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Jack Taylor October 20th 10 10:25 PM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
Offramp wrote:
Gah! I just remembered Warren Street and Goodge Street.
I was *thinking* of Baker Street and Bond Street!


And Great Portland Street and Baker Street.



Basil Jet[_2_] October 21st 10 03:49 AM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
On 2010\10\20 18:47, Richard J. wrote:
Basil Jet wrote on 20 October 2010
17:03:17 ...
On 2010\10\20 16:49, Graham Harrison wrote:

wrote in message
...

Gah! I just remembered Warren Street and Goodge Street.
I was *thinking* of Baker Street and Bond Street!
Back to the attic!

How about

Which is the only London Underground line which boasts two towns along
its' route where each town has precisely two stations? I believe the
answer is the Piccadilly with Ruislip/Ruislip Manor and Sudbury
Hill/Sudbury Town. The question may need tweaking to make it clearer. I
used the word "precisely" to eliminate the 3 Hounslows but I'm not sure
about use of "town".


There are several such station pairs on the District, namely Ealing,
Putney, Wimbledon, Dagenham, Upminster, Bow and conceivably Ham. Your
question doesn't specify that the line should have only a pair of pairs.


Putney doesn't count as Putney Bridge station isn't in Putney.


I knew someone would say that. His example makes it clear that he
considers a town to "have" a station if the town name is in the station
name. After all, Sudbury has no clear boundaries, and Eastcote is in the
Ruislip postcode. If you can't begin to understand his question, you
shouldn't comment on whether other people are answering it correctly. 8-)

Paul October 21st 10 08:24 AM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
On 20 Oct, 18:35, Peter Lawrence wrote:
On 20/10/2010 17:03, MIG wrote:



On 20 Oct, 16:49, "Graham Harrison"
*wrote:
*wrote in message


....


Gah! I just remembered Warren Street and Goodge Street.
I was *thinking* of Baker Street and Bond Street!
Back to the attic!


How about


Which is the only London Underground line which boasts two towns along its'
route where each town has precisely two stations? * I believe the answer is
the Piccadilly with Ruislip/Ruislip Manor and Sudbury Hill/Sudbury Town.


David October 21st 10 09:07 AM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
On Oct 20, 11:25*pm, "Jack Taylor" wrote:
Offramp wrote:
I was *thinking* of Baker Street and Bond Street!


And Great Portland Street and Baker Street.


So that makes 3 in a row, sort of; maybe that is unique :)

Tangentially, here is my underground quiz question (a 3 parter)
On which Underground line is only 1 station served by all* trains?
On which Underground line are only 2 stations served by all trains?
On which Underground line are only 3 stations served by all trains?

*at normal times of day, at least

Paul October 21st 10 09:18 AM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
On 21 Oct, 10:07, David wrote:
On Oct 20, 11:25*pm, "Jack Taylor" wrote:

Offramp wrote:
I was *thinking* of Baker Street and Bond Street!


And Great Portland Street and Baker Street.


So that makes 3 in a row, sort of; maybe that is unique :)

Tangentially, here is my underground quiz question (a 3 parter)
On which Underground line is only 1 station served by all* trains?
On which Underground line are only 2 stations served by all trains?
On which Underground line are only 3 stations served by all trains?

*at normal times of day, at least


Are the first two answers

District Line (Earls Court)
Waterloo And City Line (Waterloo and Bank)

I thought the third might be the Northern Line (Kennington, Euston and
Camden Town) but that does not account for the Mill Hill East shuttle.



MIG October 21st 10 09:33 AM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
On 21 Oct, 10:18, Paul wrote:
On 21 Oct, 10:07, David wrote:

On Oct 20, 11:25*pm, "Jack Taylor" wrote:


Offramp wrote:
I was *thinking* of Baker Street and Bond Street!


And Great Portland Street and Baker Street.


So that makes 3 in a row, sort of; maybe that is unique :)


Tangentially, here is my underground quiz question (a 3 parter)
On which Underground line is only 1 station served by all* trains?
On which Underground line are only 2 stations served by all trains?
On which Underground line are only 3 stations served by all trains?


*at normal times of day, at least


Are the first two answers

District Line (Earls Court)
Waterloo And City Line (Waterloo and Bank)

I thought the third might be the Northern Line (Kennington, Euston and
Camden Town) but that does not account for the Mill Hill East shuttle.


For the second can you count the Metropolitan: Baker Street and
Finchley Road?

The third I think probly was intended to the the Northern. Can't
think of anything else that comes close.

Roland Perry October 21st 10 09:52 AM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
In message
, at
02:33:46 on Thu, 21 Oct 2010, MIG
remarked:
Tangentially, here is my underground quiz question (a 3 parter)
On which Underground line is only 1 station served by all* trains?
On which Underground line are only 2 stations served by all trains?
On which Underground line are only 3 stations served by all trains?


*at normal times of day, at least


Are the first two answers

District Line (Earls Court)
Waterloo And City Line (Waterloo and Bank)

I thought the third might be the Northern Line (Kennington, Euston and
Camden Town) but that does not account for the Mill Hill East shuttle.


For the second can you count the Metropolitan: Baker Street and
Finchley Road?


Don't they all also call at Wembley Park and HotH? (once again, apart
from the Chesham shuttle).
--
Roland Perry

Paul October 21st 10 10:14 AM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
On 21 Oct, 10:52, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
02:33:46 on Thu, 21 Oct 2010, MIG
remarked:





Tangentially, here is my underground quiz question (a 3 parter)
On which Underground line is only 1 station served by all* trains?
On which Underground line are only 2 stations served by all trains?
On which Underground line are only 3 stations served by all trains?


*at normal times of day, at least


Are the first two answers


District Line (Earls Court)
Waterloo And City Line (Waterloo and Bank)


I thought the third might be the Northern Line (Kennington, Euston and
Camden Town) but that does not account for the Mill Hill East shuttle.


For the second can you count the Metropolitan: Baker Street and
Finchley Road?


Don't they all also call at Wembley Park and HotH? (once again, apart
from the Chesham shuttle).
--
Roland Perry- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


There are also two Northwoods on the Met Line, and three Finchleys on
the Northern Line.

If you want to expand the thread a little further, how about stations
which "sound" as though they are very close, but in fact are far
apart?. I was thinking of Blackhorse Road (tube) and Blackhorse Lane
(Tramlink)

David October 21st 10 10:38 AM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
On Oct 21, 10:33*am, MIG wrote:
On 21 Oct, 10:18, Paul wrote:


District Line (Earls Court)
Waterloo And City Line (Waterloo and Bank)


Yes

I thought the third might be the Northern Line (Kennington, Euston and
Camden Town) but that does not account for the Mill Hill East shuttle.


Right on all counts :) I forgot about Mill Hill East *sigh*

For the second can you count the Metropolitan: Baker Street and
Finchley Road?


that's tricksy, as they might change the stopping patterns.
I thought everything stopped at Harrow at the minute.

OK here is another one hopefully better researched: everyone knows
there are two Tube stations which contain all five vowels, but which
station on the Tube map contains *six* vowels, a, e, i, o, u and also
y?

Basil Jet[_2_] October 21st 10 10:44 AM

Two "Street" stations in a row: prospective quiz question
 
On 2010\10\21 11:38, David wrote:

OK here is another one hopefully better researched: everyone knows
there are two Tube stations which contain all five vowels, but which
station on the Tube map contains *six* vowels, a, e, i, o, u and also
y?


Caledonian Road & Barnsbury


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