Which train service am I on? #5 (in the siding)

[RobbieM]

That would be the 18:47 MKC-EUS.

So, is this a statement, or do I take it as a question?

[tractakid]

Question

[RobbieM]

Correct! I’d expect the local lad to be the one who’d get it in the end – well done, tractakid. It was, indeed, the 1847 London Midland Service from Milton Keynes Central to London Euston. You managed to solve it before I finished my cheese, too.

Before we leave this thread, (and tractakid starts a new one?), there’s one more thing to sort. I didn’t get on this train at MKC. Can you crack the enigma of where I joined the service?

[tractakid]

Mill Hill East?


Watford Junction?

[RobbieM]

Watford Junction?

No.

[tractakid]

Bletchley?

[RobbieM]

Correct! It was indeed Bletchley. I’d broken my journey there for a couple of hours. I thought the word ‘enigma’ might give it away....

I didn’t visit Bletchley Park though (not open at that time of day), but had a look round the town. Not quite what I was expecting.

And I bought some cheese (and other groceries) from the nearby Sainsbury’s before catching the 1847!

[RobbieM]

Stop press:

Cheese was finished Wednesday evening, and the first of the whisky miniatures was opened Thursday evening.

[Starkey7]

Robbie,

You would have been rather better off getting the train just before it, as it's a lot faster.

[RobbieM]

You would have been rather better off getting the train just before it, as it's a lot faster.

Interesting you should say that. I did consider the one before at the time, but decided against it for the following reason:

I was travelling on an off-peak ticket, and the previous train had left Birmingham within LM's restricted time. I wasn't 100% sure whether this affected me (as my journey involved several train companies), but I decided to play it safe, just in case a friendly inspector queried it!