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October 30th 05, 02:58 PM
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Ruislip(s) Stations
Passing through Ruislip (by road) yesterday I kept passing stations. I've
just looked up how many Ruislips there a Ruislip Ruislip Manor West Ruislip Ruislip Gardens South Ruislip That feels like an awful lot of stations containing the town name for somewhere so (relatively) small. In the same area 4 stations contain the name "Sudbury"; and if you include Sudbury, Suffolk(?) you get another 5 total but I'm referring to a single town. Is there another town of a similar size to Ruislip that has more named stations? |
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October 30th 05, 03:06 PM
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Graham Harrison wrote:
Passing through Ruislip (by road) yesterday I kept passing stations. I've just looked up how many Ruislips there a Ruislip Ruislip Manor West Ruislip Ruislip Gardens South Ruislip That feels like an awful lot of stations containing the town name for somewhere so (relatively) small. In the same area 4 stations contain the name "Sudbury"; and if you include Sudbury, Suffolk(?) you get another 5 total but I'm referring to a single town. Is there another town of a similar size to Ruislip that has more named stations? Acton |
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October 30th 05, 03:12 PM
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"Brimstone" wrote in message ... Graham Harrison wrote: Passing through Ruislip (by road) yesterday I kept passing stations. I've just looked up how many Ruislips there a Ruislip Ruislip Manor West Ruislip Ruislip Gardens South Ruislip That feels like an awful lot of stations containing the town name for somewhere so (relatively) small. In the same area 4 stations contain the name "Sudbury"; and if you include Sudbury, Suffolk(?) you get another 5 total but I'm referring to a single town. Is there another town of a similar size to Ruislip that has more named stations? Acton 7, wow! |
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October 30th 05, 03:21 PM
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"Graham Harrison" wrote Acton 7, wow! 8 if you include Bridge ;-) Peter |
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October 30th 05, 03:26 PM
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In article , Graham
Harrison writes Passing through Ruislip (by road) yesterday I kept passing stations. I've just looked up how many Ruislips there a Ruislip Ruislip Manor West Ruislip Ruislip Gardens South Ruislip That feels like an awful lot of stations containing the town name for somewhere so (relatively) small. In the same area 4 stations contain the name "Sudbury"; and if you include Sudbury, Suffolk(?) you get another 5 total but I'm referring to a single town. Is there another town of a similar size to Ruislip that has more named stations? Indeed there is, and not a million miles from Ruislip: North Acton South Acton East Acton West Acton Acton Town Acton Central Acton Main Line Any advance on seven? -- Thoss |
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October 30th 05, 04:28 PM
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Peter Masson wrote:
"Graham Harrison" wrote Acton 7, wow! 8 if you include Bridge ;-) Different town. ;-) |
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October 30th 05, 06:21 PM
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"Graham Harrison" wrote in
: I've just looked up how many Ruislips there a Means gym slip: there's a big girls' school nearby. -- Dennis R Cooper - Greatest Mormon of Britain The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 11 Cedar Close, Bradwell, Great Yarmouth NR31 8JA + 44 1493 669 763 http://mormon.broomleigh.org/ |
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October 30th 05, 10:37 PM
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Finchley?
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October 31st 05, 01:04 AM
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:58:46 -0000, Graham Harrison
wrote: Passing through Ruislip (by road) yesterday I kept passing stations. I've just looked up how many Ruislips there a Ruislip Ruislip Manor West Ruislip Ruislip Gardens South Ruislip On a similar theme, West Hampstead has only 3 stations, but all on the same street and within 300 meters of each other. Can anywhere beat that for station concentration? -- Fig |
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October 31st 05, 05:30 AM
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"purple pete" wrote in message ... Finchley? Only 3! |
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