they more for drivers than your average punter or am I just unobservant?
I'd link to an example, but I can't find a photo containing one with a quick bit of Googling.
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Three I can think of off the top of my head (before I resort to my source material)
2. Ely has three platforms.
7. IBM (International Business Machines)
9. Hope (There is one on the Hope Valley line, another on the Borderlands line and can't place the third one but I know there is)
2. Ely has three platforms.
7. IBM (International Business Machines)
9. Hope (There is one on the Hope Valley line, another on the Borderlands line and can't place the third one but I know there is)
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1) Rhoose Cardiff International Airport
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Tried that already, it's not apparently
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That's the second-longest. Unless we have a massive argument about the longest.garion24wales wrote:1) Rhoose Cardiff International Airport
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2 - that's one of them.tangy wrote:Three I can think of off the top of my head (before I resort to my source material)
2. Ely has three platforms.
7. IBM (International Business Machines)
9. Hope (There is one on the Hope Valley line, another on the Borderlands line and can't place the third one but I know there is)
7 - correct.
9 - Incorrect, unless there are TWO lots of three stations with the same name.
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Maybe Tangy is thinking of Stanford-le-Hope?
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Maybe he is. I'll clarify what I'm looking for. The station name in each case is one word. It is the same word for all three stations.
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Is it Newport?tubeguru wrote:Maybe he is. I'll clarify what I'm looking for. The station name in each case is one word. It is the same word for all three stations.
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No, as Newport, IOW closed in 1966. Nice try though.jamesthegill wrote:Is it Newport?tubeguru wrote:Maybe he is. I'll clarify what I'm looking for. The station name in each case is one word. It is the same word for all three stations.
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